Trolley Time - Strayer Street

 

March 1906 - Black Hand (Mafia) Suspects in Jail & Morrellville Boy Killed By Train

Black Hand Members - Cambria County - Philip Maletta, John Treo, Joe Cook and Peter Smorto along with Joseph Cornelia

6 year old John Bukowski of 603 Virginia Avenue hit and killed by train at Brownstown.

 

February 2, 1906 - Johnstown Men Beaten by Outlaws & Lots of Windber Babies

A hungarian and a guy named Joseph McGuirk

Windber Babies

 

May 28, 1904 - Johnstown Girl Assaulted - Girl Nearly Drowns in Johnstown Flood Exhibit - A Sad Series of Misfortunes follow a Coopersdale Family

Sadie Stephens of Morrellville assaulted by three young men near the waiting room of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company (Trolley system) that would have been down by where the Fairfield Avenue Underpass is now. 

Gorl Saved from Drowning in Johnstown Flood Exhibit

A FAMILY'S AFFLICTION

Mrs. Charles Perdew

 

March 5, 1904 - **WARNING GRAPHIC READ** HOLOCAUST AT MORRELLVILLE & ANOTHER FIRE AT MORRELLVILLE DESTROYS HOMES & BUSINESSES

Fatal fire at a small house at the corner of Spruce and Decker Avenue in Morrellville. Mrs. Anges Shenefelt left the house for a few minutes and in that time - that's when the fire started, Killed were two of her children - 6 year old Elsie an invalid and little baby Robert. 

Business and home fire in Morrellville around the 72 Fairfield Avenue area. James Dick, John Esterly, William Stutzman, 

George Cupp

 

December 19, 1903 - AWFUL JOHNSTOWN FIRE HORROR - MORRELLVILLE - VICTIMS BURIED IN ST. COLUMBA CEMETERY

Victims - Mrs. Mary Jane Crosby - 48 Years Old

James Crosby - 15 Years Old

Grace Crosby - 13 Years Old

187 D Street

Daughter Mary Loretto - survived

Frank Leckey and George Witt - first to the scene

 

Trolley Time - Washington Street - Just past Penn Traffic & Old Library

 

Trolley Time - Strayer & Chandler

 

December 1898 - He Was Thawing Dynamite & Hastings Stabbing

Michael Murphy  Windber blew his hand off thawing dynamite.

Foreigner Stabbed at Hastings

Harry Butler - $10 fine

 

July & August 1897 - Famous 1889 Survivor in a Lawsuit, Morrellville Train Accident, Butcher Nearly Frozen to Death & Woodvale Shooting

Known for her 1889 Flood fame - (she lost her husband and seven children) 35 year old Anna Fenn-Barnes in a lawsuit against her 75 year old husband Charles Barnes. 

Son of Joseph Stibich of Morrellville - hit by train.

Johnstown Butcher James Hudack nearly freezes to death in own freezer.

Woodvale Shooting - Daniel McCauley - Maple Avenue shot by Mrs. Nellie Groah

 

January & February 1896 - Turned Up After Missing 30 Years, 44 Foot Long Sausage, New Morrellville Plant & Murdered His Cousin

David Hughes - S.N. Ringler - 44 foot sausage!

Frank Hogan - Morrellville Copper Plant

Daniel Ressler of Cramer killed his cousin