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The Allegheny Arsenal, established in 1814, was an important supply and manufacturing center for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and the site of the single largest civilian disaster during the war. [1]
Allegheny Arsenal explosion – A Union Army ordnance depot exploded, causing the largest civilian casualty of the American Civil War. 27 April 1865 United States: near Memphis, Tennessee: 1,198: c. 760
September 17, 1862: Allegheny Arsenal explosion, Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Three individual explosions killed a total of 78 workers. The largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War. June 17, 1864: 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion in Washington, D.C. After flares exploded, some of them entered a nearby building which blew up when ...
At the time of the explosion, 108 women had been working in the building. [5] Earlier that morning, the women had received a message thanking them for donating $170 towards a memorial for the Allegheny Arsenal explosion that occurred in 1862. [6] Many of the women were wearing hoop skirts that caught fire as they tried to escape the burning ...
Allegheny Arsenal: Accident – explosion Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Largest civilian death toll during American Civil War: 78 1875 Precious Blood Church fire: Fire (building) Holyoke, Massachusetts: 78 1911 Austin Dam failure (Pennsylvania) Dam failure: Keating Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania: 78 1950 Kew Gardens train crash: Accident ...
Five people were found dead after a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said Sunday. Plum Borough Police Chief ...
Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the borough of Plum, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny Arsenal explosion. 1865 Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad begins operating. 1868 City expands to the east by annexing the borough of Lawrenceville and the townships of Pitt, Oakland, Collins, Liberty, and Peebles. 1869 December 11: Pennsylvania Female College founded. Westinghouse Air Brake Company in business. 1870