A 25-year-old Tower City driver suffered face and arm injuries after totaling his truck on February 10, 2001. The accident occurred at 5:25 a.m., when the 1988 Chevrolet Pickup truck was being driven westbound on East Market Street, in Williams Township, Dauphin County. The truck crossed the highway, sideswiped a telephone pole, and hit a group of mailboxes and a parked Ford F-150 pickup truck. The driver was treated and released at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Pottsville.
2007
Vehicle Accident - Upper Paxton Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
A multiple vehicle accident occurred during the rush hour commute on the morning of February 10, 2007, after a light snow storm. Having been originally reported as being in Halifax Township, Engine 29-1 was dispatched and arrived on the scene and began work on extricating the confined patient. Engine 20 was dispatched when it was reported as being in Upper Paxton Township. As Engine 20 arrived on the scene, a few members of the Millersburg Fire Company were already on the scene and handling patient care. The patient was packaged and transported to the hospital by Ambulance 201 with Medic 6 on board.
2008
Tree on Wires - 153 Creek Road - Jackson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA
2008
Tree Down - Quarry Road - Jackson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA
A fire-damp explosion occurred in Maurer's coal-pit, near Youngstown, Ohio, on the morning of February 10, 1881. Fifteen miners had entered the mine and were caught by the fatal damp. Men, mules, and cars were blown 200 feet and landed in heaps near and even beyond the mouth of the mine. Four were instantly killed. Five diggers were blown entirely out of the mine, all horribly burned and mangled. Six were fatally injured.
The section of calls we've responded to has been compiled from fire company records, newspapers, and other sources. Listings for years prior to 1981 might be incomplete.
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