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On January 31, 1863, Keystone State opened fire on a ship off Charleston. It returned fire, scoring hits on Keystone State, one of which struck her steam drum, rupturing it and scalding 20 men to death and injuring 20 others. After repairs, Keystone State took up a blockading station off St. Simons Sound, Georgia. [5] [6]
Keystone State Park is a 1,200-acre (486 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located off U.S. Route 22 near New Alexandria , the park opened in 1945.
Alpha Fire Company #5 (State College) Snow Shoe Fire Company #6; Gregg Township Fire Company #7; Pleasant Gap Fire Department #8; Citizen's Hook and Ladder Company #9 ; Hope Fire Company #11; Reliance Fire Company #12 (Companies #11 and #12 make up the Phillipsburg Fire Department #57) Mountain Top Fire Company #13 (Sandy Ridge) Howard Fire ...
State lawmakers, who are grappling with fire risk alongside a dire need for housing, have not restricted development in high-risk zones. Los Angeles County in 2019 approved the construction of a ...
The 14th Quartermaster Detachment, is a United States Army Reserve water purification unit stationed in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.During Operation Desert Storm, the detachment lost 13 soldiers and 43 would be wounded in an Iraqi Al Hussein ballistic missile attack on 25 February 1991 at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; the 14th, which had been in Saudi Arabia only six days, suffered the greatest number ...
Dec. 8—Two Crawford County youngsters managed to round up some 10-gallon crowns for themselves when the Miss Keystone State Rodeo pageant took place in Harrisburg late last month. Fitting with ...
The Palisades Fire erupted on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and by 3 a.m., the three 1-million-gallon water tanks in Pacific Palisades ran dry due to "extreme demand," officials said.
Keystone State participated in the capture of six ships during her final year of blockade duty including the steamer Margaret and Jessie [62] in 1863, and Caledonia, [63] Rouen, [64] Lilian, [65] Elsie, [66] and Siren [67] in 1864. [39] The ships captured by Keystone State not only helped the war effort, but were profitable for the ship's crew ...