<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>I have photos of the Island Queen fire, taken by my uncle. I need to find them, but In the meantime, attached are a couple of photos of operating sternwheelers on the Allegheny River in 1956-58.</P>
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<P>Bob<BR><BR></P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Fred Schneider" <fwschneider@comcast.net><BR><B>To: </B>"Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:46:37 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[PRCo] Dis-assed-her on the Mon<BR><BR>This is another one of Fred's wild diversions… This is essentially for our man in Della-wear but there may be others beside Dwight and I who are into river boats.<BR><BR>But if you are from Pittsburgh, this may appeal to you. I remember seeing a deck chair laying on one of the nearby streets the evening of the fire as testimony to the fierce explosion. Funny what you remember when you are seven years old! <BR><BR><BR>http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/7010/pittsburgh-pa-excursion-steamer-island-queen-explodes-sep-1947<BR><BR>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/31196946818/island-queen-explosion-via-on-this-day-in<BR><BR>T<BR><BR><BR>http://steamboats.com/museum/u.html<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR></P></div>
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