[PRCo] Reedsdale Gas Explosion

[Schneider Fred]

There was a 4700 series car that was destroyed in a monstrous gas  
explosion in Manchester in 1927.   The explosion was mentioned in the  
route card for route 20 Reedsdale.   I went looking on the internet  
to see what I could find.   Two immediate hits.   Thought you guys  
might like to read about one of the words disasters in Pittsburgh's  
history.

http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/5164/pittsburgh,-pa- 
disastrous-gas-explosion,-nov-1927

This tells of a haunted house destroyed in the explosion.   See the  
last paragraph.

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/history/a/congelier_house.htm

Remember guys, Equitable Gas, Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh  
Railways were all the same happy (or not so happy) family.