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       [FDHistory] On this day. . .May 5th
       By: Diable Fire Date: May 5, 2011, 6:51 am
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       1908-An explosion occurred at 1:35 p.m. at the Pintsch
       Compressing Company, manufacturers of gas for Pullman railroad
       cars lighting fixtures. The building was located at 405 S.
       Second Street, almost cata-corner from the Paxton No. 6 engine
       house.  An explosion but no fire demolished the office and
       storage rooms.  Two employees, E. L. Murter and William Orren,
       assistant foreman, were blown through the front windows into
       Second Street.  Both suffered burns about the heads, hands and
       face and were taken to Harrisburg Hospital on the Paxton Engine
       No. 6’s hose carriage. Loss was $2,000.
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