February 11, 1891
February 25, 1891
October 1, 1902
OPERA HOUSE OPENING WAS A GALA AFFAIR
August 27, 1911
26 ARE KILLED IN PANIC AT THE OPERA HOUSE
INJURED AT HOSPITAL ARE ALL IMPROVING
Most Of The Injured Doing Well, And Their Recovery Is Expected
OPENING OF SCHOOLS POSTPONED ONE WEEK
August 28, 1911
TWENTY-THREE ARE KNOWN TO BE MORE OR LESS INJURED
Burgess Asks That All Business Cease on Tuesday
CORONER PROMISED THOROUGH PROBING
CORONER'S INQUEST AT WASHINGTON
CASKETS BROUGHT FROM PITTSBURG
MANY HEROIC ACTS SAVED HUMAN LIFE
LIVES ARE SAVED BY HEROIC ACTS
MINISTER HEARS OF HORROR IN CINCINNATI AND RETURNS
CANONSBURG THRONGED WITH NEWSPAPER MEN
Great Demand by the Public for the Details
MANY STORIES OF THE FATAL CRUSH ON STAIRWAY
CHIEF OF POLICE TELLS OF SCENES INSIDE THE HALL
Partial List of the Injured in the Opera House Disaster on Saturday Evening
REQUIREMENTS OF LAW WERE COMPLIED WITH
RUMOR IS DENIED BY BOROUGH OFFICERS
STATE WILL ACT IF LAWS ARE VIOLATED
STATE LAW GOVERNING MOVING PICTURE THEATERS
Two Stories About Baby Buggies
WONDERFUL DEMANDS FOR EXTRA EDITIONS
HELPER FINDS WIFE AND CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS
TELLS OF SCENES IN HALL AND STAIRWAY
August 29, 1911
FUNERAL OF MOST OF THE VICTIMS TUESDAY
STORES AND OFFICES CLOSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN
Coroner’s Inquest Will be in Canonsburg
FLORISTS RUSHED WITH MANY ORDERS
MEMORIAL FOR THE DEAD IS SUGGESTED
INJURED AT HOSPITAL ARE RECOVERING RAPIDLY
INQUEST WILL BE HELD HERE FRIDAY
INTOXICATED GRAVEDIGGERS CAUSE DELAYS AT CEMETERIES
PARENTS ARE INJURED IN SAVING THEIR CHILD
PITTSBURG NEWSPAPER MAN GIVES PRAISE TO NOTES
UNDERTAKERS PRAISE THE CONDUCT OF BEREAVED
PRINCIPALS PRAISE THE DEAD CHILDREN
POSTOFFICE ORDERED CLOSED FOR FUNERALS
LAST OF INJURED TAKEN FROM HOSPITAL
MANY FUNERAL CORTEGES WEND THEIR WAY TO THE CEMETERIES
The Daily Notes -- August 29, 1911 LITTLE DISORDER DURING TIME OF GREAT EXCITEMENT
Friendless Man is Laid to Rest
HEARSES BEAR BODIES OF MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER THREE VICTIMS
August 30, 1911
DOUBLE FUNERAL IS HELD AT HOUSTON
BODY OF MURRAY HILL BURIED AT FREEPORT
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE MAKES CONSTRIBUTION OF $100
COLLEGE STREET MAN DID NOT HEAR NEWS UNTIL SUNDAY
FORMER RECTOR HERE EXTENDS SYMPATHY
CANONSBURG TRAGEDY NEARLY DUPLICATED AT MONONGAHELA
August 31, 1911
INQUIRY INTO GREAT TRAGEDY WILL BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING.
GRAVE CLOSES OVER LAST OF VICTIMS
WHEN DEATH SPREAD HIS WINGS OVER TOWN
NEWSPAPER COMMENT ON THE CANONSBURG TRAGEDY
September 1, 1911
MANY WITNESSES TELL STORY OF DISASTER WHICH COST THE LIVES OF TWENTY-SIX PEOPLE
ACT OF ASSEMBLY GIVES AUTHORITY
OFFICIALS DENY THAT BODIES WERE ROBBED
DELANEY URGES BOROUGH OFFICERS TO TAKE ACTION INSURING SAFETY
LEARNS OF TRAGEDY WHILE STOPPING IN BALTIMORE
Ferguson and State Factory Inspectors are Censured by Jury
September 2, 1911
Opera House Manager is Unequivocally Condemned
BORO OFFICERS ALLEGE WRONG INTERPRETATION
SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEANS OF ACCESS SEPARATE FROM EXIT (editorial from the Claysville Recorder)
Findings of the Coroner’s Jury
RUMORS THAT DAMAGE SUITSS WILL BE FILED
THE PANIC AT CANONSBURG (editorial from The Evening News Franklin, Pa.)
September 4, 1911
FARMERS DECIDE TO ABANDON THE OPERA HOUSE
September 5, 1911
Town Council Names Committee To Draw Up Amusement Ordinance
September 6, 1911