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Location:
Pennsylvania -
Date:
05/18/1926 -
Incident Type:
Entrapment -
Description:
Two lumberjacks lost their lives helping suppress a 5,000-acre fire in Elk and McKean Counties, Pennsylvania, around May 18, 1926. The fire was burning on the Allegheny National Forest. The two men, described as "Austrian lumberjacks" were among about 500 volunteers who suppressed the fire. The identity of the two men is, unfortunately, not readily available.
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