Beaver County Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past
The Charleroi Mail (Charleroi, Pennsylvania)February 18, 1936 Two Boys Drown As Ice Breaks New Brighton, Pa., Feb. 18 - Warning to other children against the dangers of the frozen Beaver river were made after two young boys were drowned when ice broke under their weight while they played under Fallston bridge about 100 feet from the shore. Bodies of the victims, Howard M. Boyd, 13 and his chum, Frank Conner, 10, were recovered from the stream by firemen Sunday after more than 24 hours of battling against ice and rising water. February 13, 1943 49 In Armed Services Fallston, Pa - Fallston, one of the oldest towns in Beaver county, has achieved two unusual distinctions. Forty-nine of its 500 inhabitants are in the armed services of the country, and it is free of any indebtedness.
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