Germantown Community Center Fire - January 11, 1928: a Virtual Cemetery - Find a Grave

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Germantown Community Center Fire - January 11, 1928

A fire gutted the Germantown Community Centre, located at Haines and Morton Streets in the Little Italy section of Germantown, in northwest Philadelphia, PA. The story made the front page of Philadelphia newspapers for days. During evacuation efforts, six girls became trapped on a metal balcony on the third-floor of the building which was enclosed by wire mesh which, incidentally, was put there to keep the children from falling into the street. Firefighters scrambled to cut the wire, but by the time they did the girls were overcome with smoke and suffered severe burns over more than half of their bodies.

6 memorials

Sylvia Bressi Flowers have been left.

7 Sep 1919 – 13 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section U, Range 3, Lot 16, Grave 3

Genevieve Di Pompeo Flowers have been left.

1915 – 11 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Mary Di Tommaso Flowers have been left.

19 Apr 1919 – 12 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section U, Range 3, Lot 16, Grave 4

Mary C. Dima Flowers have been left.

1919 – 12 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Frances Pifani Flowers have been left.

1919 – 11 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section U, Range 3, Lot 16, Grave 1.

Ida Visco Flowers have been left.

24 May 1917 – 11 Jan 1928

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section 39, Range 8, Lot 28

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