Leading to the street was only one stairway, at the botton stood double doors that were locked. A window leading to the street was blocked with chairs. Some who escaped did so by climbing out other windows onto a canopy then leaped to the street.
The death toll was 170. It was the worse disaster in U. S. history.
TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNIDENTIFIED IN THE BOYERTOWN CASTASTROPHE JAN.13, 1908.
MORRIS M. ANDERSON,AGED 40 YRS.
ADDIE R. BAUMAN,AGED 22 YRS.
CARRIE L. BAUMAN,AGED 18 YRS.
EDNA E. BAUMAN,AGED 14 YRS.
JAMES KEELY BUYER,AGED 15 YRS.
ANNIE E. G. CLOUSER,AGED 54 YRS.
ESTHER M. CULLEN,AGED 37 YRS.
ESTHER F. N. ERB,AGED 11 YRS.
JOHN S. FRITZ,AGED 61 YRS.
IDA CORA FRITZ,AGED 34 YRS.
CAROLINA M. HOFMAN,AGED 65 YRS.
ALICE J. HOFFMAN,AGED 35 YRS.
LOTTIE H. HOFFMAN,AGED 19 YRS.
EPHRAIM H. JOHNSON,AGED 39 YRS.
ROBERT A. LAPISH,AGED 19 YRS.
MARIE K. LAPISH,AGED 9 YRS.
CLARA LEAVER,AGED 47 YRS.
HIRAM L. B. LEIDY,AGED 25 YRS.
EMMA M. LIGHTEL,AGED 52 YRS.
I. NEWTON LIGHTEL,AGED 27 YRS.
ANNIE L. K. SCHOENLY,AGED 35 YRS.
ROBERT TAGERT,AGED 73 YRS.
ELLEN E. TARGERT,AGED 51 YRS.
ROSA ELLEN TARGERT,AGED 42 YRS.
SARAH EMMA WIEN,AGED 44 YRS.
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LIVING HISTORY
On March 25-26-2000, the Fairground Mall in Reading, Pa. was host to the Living History of the Civil War.
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Ringgold Light Artillery Monument - City Park -Formaly Penn's Commons
TO COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTISM AND PROMPTITUDE OF THE RINGGOLD LIGHT ARTILLERY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIAWHICH REPORTED FOR DUTY AT HARRISBURG, APRIL 16, 1861.ARRIVING THERE FIRST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANIES AND WITH THE LOGAN GUARDS OF LEWISTOWN. WASHINGTON ARTILLERISTS OF POTTSVILLE.
NATIONAL LIGHT INFANTRY OF POTTSVILLE, AND ALLEN INFANTRY OF ALLENTOWN
ENTERED THE CITY OH WASHINGTON
APRIL 18, 1861
FIRST DEFENDERS OF THE CAPITAL
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF READING
JULY 1, 1901
The names on the monument.
Roster of the Ringgold Light
Artillery
Captain
James McKnight
Lieutenants
Henry Nagle
William Craeff
Sergeants
George W. Durell
Henry S. Rush
Daniel Kreisher
Jeremiah Seiders
Corporals
Levi J. Homan
Jacob Womert
F. W. Folkman
Horatio Leader
Musicians
John A. Hook
George B. Ecker
Privates
Solomon D. Ash
James M. Anthony
Charels B. Ansart
Anthony Ammon
Augustus Berger
George S. Bickley
Reuben R. Burkhart
Harrison G. Bouse
William W. Bowers
David Bechtel
Aaron Bechtel
Charles A. Bitting
Henry Coleman
William Christ
Amos Drenkel
Daniel M. Dickinson
Edward G. Ebling
Benjamin F. Ermentrout
Henry E. Eisenbise
William C. Eben
Samuel Evans
Robert Eltz
Henry Fleck
Adam Frees
John Fries Jr.
Harrison Fox
Christain C. Frantz
Adam Faust
Willaim W. Fix
James A. Fox
Addison Gery
Charles W. Gebhard
Henry Geicer
Lemuel Gries
James H. Gentzler
George W. Green
Samuel Hamilton
Amos Hutett
Nathaniel B. Hill
Andrew S. Helms
William Haberacker
Jacob J. Hessler
Franklin Housel
John L. Kennedy
George W. Knabb
John D. Koch
Jacob Leeds
Harrison Lutz
Peter A. Lantz
Daniel J. Levan
George D. Leaf
Aaron H. Levan
Charles Levan
Christopher Loeser
George S. Lauman
Isaac S. Leeds
Daniel Maltzberger
Charles P. Muhlenberg
Joseph H. McKnight
William M. Miller
William P. Mook
James L. Mast
Howard McIlvain
John A. McLenecan
Henry Neihart
Edward P. Pearson Jr.
James Pfleger
Frederick Peck
Frederick H. Phillippi
Fredinand S. Ritter
William Rapp Jr.
Henry Rush
Francis Rambo
Isaiah Rambo Sr.
George B. Rhoads
Ackson Sherman
Franklin Shaeffer
Edmund L. Smith
Franklin Smeck
George W. Silvis
Edward Schull
Charles Spangler
Jonathan Shearer
William H. Smith
Albert H. Shiery
William Sauerbier
Albert H. Seyfert
Daniel Witman
Henry Whiteside
Daniel S. Yohn
John L. Yohn
Frederick M. Yeager
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Ringgold Light Artillery Monument - City Park -Formaly Penn's Commons
TO COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTISM AND PROMPTITUDE OF THE RINGGOLD LIGHT ARTILLERY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIAWHICH REPORTED FOR DUTY AT HARRISBURG, APRIL 16, 1861.ARRIVING THERE FIRST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANIES AND WITH THE LOGAN GUARDS OF LEWISTOWN. WASHINGTON ARTILLERISTS OF POTTSVILLE.
NATIONAL LIGHT INFANTRY OF POTTSVILLE, AND ALLEN INFANTRY OF ALLENTOWN
ENTERED THE CITY OH WASHINGTON
APRIL 18, 1861
FIRST DEFENDERS OF THE CAPITAL
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF READING
JULY 1, 1901
The names on the monument.
Roster of the Ringgold Light
Artillery
Captain
James McKnight
Lieutenants
Henry Nagle
William Craeff
Sergeants
George W. Durell
Henry S. Rush
Daniel Kreisher
Jeremiah Seiders
Corporals
Levi J. Homan
Jacob Womert
F. W. Folkman
Horatio Leader
Musicians
John A. Hook
George B. Ecker
Privates
Solomon D. Ash
James M. Anthony
Charels B. Ansart
Anthony Ammon
Augustus Berger
George S. Bickley
Reuben R. Burkhart
Harrison G. Bouse
William W. Bowers
David Bechtel
Aaron Bechtel
Charles A. Bitting
Henry Coleman
William Christ
Amos Drenkel
Daniel M. Dickinson
Edward G. Ebling
Benjamin F. Ermentrout
Henry E. Eisenbise
William C. Eben
Samuel Evans
Robert Eltz
Henry Fleck
Adam Frees
John Fries Jr.
Harrison Fox
Christain C. Frantz
Adam Faust
Willaim W. Fix
James A. Fox
Addison Gery
Charles W. Gebhard
Henry Geicer
Lemuel Gries
James H. Gentzler
George W. Green
Samuel Hamilton
Amos Hutett
Nathaniel B. Hill
Andrew S. Helms
William Haberacker
Jacob J. Hessler
Franklin Housel
John L. Kennedy
George W. Knabb
John D. Koch
Jacob Leeds
Harrison Lutz
Peter A. Lantz
Daniel J. Levan
George D. Leaf
Aaron H. Levan
Charles Levan
Christopher Loeser
George S. Lauman
Isaac S. Leeds
Daniel Maltzberger
Charles P. Muhlenberg
Joseph H. McKnight
William M. Miller
William P. Mook
James L. Mast
Howard McIlvain
John A. McLenecan
Henry Neihart
Edward P. Pearson Jr.
James Pfleger
Frederick Peck
Frederick H. Phillippi
Fredinand S. Ritter
William Rapp Jr.
Henry Rush
Francis Rambo
Isaiah Rambo Sr.
George B. Rhoads
Ackson Sherman
Franklin Shaeffer
Edmund L. Smith
Franklin Smeck
George W. Silvis
Edward Schull
Charles Spangler
Jonathan Shearer
William H. Smith
Albert H. Shiery
William Sauerbier
Albert H. Seyfert
Daniel Witman
Henry Whiteside
Daniel S. Yohn
John L. Yohn
Frederick M. Yeager
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ARRIVING THERE FIRST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANIES AND WITH THE LOGAN GUARDS OF LEWISTOWN. WASHINGTON ARTILLERISTS OF POTTSVILLE.
NATIONAL LIGHT INFANTRY OF POTTSVILLE, AND ALLEN INFANTRY OF ALLENTOWN
ENTERED THE CITY OH WASHINGTON
APRIL 18, 1861
FIRST DEFENDERS OF THE CAPITAL
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF READING
JULY 1, 1901
Captain
James McKnight
Lieutenants
Henry Nagle
William Craeff
Sergeants
George W. Durell
Henry S. Rush
Daniel Kreisher
Jeremiah Seiders
Corporals
Levi J. Homan
Jacob Womert
F. W. Folkman
Horatio Leader
Musicians
John A. Hook
George B. Ecker
Privates
Solomon D. Ash
James M. Anthony
Charels B. Ansart
Anthony Ammon
Augustus Berger
George S. Bickley
Reuben R. Burkhart
Harrison G. Bouse
William W. Bowers
David Bechtel
Aaron Bechtel
Charles A. Bitting
Henry Coleman
William Christ
Amos Drenkel
Daniel M. Dickinson
Edward G. Ebling
Benjamin F. Ermentrout
Henry E. Eisenbise
William C. Eben
Samuel Evans
Robert Eltz
Henry Fleck
Adam Frees
John Fries Jr.
Harrison Fox
Christain C. Frantz
Adam Faust
Willaim W. Fix
James A. Fox
Addison Gery
Charles W. Gebhard
Henry Geicer
Lemuel Gries
James H. Gentzler
George W. Green
Samuel Hamilton
Amos Hutett
Nathaniel B. Hill
Andrew S. Helms
William Haberacker
Jacob J. Hessler
Franklin Housel
John L. Kennedy
George W. Knabb
John D. Koch
Jacob Leeds
Harrison Lutz
Peter A. Lantz
Daniel J. Levan
George D. Leaf
Aaron H. Levan
Charles Levan
Christopher Loeser
George S. Lauman
Isaac S. Leeds
Daniel Maltzberger
Charles P. Muhlenberg
Joseph H. McKnight
William M. Miller
William P. Mook
James L. Mast
Howard McIlvain
John A. McLenecan
Henry Neihart
Edward P. Pearson Jr.
James Pfleger
Frederick Peck
Frederick H. Phillippi
Fredinand S. Ritter
William Rapp Jr.
Henry Rush
Francis Rambo
Isaiah Rambo Sr.
George B. Rhoads
Ackson Sherman
Franklin Shaeffer
Edmund L. Smith
Franklin Smeck
George W. Silvis
Edward Schull
Charles Spangler
Jonathan Shearer
William H. Smith
Albert H. Shiery
William Sauerbier
Albert H. Seyfert
Daniel Witman
Henry Whiteside
Daniel S. Yohn
John L. Yohn
Frederick M. Yeager
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