MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
A SEPTEMBER GHOST STORY!
Some folks might be surprised to find a
Ghost town just a few miles away from Public
Square in Wilkes-Barre, But we're got one!
62 years ago this month the final move of
some 850 people got under way in the
Borough of Laurel Run, The now vacant land
on either side of what has become know as
the Giant's Despair road was once filled with
over 160 homes, 2 grocery stores, a church, a
school and a lumber yard
Back in 1915 a coal miner left his carbide
light burning while hanging on a wooden
pillar. By the time the mine reopened after
the weekend the fire had spread into a seam
of coal,
Over the years the blaze spread further,
eventually causing some of the ground above
to collapse and sending toxic fumes to the
surface.
There are still homes in Laurel Run. All safely
west of the fire area. Efforts have been made to
stop its spread but it still burns 109 years after
it started Coal may have been king at one time,
but it was also a killer! It's very worth remembering.
Hope you do, and that all your NEWS is good.
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