Remember our story about the trolley that was hit by a bolt in 1950? Alda Grazer Arnold was aboard that car and she told us her story.
Events
Pittsburgh history is built upon moments both significant and small. From the 1903 Wabash Bridge collapse to the 1953 department store strike, find many Pittsburgh event pictures and tales here.
How the lightning bolt hit in the 5 a.m. hour on May 5, 1950 (or 5-5-50) in front of the Old Post Office Building at Smithfield Street and Fourth Avenue.
Look at the picturesLightning strike stymies Downtown morning commute
The bombing of Pearl Harbor disrupts anti-war gathering at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
Look at the picturesNews of attack, war dominate PG on Dec. 8, 1941
In a legendary lost picture, man is missing an intergluteal cleft
Look at the picturesPittsburgh streaker who “looked like an alien”
The first stories from national news agencies, some of which were printed in our pages, focused on the devastation not of New Orleans, but neighboring Mississippi.
Look at the picturesThe Post-Gazette’s front pages of Hurricane Katrina