Despite its name, the Donora Smog Museum doesn’t just tell the story of the 1948 “Donora Death Fog.” It also houses an ...

"It was so bad," Jerry Campa, a Donora, Pennsylvania, restaurateur recalls, "that I'd accidentally step off the curb and turn my ankle because I couldn't see my feet." The acrid, yellowish gray ...

From Oct. 26-31, 1948, a blanket of smog engulfed Donora, Pennsylvania. According to an article by Jacobs, Burgess, and Abbott in the American Journal of Public Health, activities such as the Donora ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: At the tail-end of October 1948, ...

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When the killer smog rolled into Donora, Pa., in October 1948, 12-year-old Joann Crow thought it was an adventure. "Dad couldn't drive us to school because it was so hard to see," said Crow, now 72.

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. PBS’s “American Experience” explores bipartisan efforts to improve the quality of American air in the 20th century in ...