By Nancy Knisley
"BANDITS SHOOT GAS OFFICIAL IN DARING AMBRIDGE HOLDUP" was the headline at the top of the March 10, 1929, Pittsburgh Press' front page. The information in this post is based on that Press account.
"BANDITS SHOOT GAS OFFICIAL IN DARING AMBRIDGE HOLDUP" was the headline at the top of the March 10, 1929, Pittsburgh Press' front page. The information in this post is based on that Press account.
The story sounds like a scene from a crime novel: a brazen daylight heist by armed and dangerous bandits who are tricked into leaving without all the loot by a brave and resourceful young woman.
On Saturday, March 9, two bandits brandishing guns entered the Maplewood Ave. office of the Ambridge Gas Co., one of Ambridge's oldest businesses.*
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On Saturday, March 9, two bandits brandishing guns entered the Maplewood Ave. office of the Ambridge Gas Co., one of Ambridge's oldest businesses.*
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Nancy Bohinsky Knisley grew up in Ambridge in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the creator of Ambridge Memories, a blog dedicated to local history from 1950 to 1970.
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