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Saturday, January 31, 2009.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Water is turned on by the Wilkes-Barre Water Company for the first time. First steam fire-engine seen and operated in Wilkes-Barre. Destructive ice freshet in the Susquehanna. Greatest flood in the Susquehanna ever known.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The bounds of Wilkes-Barre Borough are extended in a small degree. Wilkes-Barre Borough is incorporated into a city by an Act of the State Legislature. Celebration of the centennial anniversary of the founding and naming of Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes-Barre City Hospital is established and opened. Coldest weather in ten years.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Snow falls, covering the mountains near Wilkes-Barre. New edifice of the First Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated. Centennial anniversary of the erection of Luzerne County celebrated. Wilkes-Barre warmed for the first time by steam heat. Corner-stone of the 9th Regiment Armory laid. Erection of North Street Bridge begun.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The three public school districts of the city consolidated into one, under the control of a board of six directors. Greatest ice freshet in the Susquehanna since 1865. New Board of Trade organized.