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Fire fighter, made national news. Now, 118 years later, his family faces another loss. It is a slap in the face. Reporter commemorative plaque dedicated to hoseman james mcgee in 2006 is now missing from seventh and erie. You know, it was probably taken because somebody thought that they could get money for it, maybe something that they needed. Reporter harry mcgee was himself a long serving philadelphia fire fighter. He is james great grandson. He could not read or write, okay. But he was a bricklayer. So the guys would come to the firehouse. Reporter harry says he didnt expect police to have the time to investigate the steps of the marker but after he left, they arrived to do just that. Mcgee was 35, when he was killed by a fallen wall while fighting a fire in the large factory, once located where the plaques gaping hole now is. While mcgees death was covered, the papers from l. A. To chicago, perhaps the most poignant word were written here in philadelphia, in june of 1898. The fire ....
Val that i cold air trapped dunn to the surface it is 31 degrees and below freezing in quakertown. Twentyeight, 35 in willow grove. Storm scan three is quiet so a nice saturday is shaping up. We have clouds in washington d. C. , that will start to roll in this morning into the afternoon but overall a mild day. 64 degrees in philadelphia upper 50s at the shore. Even at poconos break go into the mid 50s for afternoon temperatures. Then we will talk about that rain moving in second half of the weekend into the start of the workweek. I will time it the out and when you will need umbrella the the most in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. Rain and warmth, thanks, justin. New Jersey Transit and rail Union Workers reached a tentative agreement to a avoid a strike. Were still awaiting details of the the new and, threatened to walk off the job at 2 00 a. M. , if no deal was agreed ....
We didnt have humidity, that makes it feel good. That is nice in philadelphia a. We will cool down this weekend but we are highs well up in the 60s which is warm this time of the year. We should be in the lower 50s this time of the year. The pleasant conditions. We will not bring back shower chances in our forecast as well. This morning noticeably colder. We are checking in the mid 40s, in philadelphia, right now, 44 degrees at the airport. The light wind out of the north east at the 5 miles an hour. The not much wind to deal with this morning but throw that jacket on. It is chilly in some of those suburbs. Compared to this time yesterday, 17 to 27 degrees colder, so that is that cooler, air mass building in but again, for early march, this is warmer than normal. Thirtyfive in millville at this hour. It is freezing in will allentown, 25 degrees in mount pocono. We have cold air, settling in, the surface, quakertown checks in at 28 degrees. Clear skies right now. Cloud out to the the so ....
Again, between grant and red lion will remain closed throughout the the rush hour this evening. Now, late this afternoon two of the three inner southbound lanes, again of this section of the boulevard were reopened meaning right now, five of the six southbound lanes of the boulevard are opened. That is certainly eased congestion issues on this section of the boulevard. As you take a look behind me you can see traffic gets by with no problems. Reporting live tonight from northeast philadelphia, Todd Quinones for cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right todd thank you. Tonight we are hearing from the grieving family of the Burlington County man kill in the deadly crash on the new jersey turnpike. Authority say that 40 vehicles were involved in multiple pile up nears 8a in C ....
Eventually we will end up with not just a couple more round of snow, but arctic air will make a serious come back in a very big way. So today, it is calm, collected, we will enjoy it while we can but yeah, just you wait folks it will get cold in time for valentines weekend. We will have details straight ahead, back to you. September is launching a blitz to highlight dangers of kiss track commuting. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao joins us from the market frankford line somerset station in what riders can expect, good morning. Reporter good morning. Septa is stepping up those patrols here, calling it a safety blitz aimed at distract driving. A distract commuting rather. They are reminding riders not to be so engrossed in reading, social media, phones that they cross yellow line and step off a platform and on to the the track. The this is called stay back from the edge. Police officers and safety officers will be out here at som ....