Editing Tyrone, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The [[Tyrone Borough Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===Circus Train Derailment===
{{main|Walter L. Main Circus train wreck}}

On May 30, 1893, a train carrying employees and animals belonging to the Walter L. Main Circus [[derailment|derailed]] at an embankment resulting in the deaths of five circus employees, plus many animal casualties. Many unharmed animals escaped from the wreck and were reported across the countryside for months after the wreck, most notably, a woman who escaped a [[Bengal tiger]], but lost her cow in the attack. A memorial now stands at the site.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Gannon |first1=Megan |title=19th-Century Circus Train Crash Mystery: Where's the Animal Graveyard? |url=https://www.livescience.com/45252-circus-train-accident-mass-grave-tyrone.html |website=Live Science |access-date=February 3, 2024}}</ref>

===Tornado===
 
On June 2, 1998, an [[F1 tornado]] moved southeast along [[Pennsylvania Route 453]] northwest of Tyrone. Significant tree damage was noted in several locations along a four-mile path, beginning approximately five miles northwest of Tyrone. No significant damage was reported in Tyrone, although eyewitnesses reported seeing clouds rotating as they crossed the city. This tornado was part of the [[1998 Eastern Tornado Outbreak]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=5656964|title=Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information|last=NCEI|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>