Another 50 residents died of respiratory causes within a month after the incident; notable among the fatalities was Lukasz Musial, the father of the future sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. Steel's Donora Zinc Works and its American Steel & Wire plant were frequent occurrences in Donora.
Another 50 residents died of respiratory causes within a month after the incident; notable among the fatalities was Lukasz Musial, the father of the future baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial. Hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. Steel's Donora Zinc Works and its American Steel & Wire plant were frequent occurrences in Donora.