1872 Rpt of Non- Fatal Accidents in the Eastern District of the Wyoming

Coal Fields, Luzerne County, Lying East of and Including Jenkins Township

(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions

of Pennsylvania for the Year 1872)

1/16 JOHN NASH, 37, married - 2 children, Scranton slope and drifts

1/19 PATRICK GOLDER, 12, R. Brook shaft - Dunmore

1/23 JAMES M'NASH, Leggitt's Creek shaft

1/24 JAMES TIGHE, White Oak mines

1/26 HUGH WILLIAMS, 42, Scranton slope and drifts

1/26 MICHAEL MAHON, 24, single, Bellevue shaft

1/31 PATRICK CALLAHAN, married, Leggitt's Creek shaft

2/3 MICH. M'DONALD, Eaton & Co mines - Arch.

2/3 DAVID JENKINS, Grassy Island shaft

2/8 THOS. HIGGINS, No. 10 shaft Pittston

2/9 JAMES CONWAY, Coal Brook mines

2/19 JAMES GRADY, Jermyn's slope

2/20 PETER HUGHES, Jermyn's shaft

2/26 JOHN NILES, Pine Brook shaft

3/2 THOMAS ALLEN, Pine Brook shaft

3/2 H. FERGUSSON, Pne Brook shaft

3/4 WM. MULDOON, Meadow Brook colliery

3/7 PATRICK HURLEY, Grassy Island shaft

3/8 E J WILLIAMS, 45, married - 2 children, Bellevue shaft

3/8 CHARLES DAVIS, Leggitt's Creek shaft

3/8 HENRY ADAMS, Waddel's shaft - Pittston

3/12 JOHN WILLIAMS, 50, married - 6 children, Mount Pleasant slope

3/15 JOHN W LEWIS, 35, married - 3 children, Dodge shaft - Lackawanna

3/16 JOSEPH LLOYD, Capouse or Brigg's shaft

3/23 MICH. FINNERTY, 14, Gipsy Grove colliery

3/26 STEP'N FINNERTY, 17, single, Gipsy Grove colliery

3/28 GEORGE PENMAN, 12, No. 1 slope - Olyphant

4/1 J M'LOUGHLIN, 20, single, Coal Brook breaker

4/2 T T WATKINS, Capouse mines

4/3 LEWIS R EVANS, 35, married, Oxford shaft

4/5 ANTHONY M'HALE, married, Pine Brook shaft

4/5 JOHN NILES, single, Pine Brook shaft

4/5 P. STANTON, door boy, single, Pine Brook shaft

4/8 PATRICK O'HORA, single, Pine Brook shaft

4/8 JAMES STONE, Pine Brook shaft

4/9 WM. M CLARKE, White Oak colliery

4/9 JAMES BASTEN, 24, married, Central shaft

4/11 WILLIAM CADDEN, single, Grassy Island shaft

4/13 JAMES M'HALE, 20, single, No. 3 slope - Olyphant

4/16 PHILIP PRYOR, 35, married, Central shaft

4/16 JAMES BROWN, 26, single, Central shaft

4/17 ROBERT LYONS, No. 1 slope - Olyphant

4/17 JAMES JONES, 48, married - 8 children, Archbald shaft

4/23 JOHN LENTON, 45, married - 3 children, No. 10 shaft - Pittston

4/23 MICH. FENAGHTY, No. 10 shaft - Pittston

4/23 MICH. O'MALIA, No. 10 shaft - Pittston

4/23 ALFRED HALE, 14, Bellevue shaft

4/24 PATRICK FLEMING, Roaring Brook shaft

4/24 JOHN M'DONELL, Gipsey Grove colliery

4/24 SIMON JONES, No. 6 shaft - Jenkin's twp

4/26 THOMAS ALLEN, married, Pine Brook shaft

4/26 LARRY KERINS, married, Pine Brook shaft

4/26 HENRY STRONG, married, Pine Brook shaft

4/26 DENNIS NEALON, married, Pine Brook shaft

4/26 JOHN READ, 31, married - 5 children, Hampton shaft

4/26 THOMAS BARROW, 65, married - 3 children, Hampton shaft

4/26 WM. MORGAN, 65, married, Hampton shaft

4/30 FRANCIS MORROW, Eaton & Co,'s mines

5/2 JAMES GENNESY, White Bridge tunnel

5/3 THOS. KENNEDY, White Bridge tunnel

5/6 BARNEY GILAS, Grassy Island shaft

5/7 JAMES DURKIN, 26, single, Hampton shaft

5/7 PATRICK MALIA, 45, married - 4 children, Scranton slope & drifts

5/7 PATRICK GILLESPIE, Jefferson tunnel - Fell twp

5/7 FRANCIS FOSTER, 14, Coal Brook tunnel - Fell twp

5/7 A. M'DERMOTT, 14, Jefferson tunnel - Fell twp

5/10 JOHN O'HORA, No. 2 shaft - Dunmore

5/10 WILLIAM ELLIS, 16, Diamond mines

5/13 ROBERT SHAW, 32, single, Oxford shaft

5/14 D. PARRY (boy), Mt. Pleasant colliery

5/14 JAMES PRYOR, Jermyn's mines

5/15 JOHN BRANNON, driver, Valley tunnel - Fell twp

5/16 FRANK WEBSTER, driver, Cayuga shaft

5/24 P. HALEY (boy), No. 3 slope - Olyphant

5/28 WM. M'HALE, 18, single, Scranton slope and drifts

5/28 DANIEL REESE, 34, married, Dodge slope

5/28 THOMAS HEALY, Gipsey Grove colliery

5/28 JOHN M'HALE, Gipsey Grove colliery

6/1 EVAN THOMAS, Grassy Island shaft

6/5 ANTHONY BOOSE, Butler shaft - Pittston

6/7 JOHN O'BOYLE, 14, Bellevue slope

6/8 BRYAN MANGHAN, Bellevue slope

6/10 THOS. P MORAN, 15, National mines

6/10 MICHAEL WEABLE, 28, single, Taylor shaft

6/18 JOHN JONES, 25, married - 2 children, Cayuga shaft

6/19 JOHN W REESE, 50, married - 7 children, Continental mines

6/22 PETER NAUGHTON, 20, single, Cayuga shaft

6/28 JAMES CONNELLY, 14, Bellevue slope

7/5 JOHN H DAVIS, 15, Bellevue shaft - Scranton

7/5 MICHAEL CONNERS, 14, single, Bellevue slope

7/8 JOHN CONWAY, Tripp's slope

7/8 JOHN DONNELLY, Grassy Island shaft

7/15 JOHN COLLICAN, Eaton & Co mines - Arch.

7/16 THOMAS CONNOR, White Bridge tunnel

7/16 JOHN H JONES, 35, married - 3 children, Leggitt's Creek shaft

7/16 ALEX. GROGAN, 17, Tripp's slope

7/16 ANDREW CULLEN, Stafford mines breaker

7/17 FRANK DUNSTON, 20, single, Nat'l Anthracite mines

7/19 WM. M'COY, 29, married, Pine Brook shaft

7/30 JOHN FLYNN, Roaring Brook shaft

7/30 JAMES JUDGE, Ravine shaft

8/2 THOMAS JONES, 14, Continental shaft

8/3 JOHN S MORGAN, 43, Cayuga shaft

8/5 MICH. DONNELLY, Grassy Island shaft

8/5 WM. LAWLER, Grassy Island shaft

8/7 JAS. R. PRICE, 38, married - 5 children, Taylor shaft

8/7 JAMES JUDGE, 15, Archbald shaft

8/8 JNO. BAMBAUCH, No. 2 breaker - Dunmore

8/10 JAMES RODGERS, Tompkins shaft

8/13 AND. GILLESPIE, 15, Meadow Brook colliery

8/13 WM. LLOYD, Continental mines

8/13 THOS. HOPKINS, Continental mines

8/14 JOHN EVANS, 12, Butler shaft mines

8/15 FRANK SWEENY, Mount Pleasant mines

8/21 WM. LURNEY, 16, Oxford shaft

8/24 THOS. LYONS, Seneca slope - Pittston

8/24 WILLIAM JONES, Tomkins shaft

8/24 THOS. POINTON, Tomkins shaft

8/24 SAMUEL MONK, Tomkins shaft

8/24 THOS. B EVANS, Tomkins shaft

8/24 JOHN HUGHES, Tomkins shaft

8/31 THOMAS CULKIN, 36, married - 7 children, Tripp's slope

8/31 THOMAS ALLEN, married, Meadow Brook colliery

9/2 WM. WILLIAMS, No. 3 shaft - Carbondale

9/4 ROBERT DAVIS, 30, single, Bellevue shaft - Lackawanna twp

9/4 L. WISICANON, No. 8 shaft - Pittston

9/7 MART. FLANNERY, Sawyer's tunnel G.G.C.

9/9 THOMAS LYNOTT, Lackawanna tunnel - Carbondale

9/9 MICHAEL FINNAN, Breaker Tunnel - Carbondale

9/10 THOS. FRANCIS, S. C. Co.'s slope & drifts

9/13 HUGH M'LEAN, No. 2 shaft - Dunmore

9/14 THOMAS JENKINS, L. C. shaft - Providence

9/19 RICHARD J M'HALE, Dip mines - Olyphant

9/20 CORNELIUS O'NEIL, Grand tunnel - Pittston

9/21 A. WALSH (boy), M. A. Coal Co.

9/21 THOMAS BOLAND, Ravine shaft - Pittston

9/24 JOHN M'CARTHY, doorboy, Von Storch slope - Providence

9/30 J MAHONY (boy), Bellevue shaft - Lackawanna Twp

9/30 JOHN WAUGHTEN, No. 3 drift, M. B. colliery

9/30 LEWIS DEARING, Coal Brook tunnel - Carbondale

10/2 MICHAEL WALSH, Eaton & Co.'s mine - Archbald

10/3 MICHAEL KANE, No. 1 drift M. B. colliery

10/4 JOHN R HARRIS, 45, Bellevue shaft

10/6 PATRICK SHERIDAN, Ravine shaft - Pittston

10/6 THOS. JONES, Ravine Shaft - Pittston

10/7 JOHN DUGGAN, Powderly slope, Carbondale

10/7 MARTIN DUGGAN, Powderly slope, Carbondale

10/12 JOHN KENVIN, 37, married - 4 children, Oxford shaft - H. Park

10/12 PATRICK CALPIN, 30, Dodge shaft - Lackawanna Twp

10/18 ANTHONY DUFFY, Coal Brook tunnel

10/18 T. HARRINGTON, Von Storch mines

10/19 JOHN KEIFE, 12, Ontario colliery

10/23 DAVID J THOMAS, Capouse or Briggs shaft

10/25 THOS. HOWARD, 17, Oxford shaft - H. Park

10/27 CHAS. HOOFMAN, 23, single, No. 4 Rolling Mill drift

11/2 JOHN KELLY, 19, single, No. 2 shaft 14 foot Diamond vein

11/2 JAMES TOOLE, 15, Oxford shaft - H. Park

11/2 ANTHONY BARRETT, N. A. C. Co.'s mid-drift

11/2 PETER LYNOTT, Leggitt's Creek shaft

11/6 CHARLES PRICE, Leggitt's Creek breaker

11/8 THOMAS FRANCIS, 30, married - one child, Scranton Coal Co.'s mines

11/8 JAMES MORAN, Scranton Coal Co.'s mines

11/8 THOMAS PRESTON, Gipsey Grove colliery

11/9 DENNIS GRIMES, No. 2 Diamond shaft

11/9 BARTH'W WALSH, Capouse or Brigg's shaft

11/11 JOHN A JONES, 15, Continental shaft

11/12 JOHN COLLINS, No. 10 shaft, Pittston

11/14 JENKIN JENKINS, 30, married, Hampton mines

11/14 JOHN CONNELL, Ravine shaft

11/14 JAMES MANLEY, 16, No. 2 slope, Jenkins Twp

11/21 GEORGE PATTEN, No. 1 drift, Olyphant

11/22 THOS. FINNEGAN, Coal Brook mines

11/27 STEPHEN GAVIN, Powderly slope, Carbondale

12/4 JAMES EARLY, Enterprise colliery

12/4 M. LOUGHNEY, No. 10 shaft - Pittston

12/5 MICHAEL GEBBONS (boy), Eaton & Co.'s breaker

12/6 JAMES KEARNS, Lackawanna Tunnel

12/9 JACOB FISHER, 34, single, No. 2 Diamond shaft

12/9 JOHN BARRETT, 14, National Anth'e ms

12/10 HENRY CAMPBELL, 14, No. 2 Diamond shaft

12/12 MICHAEL TOBIN, 45, married - 4 children, Central shaft

12/13 JAMES BOURKE, doorboy, Leggitt's Creek shaft

12/23 MAT'W PHILLIPS, 58, married, Hampton mines

12/26 GEORGE MARTIN, No. 7 shaft

12/26 JOHN BOURKE, 60, married - 2 children, No. 7 shaft

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