1875 Eastern District of the Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne Co

1875 Eastern District of the Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne Co., Rpt of Fatal Accidents

(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year 1875)

1/11 MICHAEL EARLE, 15, single, 0 children, Pine Brook colliery, Scranton

1/11 DOMINICK BOLAND, 28, married, 4 children, Twin shaft colliery, Pittston

1/23 EDWARD HART, 48, married, 3 children, No. 4 shaft colliery, Pittston Bor.

1/27 THOMAS FILSON, 35, married, 3 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton

1/29 MICHAEL HEALY, 45, married, 5 children, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp

1/30 JOHN M'KENNA, 25, married, 1 child, No. 12 shaft colliery, Pleasant Valley

2/5 VALENTINE PHILLIPS, 40, married 3 children, Meadow Brook colliery, Scranton

2/10 RICHARD GILL, 29, single, 0 children, Shaft #10, Pittston

2/25 JOHN HULL, 25, married, 0 children, Continental colliery, Lackawanna Twp

2/27 PATRICK O'HARA, 17, single, 0 children, No. 4 colliery, Pittston

3/4 THOMAS MAHAR, 16, single, 0 children, Continental colliery, Lackawanna Twp

3/9 HENRY WALSH, 16, single, 0 children, Mt. Pleasant colliery, Scranton

3/9 JOHN OWENS, 16, single, 0 children, Mt. Pleasant colliery, Scranton

3/10 PETER GALLAGHER, 53, married, 7 children, Hampton colliery, Lackawanna Twp

3/11 MARTIN FEENY, 45, married, 8 children, Dodge colliery, Lackawanna Twp

3/16 JOHN MORAN, 40, married, 7 children, Von Storch colliery, Scranton

3/23 JAMES SMITH, 19, single, 0 children, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp

3/25 JOHN NICHOLAS, 38, married, 5 children, Meadow Brook colliery, Scranton

3/31 JOHN SCHOONOVER, 50, married, 4 children, Green Ridge colliery, Dunmore Bor.

4/19 JOHN NARRY, 40, married, 5 children, Von Storch colliery, Scranton

4/22 ANTHONY KINNY, 25, married, 2 children, Thompkins colliery, Pittston Bor

4/24 MARTIN M'TIGUE, 48, married, 6 children, Butler shaft colliery, Pittston Twp

5/6 MICHAEL COOLICAN, 21, single, 0 children, Eaton & Co colliery, Blakely Twp

5/15 JOHN JOHN, 24, married, 1 child, Von Storch colliery, Scranton

5/22 THOMAS EVANS, 24,single, 0 children, Scranton Coal Co mine

6/5 JACOB MORGAN, 18, single, 0 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton

6/7 JOHN D MURPHY, 35, married, 0 children, Eddy Creek shaft, Blakely Twp

6/7 ANTHONY WALSH, 48, married, 5 children, Stark shaft, Lackawanna Twp

6/7 WILLIAM JAMES, 14, single, 0 children, Sloan shaft, Lackawanna Twp

6/12 JOHN HUGHES, 45, married, 0 children, Cayuga shaft, Scranton

6/25 DENNIS COSTELLO, 26, single, 0 children, No. 12 shaft Pleasant Valley

7/2 PATRICK DISKIN, 35, married, 4 children, Dodge colliery, Lackawanna Twp

7/15 JOHN KELLY, 20, single, 0 children, Powderly slope, Carbondale Twp

7/17 EDWARD BARRETT, 25, married, 1 child, No. 10 shaft, Pittston Twp

7/19 MICHAEL K*HORAN, 45, widower, 1 child, Cayuga shaft, Scranton

7/23 DAVID J EVANS, age, marital status, # of children blank, Mt. Pleasant, Scranton

7/30 MICHAEL SWIFT, 18, single, 0 children, White Oak colliery, Blakely Twp

8/2 PATRICK NOONAN, 27, married, 3 children, Butler colliery, Pittston Twp

8/6 PATRICK COOK, 26, single, 0 children, White Oak colliery, Blakely Twp

8/14 EVAN DAVIS, 21, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton

8/14 DAVID OWENS, 19, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton

8/14 THOMAS STURRETT, 16, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton

8/17 JOHN M KENNEDY, 58, married, 0 children, Valley Tunnel colliery, Carbondale

9/4 ANTHONY FARRELL, 15, single, 0 children, Erie colliery, Carbondale Twp

9/11 BARTHOLMEW MULLIGAN, 25, single, 0 children, Erie colliery, Carbondale Twp

9/18 DOMINICK M'ANDREW, 30, married, 3 children, Stark colliery, Lackawanna Twp

9/18 DAVID BOURK, 30, married, 1 child, Stark colliery, Lackawanna Twp

10/12 JOHN O'CONNER, 19, married, 0 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton

10/10 BENJAMIN JONES, 15, single, 0 children, Tripp's slope, Scranton

10/20 WILLIAM R PRICE, 54, married, 4 children, Pine Brook Shaft, Scranton

10/30 PHILLIP MURRAY, 17, single, 0 children, No. 10 shaft, Pittston Twp

11/1 THOMAS HENSHALL, 55, married, 4 children, No. 7 shaft, Jenkins Twp

11/10 THOMAS MANGHAN, 23, single, 0 children, No. 5 shaft, Jenkins Twp

11/25 JOHN BERRY, 30, married, 1 child, Leggett's Creek, Scranton

11/26 MICHAEL EAGAN, 30, married, 2 children, No. 10 shaft, Pittston

12/8 WILLIAM LYNOTT, 50, married, 6 children, No. 9 shaft, Pittston

12/13 JAMES M'KENZIE, 60, married, 3 children, Law shaft, Pleasant Valley Bor.

12/13 MICHAEL CORBY, 55, married, 4 children, Diamond shaft, Scranton

12/22 JOHN E COSGROVE, 39, married, 6 children, Tompkins colliery,Pittston Bor.

12/24 NOAH MORGAN, 72, married, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton

12/28 DANIEL M'COLLOUGH, 50, married, 10 children, Hampton, Lackawanna Twp

12/29 JOHN MORAN, 16, single, 0 children, Phoenix colliery, Pittston Twp

The above information was donated by: Ed Langley

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator