1879 Middle District Rpt of NON-Fatal Accidents
(consisting of portions of Luzerne and Carbon Cos.)
(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the
Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year 1879)
1/8 HENRY MORRIS,
Henry colliery
1/8 THOMAS PRISK,
Sugar Notch No. 10
1/19 WILLIAM
HOWELL, Empire colliery
1/20 WILLIAM
ROWLEY, Mill Creek colliery
1/21 JOSEPH BADMAN,
No. 5 D & H colliery
1/21 THOMAS
BUCKLAND, No. 2 tunnel Nanticoke
1/23 JOHN GEORGU,
Empire breaker
1/28 MARTIN MURPHY,
Hollenback colliery
1/28 DRAPER PETLY,
Hutchison colliery
1/28 JOHN NEWTON,
Exeter colliery
1/29 JOHN CLARK,
Prospect colliery
1/30 JOHN FARINGER,
Exeter colliery
2/8 REUBEN EDWARDS,
Mill Creek colliery
2/10 JAMES KEENY,
Wanamie colliery
2/12 A. GALLAGHER,
Henry colliery
2/13 ALBERT LEARCH,
No. 2 Nanticoke colliery
2/17 JAMES HALEY,
Prospect colliery
2/19 FRANK SLICK,
Sugar Notch No. 10 breaker
2/20 WILLIAM D
EVANS, Washington colliery
2/20 MARK EVANS,
Sugar Notch No. 10 colliery
2/25 PATRICK
MONAHAN, No. 4 shaft D & H colliery near Plymouth
2/25 ED. GATOUS,
No. 4 shaft D & H colliery near Plymouth
2/27 JOHN SHAY, No.
10 slope Sugar Notch
3/1 PATRICK
MEIGHAN, Nottingham colliery
3/4 JOSIAH EDDY,
Pine Ridge colliery
3/10 JOHN KAYTES,
Pine Ridge colliery
3/12 ED. KINNEY,
No. 2 D & H colliery
3/14 LAWRENCE
DEMPSY, Prospect colliery
3/15 PETER MUNSON,
Sugar Notch No. 10
3/15 BENJAMIN
MUNSON, Sugar Notch No. 10
3/17 WILLIAM MAY,
Empire colliery
3/18 JAMES HAMMEL,
No. 10 Sugar Notch
3/20 A. MORGAN,
Empire colliery
3/21 JOHN
FITZPATRICK, Prospect colliery
3/28 P. MCCARTY,
Laurel Run colliery
3/31 A. ERNEST,
Midvale colliery
4/5 ROBERT GARDNER,
Midvale colliery
4/4 JOHN WARD,
Prospect colliery
4/7 HUGH ROGAN,
Midvale colliery
4/8 DAVID E MORRIS,
Prospect colliery
4/8 JAMES NICHOLL,
Midvale colliery
4/11 NEIL BROGAN,
Henry colliery
4/15 J. LAWLER,
Sugar Notch colliery
4/21 JOHN GRATTON,
Pine Ridge colliery
4/19 DANIEL DAVIS,
Lance colliery
4/22 JAMES MARKER,
No. 4 slope Nanticoke
4/22 B D JONES, No.
4 slope Nanticoke
4/24 HUGH TRAINOR,
Prospect colliery
4/24 JOHN MULONEY,
Prospect colliery
4/24 GEORGE O BITZ,
No. 2 colliery Nanticoke
4/28 M J WELSH,
Exeter colliery
4/20 LOUIS KNOT,
Prospect colliery
4/30 MARTIN HOGAN,
Pine Ridge colliery
5/1 EVAN THOMAS,
Exeter colliery
5/2 MARTIN CONWAY,
Prospect colliery
5/2 MICHAEL MANGAN,
Prospect colliery
5/3 WILLIAM E
WILLIAMS, Nottingham colliery
5/5 THOMAS O. KEIF,
No. 4 D & H colliery
5/5 JAMES FLOOD,
Prospect colliery
5/6 LEVI GIBBONS,
Audenreid colliery
5/6 JOHN RICHARDS, Audenreid
colliery
5/7 MICHAEL SUMEN,
Exeter colliery
5/8 ED. FRAZER, No.
1 shaft Nanticoke
5/8 ANTHONY DUFFY,
Henry colliery
5/8 JOSEPH CAMBELL,
Henry colliery
5/10 T R THOMAS,
No. 2 tunnel Nanticoke
5/10 JOHN PROSSER,
No. 2 colliery Kingston Coal Co
5/14 STEPHEN
CAIRNS, Exeter colliery
5/17 FREDERICK
SCOTER, Hartford colliery
5/21 JACOB WASLE,
No. 3 Baltimore slope
5/21 ED. HEFFEREN,
No. 4 D & H colliery
5/22 GEORGE FORCEY,
Mill Creek colliery
5/27 ED. AYRES,
Mill Creek colliery
5/27 C. MASTON,
Mill Creek colliery
5/28 JOHN FRAHIL,
Wyoming colliery
5/28 THOMAS J
EVANS, Wyoming colliery
6/ HENRY WALTERS,
Enterprise colliery
6/6 THOMAS
STEPHENS, Washington colliery
6/9 C D KOCKER,
Washington colliery
6/11 JOHN WILLIAMS,
Empire colliery
6/11 WILLIAM
THOMPSON, Lance colliery
6/13 BARNEY BROGAN,
No. 4 D & H colliery
6/16 HENRY JONES,
No. 2 D & H colliery
6/18 WILLIAM
HERRIGAN, Empire colliery
6/18 THOMAS HOOPER,
Enterprise colliery
6/18 JOHN MASMAN,
Enterprise colliery
6/20 JAMES RUDDY,
Franklin colliery
6/21 WILLIAM
O'GUIRE, Pine Ridge colliery
6/23 MARTIN VANVEY,
Hillman's colliery
6/23 L S JONES,
Empire collieiry
6/23 JOHN HAYCOCK,
Empire collieiry
6/25 THOMAS A
JONES, No. 2 shaft Nanticoke
6/26 WILLIAM
NICHOLSON, Exeter colliery
6/26 JOHN W
ROBERTS, Empire colliery
6/26 JOHN GITTEN,
Franklin colliery
6/26 L. DEMPSEY,
Prospect colliery
6/27 JACOB KLINE,
Empire colliery
6/30 PATRICK
MCHALE, No. 2 colliery Kingston Coal Co
6/28 JAMES WILSON,
Midvale colliery
7/2 SAMUEL MATHEWS,
Hartford colliery
7/7 M DOLAN,
Hollenback colliery
7/7 GUS BAKER,
Hollenback colliery
7/7 JABEZ PHILIPS,
Prospect colliery
7/9 ENOCH ASTON,
Diamond colliery
7/10 DANIEL EVANS,
No. 1 Baltimore colliery
7/11 THOMAS DIXON,
Enterprise colliery
7/12 JOHN SMITH,
Laurel Run colliery
7/12 JAMES
WILLIAMS, Boston colliery
7/19 GEORGE HANK,
Diamond colliery
7/23 THOMAS WHITE,
Mill Creek colliery
7/26 RICHARD
MORRIS, Empire colliery
7/25 JOHN LYDON,
Hartford colliery
7/26 CONRAD
SHINDLE, Franklin colliery
8/1 DAVID ROBERTS,
Mineral Spring colliery
8/1 THOMAS J DAVIS,
No. 3 Baltimore colliery
8/2 THOMAS HUGHES,
Exeter colliery
8/5 FRANK KREIG,
Diamond colliery
8/5 GEORGE KOWLER,
No. 2 tunnel Nanticoke
8/6 JOHN SMITH,
Nottingham colliery
8/7 JAMES MULLEN,
Prospect colliery
8/6 THOMAS WYLEY, Dodson
colliery
8/7 WILLIAM PARRY,
No. 9 shaft Sugar Notch colliery
8/8 JOHN BEVAN,
Prospect colliery
8/8 JOHN WELSH,
Prospect colliery
8/8 JAS. FOX,
Prospect colliery
8/11 JOHN S JONES,
Wyoming colliery
8/11 W H DOVE,
Wyoming colliery
8/11 JOHN GEESEY,
Wyoming colliery
8/12 JAMES KELLY,
Nottingham colliery
8/18 M. VANHART,
Red Ash colliery
8/20 JAMES MCGEE,
Waddell colliery
8/25 TIM. DOWNING,
No. 1 slope Nanticoke
8/26 LAWRENCE LUBY,
Mineral Spring colliery
8/29 THOMAS
CAVANAUGH, Enterprise colliery
9/5 WILLIAM H
RICHARDS, Diamond colliery
9/5 DAVID DAVIS,
Mineral Spring colliery
9/6 HARRY WILLIAMS,
Chauncey colliery
9/6 JOHN MCGLYN,
Franklin colliery
9/8 G B ROBINSON,
Mill Creek colliery
9/8 ROBERT H OWENS,
Hartford colliery
9/8 THOMAS GIBBONS,
No. 4 slope Nanticoke
9/9 JOHN FORCEY,
Mill Creek colliery
9/13 GEORGE MARTIN,
Mill Creek colliery
9/16 WILLIAM A
THOMAS, Diamond colliery
9/16 JOHN BROGAN,
Diamond colliery
9/16 FRANK WREN,
Diamond colliery
9/18 PATRICK J
FOLEY, Empire colliery
9/18 THOMAS WILLIAMS,
Franklin colliery
9/20 ED. JENKINS,
No. 2 colliery D & H
9/24 B. ROBINSON,
Hartford colliery
9/24 M. CORCORAN,
Exeter colliery
9/26 JOHN RYNEOR,
No. 3 Nanticoke colliery
9/27 FRED. GILBERT,
Hollenback colliery
10/3 MICHAEL KINTZ,
Exeter colliery
10/3 LOUIS YOUNGS,
Exeter colliery
10/8 HIRAM SHAFFER,
No. 2 colliery D & H
10/8 ED. CAIN, No.
3 colliery W. Nanticoke
10/9 PATRICK HALEY,
Prospect colliery
10/13 PATRICK
MULHERIN, Diamond colliery
10/13 WILLIAM
DAVIS, No. 9 Sugar Notch colliery
10/14 JOHN H DAVIS,
Nottingham colliery
10/16 FRANK LOFTUS,
Exeter colliery
10/15 PATRICK HONE,
Franklin colliery
10/17 JOHN
GALLAGHER, Prospect colliery
10/20 THOMAS G
THOMAS, Diamond colliery
10/24 JOHN BROGAN,
No. 4 colliery D & H
10/28 THOMAS
MORGAN, Lance colliery
10/29 M. MCGLIN,
Hutchison colliery
10/31 G.
STOORDOCKER, No. 3 colliery W Nanticoke
10/31 JOHN E
CARVER, No. 3 colliery W Nanticoke
11/4 JAMES
SHEPPARD, No. 1 Baltimore colliery
11/13 JOHN MCMAHON,
Audenried colliery
11/14 WILLIAM MCDONALD,
Mineral Spring colliery
11/14 H J RICHARDS,
No. 10 Sugar Notch colliery
11/18 THOMAS
GROILYM, Lance colliery
11/19 JOSEPH
SHEPLERS, Exeter colliery
11/19 THOMAS
HAGERTY, Mill Creek colliery
11/25 MARTIN
CAFFERTY, No. 9 Sugar Notch colliery
11/25 JOHN
HARGRAVES, Franklin colliery - Dobson's drift
12/1 JAMES FLANERY,
No. 1 slope Nanticoke
12/1 NEWTON FRACE,
No. 3 colliery W Nanticoke
12/2 JOHN RYAN,
Nottingham colliery
12/2 ALBERT BAKER,
Washington colliery
12/5 BENJAMIN
THOMAS, Empire colliery
12/5 JOHN JENNINGS,
Empire colliery
12/5 JAC. LEWIS,
Boston colliery
12/13 WILLIAM L
RICHARDS, Empire Shart colliery
Total number
injured in above list, 187.
1879 Middle
District Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents
(consisting of the
portions of Luzerne and Carbon Cos.)
(from the Reports
of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions
of Pennsylvania for
the Year 1879
1/7 M BRODERICK,
age ?, married - 1 orphan, Pine Ridge colliery
1/13 JAMES BOYLE,
17, single, Audenreid colliery
1/14 WILLIAM
STULTZ, 21, single, Franklin colliery
1/27 PATRICK
MALONEY, 28, married - 8 orphans, No. 2 Kingston Coal Co
2/7 M MURPHY, 35,
Sugar Notch No. 10
3/7 SILAS SMITH,
16, Wyoming colliery
3/12 THOMAS
RUTHFORD, 55, married - 2 orphans, No. 2 D & H colliery
3/15 P HESS, Exeter
colliery
3/15 PETER
FREDERICK, Exeter colliery
3/24 JAMES
GRIFFITH, 52, married - 4 orphans, Empire colliery
3/24 ED MITCHEL,
36, married - 6 orphans, Empire colliery
4/10 W. JOHNSON,
16, Midvale colliery
4/14 JAMES BARRETT,
12, Henry colliery
4/14 S. CORRIGHAN,
35, married - 8 orphans, Sugar Notch slope No. 10
4/14 W. MCLAUGHLIN,
30, Empire colliery
4/25 FRANK MILLER,
14, Audenreid
5/6 WILLIAM SMITH,
35, married - 2 orphans, Audenreid
5/6 D B MORGAN, 40,
married - 4 orphans, Audenreid
5/6 JOHN DAVIS, 35,
married - 4 orphans, Audenreid
5/6 WILLIAM
WATKINS, 25, married - 0 orphans, Audenreid
5/6 SEM. LLOYD, 45,
widower - 5 orphans, Audenreid
5/6 RICHARD FAULL,
31, married - 4 orphans, Audenreid
5/13 L. SNYDER, 28,
married - 0 orphans, No. 4 slope Nanticoke
5/20 JOHN
SCHUMAKER, 20, Henry colliery
5/28 SAMUEL DAVIS,
43, married - 4 orphans, Wyoming colliery
6/11 JAMES KEENY,
40, married - 0 orphans, Empire colliery
6/14 B. MCGRAIN,
70, married - 6 orphans, Sugar Notch colliery
6/17 WEST EVERETT,
Laurel Run colliery
6/20 JOHN QUINN,
41, Enterprise colliery
6/20 CHARLES
RANNARD, Mill Creek collliery
7/18 DAVID
WILLIAMS, 20, No. 2 colliery, K C Co
7/24 JOHN O'BRIEN,
15, No. 5, D & H colliery
7/25 C G CASE, 53,
married - 3 orphans, Dodson colliery
7/24 D R THOMAS,
35, married - 2 orphans, Forty Fort colliery
7/25 JOHN GIBBONS,
40, married - 0 orphans, Hutchison colliery
7/30 DENNIS BOYLE,
30, Warrior Run colliery
8/2 A LANGAN,
married - 8 orphans, Empire colliery
8/6 JOHN EDWARDS, 58,
married - 0 orphans, Nottingham colliery
8/9 ELIAS WILLIAMS,
38, married - 4 orphans, Lance colliery
8/11 THOMAS
PENROSE, 45, married - 0 orphans, Raubville or Waddell's Colliery
8/11 THOMAS
MCCORMICK, 25, Raubville or Waddell's colliery
8/13 D. WILLIAMS,
14, No. 3 W. Nanticoke colliery
9/6 WILLIAM CRAMER,
No. 4 slope Nanticoke
9/24 THOMAS
LEONARD, 16, No. 3 Baltimore colliery
9/25 PETER HARLON,
29, married - 2 orphans, Hartford colliery
9/27 E. E. DAVIS,
40, married - 5 orphans, Prospect colliery
9/29 JOHN H MORGAN,
38, married - 6 orphans, No. 2 Tunnel Nanticoke
10/2 CON.
MCGROARTY, 32, married - 5 orphans, Midvale colliery
10/14 J.
POLOSHOFSKY, 35, married - 2 orphans, No. 2 Tunnel Nanticoke
10/25 J CONAHAN,
14, Nottingham colliery
10/25 J HIGGINS, 32,
Diamond colliery
11/2 ZAC. THOMAS,
38, married - 4 orphans, Mill Creek
11/2 DAVID JENKIN,
66, married - 3 orphans, Mill Creek
11/2 WILLIAM
KINNEY, 24, married - 0 orphans, Mill Creek
11/2 GEORGE
FORSYTH, 38, married - 7 orphans, Mill Creek
11/2 DAVID RUPP,
35, married, 3 orphans, Mill Creek
11/13 MARTIN
WILLIAMS, 35, married, 0 orphans, Exeter colliery
11/21 SAMUEL HILL,
40, married - 1 orphan, No. 2 colliery Kingston Coal Co
12/2 ROBERT V
THOMAS, married - 5 orphans, Red Ash colliery
12/4 ROGER MANLEY,
15, Hollenback shaft
12/6 ED KILLGALLON,
15, Wyoming colliery
12/17 JAC. BOYER,
42, married - 6 orphans, No. 4 colliery D & H C. Co.
12/17 JOHN STEEL,
30, Prospect colliery
12/20 JAMES
REYNOLDS, 45, married - 8 orphans, Nottingham colliery
12/23 THOMAS GAHARTY,
35, married - 5 orphans, Henry colliery
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