1884 Non-Fatalities Middle Anthracite Dist

1884 Non-Fatalities Middle Anthracite Dist

1884 Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents in the Middle Anthracite District, comprising

parts of Luzerne County, and Carbon County.

(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1884)

1/4 IGNETZ VOSKAVAY, 40, married 3 children, miner, #2 Tunnel Nanticoke

1/8 EDWARD THOMAS, 38, married 2 children, miner, Franklin

1/9 DENNIS FINN, 40, married, miner, Pine Ridge

1/9 RODGER BOYLE, 50, married 6 children, door-tender, Gaylord

1/15 JOHN KERRIGAN, 20, runner, Bennett

1/15 JOHN PROSHINSKEY, 30, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

1/21 JOHN SMUGGIE, 40, married 3 children, laborer, #2 shaft Nanticoke

1/21 PAT. MCANDREW, 24, loc. engineer, Baltimore tunnel

1/22 MARTIN MUTCH, 35, laborer, Nottingham breaker

1/24 ED. J EDWARDS, 42, married 2 children, miner, Warrior Run

1/31 P C NEWMAN, 29, miner, Prospect

2/1 JOHN CASEY, 40, married 6 children, laborer, Empire breaker

2/1 CON. MCCALL, 36, married 4 children, miner, Dorrance

2/4 D H WILLIAMS, 15, driver, #5 Plymouth

2/6 HENRY G KULP, 17, loader, #1 breaker Nanticoke

2/6 DANIEL POWELL, 26, married 3 children, miner, Dorrance

2/13 JOHN HALEY, 35, married 3 children, miner, Baltimore slope

2/14 ANDREW SWEEK, 22, laborer, Fuller colliery

2/16 JOHN GONOR, 23, laborer, Fuller colliery

2/19 HENRY PERKINS, 14, driver, Nottingham

2/20 JOSEPH TOMASKY, 35, married, miner, #10 Sugar Notch

2/20 THOMAS REES, 13, door-boy, Mineral Spring

2/22 ALBERT WALKINS, 40, miner, #1 Nanticoke

2/23 PETER LAWLER, 16, driver, #1 slope Nanticoke

2/26 JOHN MCANDREW, 17, driver, #1 slope Nanticoke

3/6 JOHN J MARTIN, 45, miner, Midvale

3/11 PATRICK MONAHAN, 70, married 8 children, laborer, Diamond

3/15 PATRICK HAYES, 35, married, miner, Midvale

3/21 WILLIAM P REES, 43, laborer, #1 shaft Nanticoke

3/22 ROBERT DONABY, 26, married 1 child, Fuller

3/28 JONAH WILLIS, 14, driver, #2 shaft Nanticoke

4/1 THOMAS ALLEN, 20, footman, Hollenback

4/3 JOHN VIVIAN, 34, married 4 children, miner, Baltimore tunnel

4/11 WM. CHEMJETZ, 24, laborer, Maffit

4/12 THOMAS GORMAN, 13, door-boy, Enterprise

4/12 JOSEPH BOTOFSKEY, 21, laborer, #1 shaft Nanticoke

4/14 JOS. H SPRAGUE, 23, married, engineer, Dodson

4/16 THOMAS BROWN, 16, driver, #1 slope Nanticoke

4/17 FRANK BOZINSKEY, 35, married, miner, #2 tunnel Nanticoke

4/22 GEO. MCREYNOLDS, 42, married 6 children, miner, Alden

4/23 JOHN MEEHAN, 18, driver, Wyoming

4/26 BEN. J. LEWIS, 18, driver, Dodson

4/26 THOMAS EATON, 42, married 7 children, tracklayer, Alden

4/28 GEORGE CABOUR, 23, married, laborer, #2 Kingston

4/29 ALEX. VISHNIFSKEY, laborer, #2 tunnel Nanticoke

5/1 CHARLES LYNN, 21, runner, Mineral Spring

5/3 CHARLES SPITTLE, laborer, Hillman slope

5/15 MICH. COPSAVEAGE, 43, laborer, Reynolds,

5/15 WILLIAM MCCARTY, 30, miner, Midvale

5/16 MATHIAS MISCHE, 25, miner, East Boston

5/17 MATHEW TOBIN, 33, married 2 children, footman, #5 Plymouth

5/19 PHILIP HINES, 44, married, miner, #1 Kingston

5/19 PETER HAINES, 22, miner, #9 Sugar Notch

5/20 PRICE JONES, 35, married, miner, Diamond

5/20 PAT. MCWILLIAMS, 18, driver, Henry

5/20 ALBERT PERKINS, 32, married, miner, #2 Slope Nanticoke

5/20 PAT. DAILEY, 26, laborer, Midvale

5/21 CHAS. ANDERSON, 23, laborer, Prospect

5/21 JOHN EVANS, 48, married, miner, #2 Slope Nanticoke

5/26 HERBERT H POWELL, 13, door-boy, #2 Nanticoke

5/27 JOHN COYLE, 56, married 2 children, miner, #5 Plymouth

5/28 PATRICK BOYLE, 44, 2 children, laborer, Gaylord

5/29 GEORGE LAFFEY, 21, laborer, Dodson

5/29 MICHAEL BURNS, 45, married 3 children, miner, #2 Sugar Notch

5/30 JOHN SHEPHANDLOK, 26, laborer, Bennett

5/30 ANDREW HAHN, 25, miner, #2 Plymouth

5/31 D J HUMPHREY, 45, married, miner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

6/2 SIMON JONES, 20, runner, Prospect

6/4 PATRICK POWERS, 21, sinker, #1 shaft Nanticoke

6/5 MICHAEL MCGOFF, 26, miner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

6/10 HENRY BOSSARD, 16, loader, Empire breaker

6/10 CHARLES SMITH, 31, married, miner, East Boston

6/12 WILLIAM ADAMS, 14, driver, Exeter

6/14 ALBERT DOWNS, 18, footman, Lance #11

6/24 WM. THORNTON, 14, driver, Laurel Run

6/26 MICH. TOKARCIK, laborer, Laurel Run

6/27 PATRICK RYAN, 14, driver, Prospect

7/1 JOHN LAKE, 31, married 3 children, miner, Hillman vein

7/7 JOHN CREA, 44, married 6 children, laborer, Baltimore tunnel

7/9 LEWIS MOLITZKEY, 25, married 1 child, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

7/9 MARTIN STOPBANOS, 22, laborer, #1 shaft Nanticoke

7/10 DAVID LLOYD, 30, miner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

7/11 JOHN MCVEY, 48, married 2 children, laborer, Forty Fort

7/17 JOSEPH HACKETT, 48, married 4 children, machinist, Pettebone

7/19 MICHAEL KROTZA, 20, miner, #4 Tunnel Nanticoke

7/22 MICHAEL BRENNEN, 22, laborer, Enterprise

7/22 JOHN G THOMAS, 39, married 5 children, miner, #2 Plymouth

7/23 EVAN HUGHES, 28, miner, Hartford

7/23 WM. MIKEWSKIE, 38, married 3 children, laborer, Dodson

7/23 DANIEL K REES, 16, driver, Dodson

7/26 CHARLES DONDE, 38, married 3 children, miner, #1 Kingston

7/28 GEORGE CAVELL, 20, coupier, Prospect

7/30 DENNIS MORRISEY, 14, slate-picker, Empire breaker

8/4 A. ROBERTZKEY, 35, laborer, Clear Spring

8/9 AUG. NELSON, 30, miner, Black Diamond

8/11 CHARLES DREW, 30, miner, #4 slope Nanticoke

8/12 HENRY HAUCK, 15, driver, #2 shaft Nanticoke

8/12 CHAS. MORGAN, 22, laborer, Clear Spring

8/14 JOSEPH NICK, 36, married, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

8/18 JOHN BELL, 30, married 1 child, miner, Forty Fort

8/23 JOHN ZELINSKEY, 40, married 6 children, miner, Reynolds

8/25 WM. MCGREGOR, 18, driver, Conyngham

8/27 JERE. COLEMAN, 35, married 3 children, Lance or #11

8/27 WILLIE BURK, 16, driver, Baltimore slope

8/28 WILLIAM TAIT, 37, married 4 children, miner, #10 Sugar Notch

8/30 JOSEPH JAMES, 21, laborer, Stanton or #11

9/8 PATRICK LENAHAN, 43, married 3 children, laborer, #10 Sugar Notch

9/8 MICHAEL HILBERT, 40, married 5 children, headman, #10 Sugar Notch

9/9 LAWRENCE DUFFY, 23, married, sinker, Woodward #1

9/10 HUGH JOHNSON, 21, laborer, Baltimore slope

9/13 PATRICK MCGUIRE, 60, married, miner, #1 slope Nanticoke

9/13 JOHN EVANS, 45, miner, Warrior Run

9/16 OWEN CONWAY, 15, driver, Exeter

9/18 FRANCIS FREW, 33, married 2 children, miner, Enterprise

9/19 JOHN SNYDER, 23, runner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

9/22 WM. SKOOPSKIE, 28, married, miner, #9 Sugar Notch

9/25 ALVA WILLIAMS, 16, driver, Clear Spring

10/4 JOHN KNEFSKEY, laborer, #2 shaft, Nanticoke

10/7 JOHN S WILLIAMS, 65, miner, Reynolds

10/7 CHARLES ESHORN, 35, married, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

10/8 THOMAS R BUTLER, 50, married 6 children, brattice-man, Wyoming

10/9 JOHN VITSKOFSKEY, 30, laborer, Black Diamond

10/9 JOHN TUCKER, 42, married 4 children, miner, Hollenback

10/10 ROBERT MCFADDEN, 47, married 8 children, miner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

10/11 HENRY FOGEL, 30, oiler, Reynolds #16

10/14 AUGUST BARINSKEY, 20, laborer, Black Diamond

10/15 JOHN HASWELL, 16, driver, #1 shaft Nanticoke

10/17 HENRY DWILIN, 25, married 2 children, miner, #5 Plymouth

10/21 CON. MCCALL, 35, married, miner, Dorrance

10/27 WILLIAM PURCEL, 17, driver, Pine Ridge

10/30 WILLIAM KAMP, 27, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

11/10 RALPH TURNBULL, 25, married, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

11/10 L. LOVINDOFSKEY, 19, laborer, #1 shaft Nanticoke

11/13 MICHAEL MCGUIRE, 23, married, headman, Diamond

11/14 JOHN KEOUGH, 23, married, footman, Baltimore tunnel

11/14 MICHAEL SIKULLSKEY, 28, married, miner, #2 slope Nanticoke

11/14 JOHN RILEY, 35, laborer, Susquehanna Coal Co

11/15 THOMAS J REES, 14, door boy, Lance #11

11/15 THOMAS MCDOWELL, 15, driver, Maltby

11/17 JOHN FARILICKS, 26, married 2 children, laborer, #2 Plymouth

11/17 MARTIN CONNERS, 35, married 2 children, miner, Wyoming

11/19 JOSEPH SOLOMON, married 1 child, laborer, Grand tunnel

11/21 WILLIAM O’NEAL, driver, Forty Fort

11/26 RICHARD JENNINGS, 36, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

11/24 LEWIS HONNEYWELL, 18, driver, Bennett

11/27 ROBERT SMITH, 32, married 4 children, miner, #4 slope Nanticoke

11/27 EVAN E EVANS, 27, miner, Franklin

11/28 DAVID BUTLER, 14, door boy, Wyoming

12/2 CHARLES BENJAMIN, 34, miner, Laurel Run

12/2 RICHARD BOWEN, 40, married 4 children, miner, Clear Spring

12/2 MARTIN WELCH, 44, married 5 children, #9 Sugar Notch

12/5 EVAN THOMAS, 15, driver, #1 shaft Nanticoke

12/8 JOHN WILLIAMS, 43, miner, #1 shaft Nanticoke

12/8 JOHN KILEEN, 33, married 4 children, Black Diamond

12/11 ADAM LOBNOSKEY, 32, miner, #10 Sugar Notch

12/11 STANLEY WOLOSKEY, 20, laborer, #10 Sugar Notch

12/12 JOHN WASKOE, 38, married 3 children, miner, #2 shaft Nanticoke

12/16 JOSEPH SHEMA, 35, married, miner, #2 slope Nanticoke

12/17 ALEX’DER SAMUELS, 19, driver, Grand tunnel

12/19 GEORGE MOYER, 22, teamster, #2 breaker Nanticoke

12/20 JOHN DORSHAW, 34, married 3 children, laborer, Wyoming

The above information was donated by: Ed Langley

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator