1888 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the Fourth Anthracite District, comprising

parts of Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Carbon Counties.

 

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

of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1888)

 

NOTE: most of the printing in this book is completely legible. However, some

letters, in some words, are faint to non-existent. Where a letter in a

person's name is in doubt, a lowercase alpha will be used; where a letter is

completely illegible, an asterisk will be used.

 

2/4  STEPHEN FAGETTA, loader, 26, Gowen colliery, Luzerne Co.

2/13  FRANK ANDERSON, footman, 33, married - 5 orphans, Highland 2nd, Luzerne Co

 

3/23  OWEN BOYLE, miner, 48, married - 7 orphans, Lattimer 1st, Luzerne

3/26  ANGELO AUGUSTINE, laborer, 24, Gowen colliery, Luzerne Co

3/27  FRANK CANNON, helper, 16, South Sugarloaf, Luzerne Co

3/27  FRANK MOONEY, miner, 45, Beaver Brook, Luzerne Co

3/27  MIKE LOVINE, jig tender, 17, Deringer, Luzerne Co

 

4/27  JOHN W AIREY, company man, 46, married - 4 orphans, Humboldt, Luzerne Co

4/28  PATRICK BOWEN, miner, 45, married - 7 orphans, Stockton 2d, Luzerne Co

 

6/4  WILLIAM T WILLIAMS, miner, 38, married - 5 orphans, Honey Brook, Schuylkill Co

6/5  THOMAS MCCONNELL, helper, 16, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co

6/6  THOMAS DANIELS, roadman, 18, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co

6/8  DANIEL BRENNAN, miner, 35, married - 2 orphans, Sandy Run, Luzerne Co

6/21  ANDREW GRAKOWSKY, laborer, 40, married - 2 orphans, Gowen colliery, Luzerne

5/23  HUGH MCGINLEY, driver, 18, Highland 2, Luzerne Co

 

7/11  JOHN BELL, miner, 23, Jeanesville 4, Luzerne Co

7/12  ANTHONY MENEELY, miner, 26, married, Sandy Run, Luzerne Co

7/23  JOHN BROGAN, laborer, 23, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co

 

8/20  AUGUST REINOLD, footman, 22, married, Cranberry, Luzerne Co

8/22  JOHN WARD, miner, 30, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co

 

9/20  MIKE HOININICK, loader, 20, Gowen breaker, Luzerne Co

9/27  MIKE HODRA, laborer, 41, married - 2 orphans, Audenried No. 4,

Schuylkill Co

 

10/20  JAMES MCGRORY, miner, 40, married - 5 orphans, Stockton 2, Luzerne Co

10/26  DAVID KITE, topman, 24, Milnesville, Luzerne Co

 

11/1  MICHAEL BURNS, pumpman, 31, married - 4 orphans, Oak Dale 1st, Luzerne Co

11/15  JOHN GERSKU, laborer, 19, Beaver Brook, Luzerne Co

 

12/3  JOSEPH SEREAM, laborer, 41, married - 4 orphans, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co

12/6  GEORGE PETRICK, laborer, 26, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co

12/11  JAMES CARNEW, miner, 50, Cranberry, Luzerne Co

12/13  JOSEPH BUBAN, laborer, 48, married - 4 orphans, Beaver Meadows, Carbon Co

12/31  THOMAS MCGARVEY, miner, 45, married - 5 orphans, Pond Creek, Luzerne Co

12/31  WILLIAM MCGARVEY, laborer, 18, Pond Creek, Luzerne Co

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