1888 Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents in the 1st Anthracite District, consisting

1888 Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents in the 1st Anthracite District, consisting

of parts of Lackawanna Co, plus, Forest City borough (Susquehanna Co.)

(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, appear faint to non-existent. Where a letter in a

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

is completely illegible, an asterisk will be used.

1/2 MICHAEL DURKIN, driver, 17, Cayuga, Scranton

1/5 EDWARD DEANE, laborer, 27, Pierce, Archbald borough

1/5 EVAN L EVANS, miner, 34, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

1/7 THOMAS MULDOWNING, miner, 25, Pancoast, Dickson City Borough

1/9 SAMUEL BRYANT, miner, 31, Oxford, Scranton

1/9 JAMES PALMER, laborer, 28, Taylor shaft, Lackawanna twp

1/11 HENRY THOMAS, miner, 39, Hyde Park, Scranton

1/11 EDWARD LONG, miner 62, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

1/12 JAMES PRICE, miner, 26, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

1/12 FRANK BURKE, laborer, 24, Hampton, Lackawanna twp

1/14 WILLIAM SMITH, laborer, 30, Manville, Scranton

1/14 THOMAS PATTERSON, miner, 35, Manville, Scranton

1/14 STEPHEN PENDER, miner, 37, Pancoast, Dickson City Borough

1/14 STEPHEN STORRICK, laborer, 34, Pancoast, Dickson City Borough

1/16 DAVID DAVIS, miner, 22, Archbald, Lackawanna twp

1/16 V G KELLET, culm driver, 15, Archbald breaker, Lackawanna twp

1/16 THOMAS O'ROURKE, laborer, 19, Olyphant No. 2, Olyphant borough

1/17 DENNIS MCCARTHY, laborer, 28, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

1/19 JAMES LUCATS, miner, 27, Fairlawn, Scranton

1/19 JOHN WASHELIE, laborer, 23, Fairlawn, Scranton

1/20 PETER MACKEREL, driver, 16, Grassey Island D & H C. Co., Olyphant borough

1/20 RICHARD EVANS, driver's helper, 16, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

1/20 JAMES MAUGAN, driver, 17, Meadow Brook tunnel, Scranton

1/21 JOHN NICOLS, driver, 16, Mount Pleasant, Scranton

1/21 MICHAEL BURNS, miner, 32, Belmont, Carbondale City

1/23 JOHN LYNN, driver, 15, Brisbin, Scranton

1/23 JOSHUA FAWCETT, laborer, 26, Pancoast, Dickson City Borough

1/24 PHILIP EVANS, miner, 32, Pine Brook, Scranton

1/24 JOHN LOCUSEK, miner, 48, Jermyn #4, Dickson City Borough

1/24 ANTHONY LOCUSEK, laborer, 32, Jermyn #4, Dickson City Borough

1/24 JOHN PALMER, brattice-man, 20, Jermyn #4, Dickson City Borough

1/26 EPHRAIM T DAVIS, laborer, 52, Capouse, Scranton

1/26 ANTHONY BROADHERST, driver, 17, Cayuga, Scranton

1/26 PATRICK WALKER, miner, 33, Cayuga, Scranton

1/26 JAMES JAMES, miner, 27, Oxford, Scranton

1/26 EPH THOMAS, laborer, 21, Oxford, Scranton

1/26 JOHN MORAN, laborer, 40, Oxford, Scranton

2/1 PETER BRADY, miner, 47, Pancoast, Dickson City borough

2/6 JOHN MCDONNELL, driver, 14, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

2/7 JOHN WILLIAMS, driver, 18, Hyde Park, Scranton

2/8 MIKE CORCORAN, driver, 16, Eaton, Archbald borough

2/10 JAMES BURNSIDES, laborer, 62, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson City

2/10 DANIEL THOMAS, miner, 50, Cayuga, Scranton

2/11 PETER NEALON, miner, 34, Grassey Island D & H, Olyphant borough

2/11 THOMAS WALTON, miner, 38, Manville, Scranton

2/11 ANDREW LUNNEY, miner, 40, Continental, Lackawanna twp

2/11 JAMES GALLAGHER, laborer, 45, Continental, Lackawanna twp

2/14 THOMAS MCDERMOTT, driver, 15, Meadow Brook shaft, Scranton

2/15 GEORGE MORGAN, runner, 18, Eddy Creek, Olyphant borough

2/16 STEPHEN SLATTE, laborer, 23, Central, Scranton

2/17 MARTIN KING, driver, 16, Capouse, Scranton

2/20 WILLIAM WARREN, miner 39, Grassey Island GIC Co, Winton borough

2/23 MICHAEL REGAN, footman, 23, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

2/23 MARTIN MCNAMARA, runner, 15, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

2/24 ANDY HAVERLECK, laborer, 34, Hampton, Lackawanna twp

2/24 RICHARD REESE, laborer, 35, Marvine, Scranton

2/28 PATRICK LANGAN, culm dump driver, Bellevue breaker, Lackawanna twp

2/28 JAMES KEEGAN, car-loader, 16, Bellevue breaker, Lackawanna twp

3/2 SABINA BALDO, miner, 40, Meadow Brook shaft, Scranton

3/6 DAVID DAVIS, miner, 25, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

3/7 PATRICK MORAN, runner, 19, Marvine, Scranton

3/9 THOMAS MULCHRONE, driver, 16, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

3/17 DAVID MORRIS, miner, 35, Bridge, Scranton

3/19 JAMES MCGIVIN, miner, 27, Bridge, Scranton

3/19 CHARLES KLEES, miner, 25, Cayuga, Scranton

3/23 PATRICK CRONIN, driver, 15, White Oak, Archbald borough

3/23 DANIEL EVANS, driver, 17, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

3/24 ROBERT NORRIS, culm man, 55, Grassey Island D & H, Olyphant borough

3/25 GEORGE JONES, miner, 45, Green Ridge, Dunmore borough

3/26 THOMAS J JONES, miner, 48, Hyde Park, Scranton

3/26 MICHAEL YARICK, slate-picker, 30, Sloan breaker, Lackawanna twp

3/26 THOMAS THOMAS, driver, 14, Central, Scranton

3/27 THOMAS MCKAY, laborer, 40, Pine Brook, Scranton

3/27 WILLIAM PROUDLOCK, driver, 15, Marvine, Scranton

3/28 ARCHBALD MACKAY, miner, 26, Grassey Island D & H, Olyphant borough

3/28 ROBERT BAXTER, miner 24, Grassey Island D & H, Olyphant borough

3/29 WILLIAM JOPLING, miner, 55, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson borough

3/31 JAMES POWELL, driver, 16, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

4/2 JOHN F SUMMERS, miner, 41, Pierce, Archbald borough

4/2 JAMES DAVIS, laborer, 20, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

4/3 FRED WEBER, laborer, 42, Pyne, Lackawanna twp

4/5 MICHAEL GERATY, miner, 43, Filer's slope, Winton borough

4/7 DAVID PHILLIPS, miner, 30, Holden, Lackawanna twp

4/7 JOHN WALSH, miner, 32, Holden, Lackawanna twp

4/7 MIKE BURKE, laborer, 30, Holden, Lackawanna twp

4/7 JOSEPH RUGINS, miner, 35, Richmond, Scranton

4/10 JOHN BAKER, driver, 17, White Bridge, Carbondale city

4/11 AARON HERBERT, miner 50, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

4/17 MICHAEL DUFFY, miner, 24, Midland, Fell twp

4/18 ROSSER JENKINS, miner, 60, Dolph, Winton borough

4/18 THOMAS MANLEY, laborer, 30, Dolph, Winton borough

4/18 PETER J BYRNES, fireman, 36, Grassey Island engine house, Olyphant

4/18 PETER COYNE, miner, 25, Grassey Island, Olyphant borough

4/19 JOSEPH GARDNER, laborer, 30, Brisbin, Scranton

4/19 HENRY COOK, miner, 40 Jermyn #4, Dickson City Borough

4/19 WILLIAM DWIRE, driver, 16, Dickson, Scranton

4/19 EVAN MARSHALL, runner, 21, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

4/20 FRED SPANGLER, laborer, 25, Mount Pleasant, Scranton

4/24 ALFRED MOSES, driver, 17, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna twp

5/1 JOHN MILLETT, laborer, 18, Gypsey Grove, Dunmore borough

5/3 PAT. JENNINGS, miner, 50, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

5/5 ROBERT COMBS, driver helper, 14, Pyne, Lackawanna twp

5/7 JAMES BRACE, fire boss helper, 43, Mount Pleasant, Scranton

5/11 JOHN MURRAY, driver, 17, filer's slope, Winton borough

5/15 ALFRED BAYLESS, driver, 15, Forest City mines, Clifford twp

5/16 PATRICK FINEGAN, laborer, 33, Tripp shaft, Scranton

5/18 ANTHONY CAREY, laborer, 35, Richmond, Scranton

5/18 BRIAN MCGUIRE, laborer, 38, Richmond, Scranton

5/19 ZEPHANIAH WATSON, miner, 36, Coal Brook tunnel, Carbondale city

5/21 GEORGE MORSE, miner, 24, Pine Brook, Scranton

5/28 JOSEPH SHON, miner, 41, Grassey Island tunnel, Winton borough

5/29 JOHN HIGGINS, driver, 15, Marvine, Scranton

5/29 DAVID J EVANS, miner, 32, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

5/31 JOHN MARSH, laborer, 29, Hampton, Lackawanna twp

6/1 THOMAS JONES, miner, 24, Brisbin, Scranton

6/1 JOHN TOY, miner, 47, Manville, Scranton

6/2 FRANK SHELINSKI, miner, 28, Fair Lawn, Scranton

6/4 JOHN H JONES, fireboss, 60, Hyde Park, Scranton

6/5 CHARLES BENNETT, culm man, 25, Pancoast, Dickson City borough

6/5 JAMES SHEERIN, miner, 45, Central, Scranton

6/7 JAMES GILGALLON, driver, 17, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

6/9 JOHN J MEEHAN, miner, 28, Richmond, Scranton

6/11 LEON SODOSKY, miner, 30, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson City borough

6/11 JOHN COOLIZ, laborer, 37, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson City borough

6/12 DANIEL MURPHY, miner, 46, Pine Brook, Scranton

6/14 PATRICK GILBOY, miner, 43, Coal Brook tunnel, Carbondale

6/14 GRANT COMPTON, driver, 18, Belmont, Carbondale

6/16 WILLIAM PHILLIPS, carpenter, 22, Von Storch Diamond vein, Scranton

6/18 JOSEPH MARKS, door boy, 15, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

6/23 LAWRENCE POLE, laborer, 36, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

6/25 REESE THOMAS, miner, 54, Capouse, Scranton

6/27 FRANK DURGOS, laborer, 28, Taylor breaker, Lackawanna twp

6/27 WILLIAM KEARNEY, laborer, 60, National, Scranton

6/28 MICHAEL LADICK, laborer, 24, Keystone, Glenwood borough

6/28 SYDNEY MILLER, driver's helper, 14, Green Ridge, Dunmore borough

6/29 JAMES EVANS, driver, 19, Tripp shaft, Scranton

7/2 JOHN NAILOR, driver, 15, White Oak, Archbald borough

7/7 PETER SMITH, driver, 14, Central, Scranton

7/7 FREDERICK REESE, laborer, 48, Capouse, Scranton

7/9 ALEXANDER OAKS, charge man, 27, Shaft No. 1 P. C. Co, Dunmore borough

7/9 PETER LALASKY, laborer, 28, Simpson, Fell twp

7/11 D W MOSIER, mine foreman, 53, Hyde Park, Scranton

7/13 JOHN D EVANS, miner, 27, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson City borough

7/13 THOMAS SOWA, laborer, 24, Simpson, Fell twp

7/14 WILLIAM JENKINS, laborer, 28, Holden, Lackawanna twp

7/18 EVAN H EVANS, miner, 32, Pine Brook, Scranton

7/18 GRIFFITH W JONES, laborer, 34, Pine Brook, Scranton

7/20 WILLIAM CURTIS, laborer, 24, Spencer, Dunmore borough

7/21 JOHN MCBRIDE, driver, 18, Keystone, Glenwood borough

7/31 CLINTON W SILKMAN, chainman, 23, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

8/2 WILLIAM PRICE, oil boy, 14, Taylor breaker, Lackawanna twp

8/3 JOHN PROPER, culm dump driver, 14, Archbald breaker, Lackawanna twp

8/3 JOHN CARROLL, miner, 55, Holden, Lackawanna twp

8/3 ALBERT WALL, driver, 17, Pyne, Lackawanna twp

8/3 GEORGE LUSINGER, laborer, 25, Filer's slope, Winton Borough

8/3 HOWELL H DAVIS, miner, National, Scranton

8/6 ROBERT NEIL, driver, 15, Von Storch rock vein, Scranton

8/7 JOHN OLISHNISH, laborer, 30, Grassy Island D & H, Olyphant

8/7 WILLIAM ASTON, miner, 28, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

8/8 JOHN MCDONALD, driver's helper, 16, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

8/8 JOHN EVANS, miner, 45, Pancoast, Dickson City borough

8/9 THOMAS PHILLIPS, laborer, 19, Capouse, Scranton

8/11 JAMES RUDDY, driver, 16, Fair Lawn, Scranton

8/11 PATRICK COAR, miner, 36, Pancoast, Dickson City borough

8/13 P H THOMAS, miner, 41, Pyne, Lackawanna twp

8/13 ANANIAH EVANS, miner, 45, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

8/15 JOSEPH _______, laborer, 35, Dolph, Winton borough

8/16 JAMES MCDONAGH, driver, 16, Spencer, Dunmore borough

8/18 JOHN DAVIS, miner, 36, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

8/18 MICHAEL HOBAN, laborer, 63, Leggitt's Creek, Scranton

8/18 WILLIAM WALSH, loader, 16, Spencer, Dunmore borough

8/18 WILLIAM FITZGERALD, laborer, 20, Dolph, Winton borough

8/21 JOHN FIDIUM, doorman, 55, Marvine, Scranton

8/22 JOHN BOLTON, runner, 16, Olyphant no. 2, Olyphant borough

8/23 JOHN PASSMORE, miner, 25, Wilson Creek tunnel, Fell twp

8/25 PETER MCNULTY, laborer, 22, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna twp

8/25 ANDREW HARMATTA, headman, 35, Clifford, Forest City borough

8/27 RICHARD PHILLIPS, driver, 17, Capouse, Scranton

8/28 JOHN MCANDREWS, miner, No. 3 shaft, Carbondale city

9/4 THOMPSON HALL, runner, 19, Jermyn No. 4, Dickson city borough

9/5 STEPHEN MARWICK, driver's helper, 15, Central, Scranton

9/5 HENRY HERSKIN, laborer, 30, Manville, Scranton

9/7 EDWARD MCEDWARDS, miner, 40, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

9/7 JOSEPH EVANS, driver, 15, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

9/8 MICHAEL BEERGEN, miner, 33, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

9/12 MICHAEL MCGUIRE, laborer, 35, Cayuga, Scranton

9/13 FRANK GLIMISH, driver, 18, Brisbin, Scranton

9/17 CHARLES HOBAN, runner, 15, Eddy Creek, Olyphant borough

9/24 JOHN JERMYN, driver, 17, Von Storch Diamond vein, Scranton

9/24 NILES ALLEN, laborer, 30, Central, Scranton

9/27 JOHN GEOFFREY, miner, 29, Filer's slope, Winton borough

9/29 RICHARD FRIEND, miner, 47, Jermyn No. 1, Jermyn borough

9/29 PAT DUFFY, miner, 45, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna twp

10/2 WILLIAM DAVIS, 16, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/3 DAVID DAVIS, laborer, 32, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

10/4 STEPHEN MACKREL, laborer, 19, Grassy Island D & H, Olyphant borough

10/6 EDWARD GILROY, miner, 42, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/8 JOHN BRILL, footman, 21, Central, Scranton

10/9 PAUL GAWSKY, miner, 30, National, Scranton

10/11 ANDREW YANOSCHIK, laborer, 21, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakeley borough

10/11 JOHN FALLEN, driver, 14, Eaton, Archbald borough

10/12 ANDREW VINSAHIIRIFSKY, laborer, 44, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/12 PATRICK MURPHY, laborer, 40, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/12 JACOB MORGAN, miner, 38, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/12 JAMES DUNLEAVY, miner, 39, Sloan, Lackawanna twp

10/16 JAMES GAUGHAN, laborer, 27, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

10/19 PATRICK MCHALE, runner, 20, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

10/20 JOHN D DAVIS, pumpman, 24, Holden, Lackawanna twp

10/22 PETER DOUGHERTY, miner, 39, Tripp shaft, Scranton

10/22 LEWIS COLLINS, laborer, 20, Tripp shaft, Scranton

10/23 ANDREW MARTI, plateman, 55, Pyne breaker, Lackawanna twp

10/26 HENRY KLINE, laborer, 34, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna twp

10/27 MIKE ANDRE, miner, 28, Mount Jessup, Winton borough

10/27 JAMES CASSIDY, laborer, 27, Dodge, Lackawanna twp

10/29 HUGH J ROONEY, driver, 16, Tripp shaft, Scranton

10/31 JOHN EDWARDS, driver, 16, Brisbin, Scranton

11/2 GEORGE LIPLADY, driver, 15, Marvine, Scranton

11/5 LUKE GILMARTEN, laborer, 40, Spencer's, Dunmore borough

11/5 MICHAEL DUFFY, miner, 24, Midland tunnel, Fell twp

11/6 CHARLES WILLIAMS, miner, 31, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakeley borough

11/6 ALEXANDER GOOSCOFF, laborer, 28, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakeley borough

11/7 THOMAS JONES, miner, 45, Marvine, Scranton

11/9 ANTHONY CONNOR, miner, 43, Coal Brook tunnel, Carbondale

11/10 RICHARD WILLIAMS, miner, 46, Pyne, Lackawanna twp

11/10 DAVID PHILLIPS, drover, 15, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

11/13 ROSSER JENKINS, miner, 45, Dolph, Winton borough

11/13 HOWELL HARRIS, asst mine foreman, 23, Tripp shaft, Scranton

11/14 MICHAEL GRADY, driver's helper, 15, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

11/15 JOHN GARDNER, driver, 15, Jermyn No. 1, Jermyn borough

11/16 JOHN HEALY, water bailer, 20, Von Storch rock vein, Scranton

11/19 MICHAEL SIMMONS, laborer, 31, Shaft #5 P. C. Co., Dunmore borough

11/20 EMORY AUMICK, culm driver, 15, Archbald, Lackawanna twp

11/28 PETER SMITH, laborer, 21, Clifford shaft, Forest City borough,

11/28 THOMAS PINDER, miner, 28, Midland tunnel, Fell twp

11/28 JOHN CRANE, driver, 15, Stafford, Lackawanna twp

12/1 JOHN HOGAN, miner, 25, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna twp

12/1 THOMAS GLEASON, driver, 16, Continental, Lackawanna twp

12/4 WILLIAM DREW, miner, 28, Grassy Island D & H, Olyphant borough

12/4 THOMAS E OWENS, miner, 49, Grassy Island D & H, Olyphant borough

12/5 WILLIAM PEARCE, driver, 15, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

12/10 PATRICK LEVENS, miner, 34, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

12/11 LEWIS OWENS, driver, 15, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

12/11 MICHAEL HUGHES, miner, 25, White Oak, Archbald borough

12/11 WILLIAM LEE, driver, 16, Marvine, Scranton

12/12 JOSEPH KNOTT, miner, 25, Brisbin, Scranton

12/13 RICHARD FARRELL, runner, 21, Pancoast, Dickson City borough

12/20 JOHN CALVEY, door boy, 15, Marvine, Scranton

12/20 MICHAEL TONER, runner, 22, Von Storch Clark vein, Scranton

12/21 PETER BENSKEY, laborer, 30, Mount Jessup, Winton borough

12/21 THOMAS H JONES, driver, 15, Continental, Lackawanna twp

12/21 JOSEPH THROOP, laborer, 37, Central, Scranton

12/27 ANTON VARMAN, door boy, 16, Taylor, Lackawanna twp

12/28 PATRICK MCDONOUGH, miner, 45, Brisbin, Scranton

12/28 JOHN SMITH, laborer, 24, Green Ridge, Dunmore borough

12/31 ROGER JONES, door boy, 29, Pine Brook, Scranton

The above information was donated by: Ed Langley

Mary Ann Lubinsky, County Coordinator