1888 Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents in the 2d Anthracite District, comprising

1888 Rpt of Non-Fatal Accidents in the 2d Anthracite District, comprising

parts of Luzerne, plus Old Forge and Lackawanna townships (Lackawanna Co),

and Bernice township (Sullivan 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.

1/11 FRANK WILLIAMSON, miner, 50, single, East Boston, Kingston twp

1/14 JOSEPH GRILZ, miner, 36, married 4 children, E Boston, Kingston twp

1/14 JAMES DOBSON, driver, 16, single, Elmwood, Pittston twp

1/17 DENNIS BOYLE, miner, 38, married 6 children, Fairmount, Pittston twp

1/17 WILLIAM BARRETT, laborer, 45, marr 2 children, Fairmount, Pittston twp

1/17 JAMES JOYCE, laborer, 22, single, Fairmount, Pittston twp

1/21 ALEXANDER MUIR, driver, 20, single, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

1/28 JOHN MONOHAN, miner, 24, single, Columbia tunnel, Marcy twp

1/30 WILLIAM BEESECKER, runner, 20, single, Hallstead breaker, Marcy twp

1/31 WILLIAM HISLOP, timber man, 22, married, Enterprise, Plains twp

1/31 MIKE GALLIGHER, door boy, 15, single, Enterprise, Plains twp

1/31 FRANK BENSON, driver, 17, single, Enterprise, Plains twp

2/4 ADAM SAVAGE, miner, 38, married, Twin colliery, Pittston boro

2/8 JOHN HENNEGAR, miner, single, Barnum colliery, Marcy twp

2/8 MICHAEL NALLON, miner, single, Barnum colliery, Marcy twp

2/9 JOHN QUINN, footman, 18, single, Shaft 14 breaker, Jenkins twp

2/13 THOMAS HAYES, slate-picker, 13, single, Mill Creek, Plains twp

2/13 ANTHONY HIMES, miner, 25, single, Shaft 10, Hughestown boro

2/15 FRANK JONES, fireboss, 32, married 3 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/15 JACOB MONOHAN, tracklayer, 35, married 3 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/15 JOHN BOYLE, tracklayer, 40, married 7 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/15 THOMAS MOORE, driver-boss, 21, single, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/15 LLEWELLYN PRICE, brattice-man, 25, single, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/16 JAMES FITZPATRICK, miner, 50, married, Clear Spring, W Pittston boro

2/16 ISAAC ALLEN, miner, 50, marr 4 children, Pine Ridge, Miners Mills boro

2/17 LUKE EAGEN, laborer, 23, single, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/18 JAMES REAP, culm-man, 42, marr 2 children, Law's Shaft, Pittston twp

2/20 ALEXANDER PORTER, miner, 43, married, Hunt Shaft, Pittston twp

2/20 GEORGE DOHERTY, miner, 45, single, Harry E, Kingston twp

2/24 OWEN ROWLAND, miner, 32, married, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/24 JOHN YOLITCH, laborer, 30, married, Wyoming, Plains twp

2/25 JOHN MCHALE, footboy, 15, single, Pine Ridge breaker, Miners' Mills

3/2 JAMES HAGERTY, miner, 55, married 5 children, Columbia, Marcy twp

3/2 MICHAEL BURK, miner, 40, married 4 children, Prospect, Plains twp

3/7 JOHN FEHLINGER, miner, 22, single, Hillman, Plains twp

3/8 JOHN BRENN, laborer, single, Old Forge twp - Lackawanna Co

3/20 JOHN SNYDER, slate-picker, 16, single, Prospect breaker, Plains twp

3/21 WILLIAM CARLESS, driver, 22, single, Prospect breaker, Plains twp

3/26 MARTIN GARETY, laborer, 24, single, Enterprise, Plains twp

3/28 PAT CUNNINGHAM, miner, 60, marr 2 children, Law's shaft, Pittston twp

4/4 JOSEPH LITTLE, miner, 24, single, Midvale, Plains twp

4/16 CHARLES LAWKINS, laborer, 35, single, Black Diamond, Kingston twp

4/18 DAVID THOMAS, miner, 25, single, Henry, Plains twp

4/18 THOMAS ROBERTS, laborer, 25, single, Henry, Plains twp

4/19 HUGH CARLIN, miner, 48, married 4 children, E. Boston, Kingston twp

4/20 ADAM SUMMERS, laborer, 35, single, E. Boston, Kingston twp

4/2* WILLIAM THOMAS, miner, 54, married 3 children, Mill Creek, Plains twp

4/28 ANDRIA DRUFFOCK, laborer, 29, single, Schooley, Exeter borough

4/28 DAVID JAMES, laborer, 25, married 2 children, E. Boston, Kingston twp

4/28 DAVID GRIFFITH, driver, 19, single, Mill Hollow, Luzerne borough

4/29 JOHN MURRY, laborer, 26, single, Butler, Pittston twp

5/7 TIMOTHY KINNEY, miner, 25, single, Enterprise, Plains twp

5/8 JOSEPH KOSIVA, slate-picker, 15, single, Henry breaker, Plains twp

5/12 CHARLES VANCHUSKIE, miner, 28, married 1 child, Keystone, Plains twp

5/16 EDWARD W THOMAS, miner, 40, marr 10 children, Black Diamond, Kingston twp

5/31 JAMES ABLES, miner, 35, single, Prospect, Plains twp

6/4 JOHN RYAN, miner, 48, married 5 children, Henry, Plains twp

6/9 JOHN WILLIAMS, laborer, 23, single, Pine Ridge, Miners Mills borough

6/12 ROBERT JOHNSON, miner, 38, married 3 children, Hallstead, Marcy twp

6/16 THOMAS W REESE, miner, 40, married, Wyoming, Plains twp

6/16 WILLIAM KELLY, driver, 16, single, Slope 4, Jenkins twp

7/2 THOMAS SMILES, mine-boss, 60, married, Seneca shaft, Pittston bor

7/2 JAMES TIGUE, tracklayer, 44, married, Seneca shaft, Pittston bor

7/2 JACK MCQUILLAN, miner, 47, married 2 children, Schooley, Exeter bor

7/2 THOMAS TODD, laborer, 23, married, Schooley, Exeter borough

7/7 JOHN ABRAMSON, door-boy, 15, single, Pine Ridge, Miners' Mills bor

7/12 EDWARD ROBERTS, sinker, 35, married, Pettibone, Kingston twp

7/13 LLEWELLYN THOMAS, miner, 30, married 3 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

7/13 DAVID JONES, laborer, 26, single, Wyoming, Plains twp

7/14 JOHN GRIMES, miner, 30, married, Exeter, Exeter borough

7/15 ROBERT NESBIT, pumpman, 38, married 4 children, Enterprise, Plains twp

7/16 HENRY FEDDEN, loader, 16, single, Butler breaker, Pittston twp

7/27 JOHN HADDOCK, laborer, single, Seneca, Pittston twp

8/1 JOSEPH STOBISKY, laborer, 25, single, Elmwood, Pittston twp

8/3 WILLIAM CAREY, slate-picker, 12, single, Keystone breaker, Plains twp

8/4 STEPHEN PIKERS, laborer, 28, marr 2 children, Mill Creek, Plains twp

8/13 JOHN COUSTINE, laborer, 32, married 2 children, E Boston, Kingston twp

8/14 CHARLES TILLEY, miner, 40, married 3 children, Mosier, Hughestown twp

8/14 THOMAS MUNBY, miner, 22, single, Mosier, Hughestown twp

8/14 MARTIN MCDONNELL, laborer, single, Mosier, Hughestown twp

8/20 W J BACK, miner, 46, married 3 children, E Boston, Kingston twp

8/20 ALEX. PATTERSON, engineer, 60, marr, Enterprise breaker, Kingston twp

8/20 EDWARD GIBBINS, miner, 46, marr 10 children, Laws shaft, Pittston twp

8/22 ANTHONY O. MALLEY, driver, 16, single, Boston, Jenkins twp

8/22 PETER PETEROFF, miner, 32, married 1 child, Schooley, Exeter borough

8/24 MICHAEL LYNOTT, laborer, 30, marr, Old Forge, Old Forge twp-Lackawanna

8/30 WM. LANCASTER, laborer, 17, single, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

8/31 EDWIN THOMPSON, laborer, 30, marr 3 children, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

9/4 JOHN CAMPBELL, miner, 45, married 3 children, Keystone, Plains twp

9/10 MARTIN LLYNE, laborer, 21, single, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

9/10 JOHN EVANY, driver, 16, single, Hallstead, Marcy twp

9/11 PATRICK CLUNE, miner, 37, married 1 child, Bennet, Plains twp

9/12 PATRICK KEATING, miner 72, married 6 children, Slope 4, Jenkins twp

9/14 JAMES MCGOWAN, driver, 16, single, Pine Ridge, Miners' Mills borough

9/14 JOHN BOOKS, door boy, 14, single, Henry, Plains twp

9/20 PATRICK FINN, driver, 19, single, Henry, Plains twp

9/21 JOHN BANNAN, miner, 30, married 6 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

9/27 DAVID CREEDEN, driver, single, Laws shaft, Pittston twp

10/4 THOMAS MCGLYNN, laborer, 20, single, Shaft 6, Jenkins twp

10/4 ALBERT HERBERT, slate-picker, 13, single, Keystone breaker, Plains twp

10/6 JOHN MURRY, footman, 39, single, Fairmont, Pittston twp

10/13 CARL SHAFFER, miner, 24, single, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

10/16 PATRICK WALLICE, driver, 17, single, Greenwood, Lackawanna twp

10/18 JOHN GAVIN, laborer, 20, single, Twin, Pittston borough

10/18 JOHN FORD, pump man, 23, single, Twin, Pittston borough

10/22 MICHAEL MICHAELS, laborer, 28, married 2 children, Wyoming, Plains twp

10/22 JOHN KEATING, slate-picker, 14, single, Shaft 14 breaker, Jenkins twp

10/23 JAMES BORUSKY, laborer, 19, single, Shaft 14 breaker, Jenkins twp

10/30 MICHAEL SOSKI, miner, 25, married 1 child, Schooley, Exeter twp

10/30 JAMES O’DONNELL, laborer, 38, Mill Hollow, Luzerne borough

10/31 MICHAEL KELLY, laborer, 35, married 6 children, Henry, Plains twp

11/5 FRANK MARTIN, slate-picker, 14, single, Prospect breaker, Plains twp

11/8 JOSEPH DEITZ, miner, 33, single, E. Boston, Kingston twp

11/9 A E RUSSELL, car loader, 22, single, E. Boston, Kingston twp

11/9 DAVID J THOMAS, driver, 16, single, Prospect, Plains twp

11/10 PETER DOUGHERTY, driver, 15, single, Henry, Plains twp

11/13 JOHN HAYS, miner, 49, married 7 children, Delaware shaft, Plains twp

11/15 DAVID JONES, laborer, 30, single, Enterprise, Plains twp

11/15 THOMAS DELANEY, miner, 50, married 1 child, Shaft 6, Jenkins twp

11/19 THOMAS POINTING, miner, 35, married 3 children, Elmwood, Pittston twp

11/23 JAMES BRANNEN, miner, 28, single, Ravine, Pittston borough

11/26 ROBERT KELLEY, laborer, 31, single, Greenwood, Lackawanna twp

11/26 THOMAS BATH, miner, 34, married 6 children, Delaware, Plains twp

11/28 WILLIAM SMALTZ, driver, 15, single, Shaft 10 outside, Hughestown bor

12/12 JOHN SWEENEY, driver, 20, single, E. Boston, Kingston twp

12/17 WILLIAM MCCAWLEY, runner, 20, single, Exeter, Exeter borough

12/19 W. HYAGER, laborer, 22, married, Schooley, Exeter borough

12/19 JOHN MORAN, laborer, 47, married 7 children, Sibley, Old Forge twp

12/21 THOMAS POWELL, miner, 25, married, Wyoming, Plains twp

12/22 JOHN NOVISKEY, miner, 28, married 3 children, Henry, Plains twp

12/26 GEO. EICHORNE, miner, 36, marr 2 children, Black Diamond, Kingston twp

Mary Ann Lubinsky, County Coordinator

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