1897 3rd District Mine Inspector Rpt of Non-Fatal
Accidents
1897 Mine Inspector
Report of Non-Fatal Accidents in the Third Anthracite
District,
comprising parts of Lackawannna, Luzerne, & Sullivan Cos.
1/7 GEORGE BALLISH,
driver, 24, single, Mt Lookout breaker, Wyoming
1/18 JOHN GOOD,
laborer, 28, married, Exeter shaft, Exeter
1/21 JAMES GRIFFIN,
slate picker, 14, single, East Boston breaker, Kingston Twp
1/25 MICHAEL
FINZER, miner, 40, single, Henry shaft, Plains Twp
1/26 JOHN HALL, car
runner, 25, married, Babylon shaft, Duryea Twp
2/4 MICHAEL KYCHEK,
company man, 24, single, Langcliff shaft, Avoca
2/4 DELASRO MUSRO,
laborer, 31, single, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
2/6 WALTER KERR,
miner, 50, married, Katy Did slope, Avoca
2/10 IGNAS
SLOVOHINK, miner, 30, married, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
2/24 FRED GLACE,
driver, 24, single, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
3/1 IGNATUS
HORAZAIGE, miner, 36, single, Prospect Shaft, Plains Twp
3/2 PATRICK
DELANEY, driver, 18, single, Miners drift, Jenkins Twp
3/5 MICHAEL
ENGLISH, door boy, 15, single, Shaft #9, Hughestown
3/5 JOSEPH CASEY,
laborer, 24, single, Twin shaft, Pittston
3/8 FRANK CARLIN,
miner, 40, married, No. 1 Barnum shaft, Marcy Twp
3/10 JOSEPH GOLIA,
miner, 45, married, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
3/11 MIKE CURLEY,
laborer, 44, single, Laws shaft, Pittston Twp
3/13 WILLIAM
PEARCE, head man, 19, single, Stevens breaker, Exeter
3/22 WILLIAM
MULROONEY, driver, 15, single, Shaft #4, Jenkins Twp
3/24 JOSEPH
CORASHA, laborer, 24, single, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
3/25 JOSEPH
GABLICK, laborer, 27, single, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
3/25 EMANUEL
DEVORCHIE, miner, 32, married, Babylon shaft, Duryea
4/1 STEPHEN
MEQUITE, miner, 28, single, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
4/3 MIKE YANESKIE,
miner, 30, married, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
4/6 MIKE GOCELLA,
miner, 30, single, Chapman shaft, Pittston Twp
4/6 ANDREW
KOVALICK, laborer, 42, married, Prospect shaft, Plains Twp
4/9 ANTHONY
PETRICK, miner, 31, single, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
4/14 ANTHONY DUGAN,
laborer, 33, married, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston Twp
4/16 WILLIAM BEVAN,
pump runner, 35, married, Mt Lookout shaft, Wyoming
4/21 MIKE CLARK,
footman, 38, single, Pine Ridge shaft, Miners Mills
4/22 JOHN MELVIN,
laborer, 21, married, Shaft #6, Jenkins Twp
5/3 ANTHONY
KLIMONICK, miner, 32, married, Stevens slope, Exeter
5/7 JOHN MENCHESKY,
laborer, 40, married, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston
5/7 JOSEPH PILKINS,
miner, 32, married, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
5/8 MARTIN MCGLINN,
miner, 30, married, Shaft #6, Jenkins Twp
5/8 JOSEPH LEONARD,
laborer, 22, single, Shaft #6, Jenkins Twp
5/14 JAMES BAGNOE,
driver, 17, single, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
5/22 WILLIAM ADAMS,
driver, 26, married, Exeter outside, Exeter
5/24 ANDREW
LESSLEY, laborer, 45, married, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
5/26 WILLIAM H
JONES, miner, 52, married, Laurel Run slope, Parsons
5/29 CHARLES
ELLIOTT, runner, 26, married, Black Diamond shaft, Luzerne
6/2 ANTHONY
GASASKAS, laborer, 28, married, Stevens shaft, Exeter
6/8 MIKE MISSAVAGE,
miner, 40, married, Wyoming shaft, Plains Twp
6/9 FRANK SACKOFF,
miner, 28, single, Harry E shaft, Forty Fort
6/9 ANDREW DRAVIE,
miner, 30, married, Exeter shaft, Exeter
6/9 JOHN HOSHINSKI,
laborer, 39, single, Exeter shaft, Exeter
6/10 GEORGE
HOWELLS, driver, 16, single, Stevens slope, Exeter
6/14 WARREN RUTH,
driver, 17, single, Black Diamond shaft, Luzerne
6/14 JOHN ROCKWOOD,
laborer, 25, single, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
6/17 GEORGE
BRADLEY, miner, 31, married, Hoyle shaft, Jenkins Twp
6/17 WILLIAM
POTSEGO, laborer, 24, married, Hoyle shaft, Jenkins Twp
6/17 SERRATARE
PABLO, miner, 27, single, Crescent drift, Jenkins Twp
6/17 JOHN YAWISKIE,
laborer, 33, married, Midvale slope, Plains Twp
6/25 GEORGE GASTUS,
miner, 35, single, Exeter shaft, Exeter
6/28 MIKE JUDGE,
laborer, 35, married, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
7/1 JAMES
TREGASKER, plane runner, 22, single, Delaware shaft, Mill Creek
7/8 ANDREW
RADOUSKY, laborer, 45, single, Crescent drift, Jenkins Twp
7/8 MARTIN SEDEA, slate
picker, 19, single, Crescent breaker, Jenkins Twp
7/9 JOSEPH GOLDEN,
miner, 33, married, Langcliff shaft, Avoca
7/9 JOSEPH
KAMASHES, laborer, 25, single, Twin shaft, Pittston
7/14 DANIEL MCHUGH,
runner, 21, single, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
7/16 JOHN TEEBER,
laborer, 20, single, Butler shaft, Pittston Twp
7/19 THOMAS
COSGRAVE, laborer, 19, single, Shaft #1, Hughestown
7/20 CHARLES
DOBBIE, laborer, 22, single, Barnum Shaft, Marcy Twp
7/20 THOMAS DOBBIE,
laborer, 19, single, Barnum Shaft, Marcy Twp
7/21 PETER MAY,
driver, 19, single, Black Diamond shaft, Luzerne
7/21 JAMES HIGGINS,
laborer, 24, single, Butler shaft, Pittston Twp
7/22 WILLIAM
WANCOSKY, laborer, 40, married, Babylon shaft, Duryea
7/22 FRANK BALLUS,
job unknown, age blank, single, Mill Hollow shaft, Luzerne
7/22 JOHN CRAWFORD,
laborer, 17, single, Exeter breaker, Exeter
7/29 THOMAS SANDOW,
miner, 48, married, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
8/2 FRANCIS DENNIS,
miner, 34, married, Stevens slope, Exeter
8/4 CHARLES NAILON,
driver, 17, single, Shaft #9, Hughestown
8/5 MIKE STOFKO,
miner, 37, married, Maltby shaft, Maltby
8/5 WILLIAM
KEMENSKY, laborer, 19, single, Prospect shaft, Plains Twp
8/6 JOHN LEONARD,
track layer, 34, married, Schooley shaft, Exeter
8/9 RAY GRIFFITH,
slate picker, 14, single, Mill Hollow breaker, Luzerne
8/10 JOHN CALLAHAN,
miner, 54, married, Shaft #7, Jenkins Twp
8/13 ALEX
BRANNIGAN, driver, 32, single, Midvale slope, Plains Twp
8/13 MARTIN HEALEY,
runner, 21, single, Langcliff breaker, Avoca
8/13 BURT BATH,
driver, 19, single, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
8/14 MIKE STOVE,
driver, 30, married, Harry E shaft, Forty Fort
8/18 ANTHONY ORBON,
laborer, 24, married, Ravine shaft, Pittston
8/21 WILLIAM
TRESSIDER, charge man, 35, married, Forty Fort shaft, Forty Fort
8/23 MIKE O'DONNELL,
door boy, 14, single, Laws shaft, Pittston Twp
8/23 JAMES BURNS,
miner, 27, married, Katy Did drift, Avoca
8/24 ANTHONY
GALINSKIE, miner, 23, single, Schooley shaft, Exeter
8/25 RICHARD EVANS,
laborer, 27, single, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
8/31 JOHN FARRELL,
runner, 19, single, Babylon shaft, Duryea
9/2 CHARLES
HARMOUR, laborer, 29, married, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
9/3 MIKE NAROUKA,
laborer, 43, single, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
9/3 JOHN FLAHERTY,
miner, 55, married, Ravine shaft, Pittston Twp
9/4 PAUL DUBRESH,
laborer, 30, married, Harry E shaft, Forty Fort
9/6 JAMES O. BOYLE,
track layer, 40, married, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston
9/7 JERRY HALSTEAD,
driver, 15, single, Ravine shaft, Pittston
9/14 GEORGE H
JONES, contractor, 50, married, Ravine shaft, Pittston
9/14 JOSEPH
LOWNDASKY, miner, 34, married, Babylon shaft, Duryea
9/14 AUGUST
WILLIAMSKY, laborer, 38, married, Babylon shaft, Duryea
9/15 JOHN PAUL,
driver, 20, single, Seneca shaft, Pittston
9/15 MIKE
MCLAUGHLIN, miner, 39, married, Seneca shaft, Pittston
9/24 GEORGE JACOB,
laborer, 31, married, Black Diamond Shaft, Luzerne
9/25 MIKE DUKHEN,
laborer, 40, single, East Boston shaft, Kingston
9/25 JAMES
HARRINGTON, miner, 57, married, East Boston shaft, Kingston
9/28 MIKE BRENNAN,
laborer, 35, married, Shaft #14, Jenkins Twp
10/1 MIKE MALIA,
laborer, 23, single, Shaft #11, Jenkins Twp
10/6 THOMAS
GASCOVICK, laborer, 34, single, East Boston shaft, Kingston
10/8 THOMAS
QUEENEY, laborer, 24, single, Laws' shaft, Pittston
10/8 MIKE PETERS,
miner, 22, single, Oakwood shaft, Plains Twp
10/8 MIKE POVESHAW,
laborer, 28, single, Oakwood shaft, Plains Twp
10/14 WILLIAM
TITLEY, miner, 40, single, Butler shaft, Pittston Twp
10/18 THOMAS
MATCHES, laborer, 30, single, Harry E shaft, Forty Fort
10/20 THOMAS
GRODVALL, laborer, 41, married, Stevens shaft, Exeter
10/21 JOHN THOMAS,
company miner, 43, married, Hallstead shaft, Duryea
10/23 JOHN
SULVOSKIE, miner, 38, married, Henry shaft, Plains Twp
10/30 THOMAS NICHOLSON,
driver, 16, single, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston
11/2 STANLEY
KASLAVISH, miner, 30, single, Laflin shaft, Laflin
11/3 JOHN O. BOYLE,
driver, 15, single, Barnum shaft, Marcy Twp
11/6 JOHN A RATHER,
brattice man, 40, married, Exeter shaft, Exeter
11/9 JOHN WHITE,
door boy, 15, single, Babylon shaft, Duryea
11/11 JACOB SAVAGE,
miner, 35, married, Henry shaft, Plains Twp
11/12 SILAS
PRICHARD, door boy, 15, single, Midvale slope, Plains Twp
11/15 EUGENE
KEARNS, driver, 16, single, Barnum shaft, Marcy Twp
11/15 JOHN
WILKINSON, driver, 19, single, Pettebone shaft, Kingston Twp
11/17 STEPHEN
BUCHEFISKY, laborer, 37, married, Exeter shaft, Exeter
11/17 JOHN WEGA,
miner, 29, married, Hallstead shaft, Duryea
11/17 GEORGE
MATCHEY, runner, 24, single, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
11/19 LEAPOLD
SHANG, miner, 53, married, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
11/20 JOSEPH
KIRSHENOSKY, miner, 45, married, Prospect shaft, Plains Twp
11/23 JACOB BRIGHT,
laborer, 35, married, Mount Lookout shaft, Wyoming
11/23 SYLVESTER
DEMICK, miner, 40, married, Schooley shaft, Exeter
11/27 ARTHUR RUNT,
runner, 38, married, East Boston shaft, Kingston Twp
12/3 ANTHONY
CARRIAUIS, miner, 35, married, Harry E shaft, Forty Fort
12/6 CHARLES
DUNCARAGE, driver, 16, single, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston
12/6 ALEX.
DUSBROSKIE, helper, 15, single, Clear Spring shaft, Pittston
12/7 MIKE SOCOTSKY,
miner, 25, single, Phoenix shaft, Duryea
12/7 JOHN CAWLEY,
runner, 26, single, Buttler tunnel, Pittston Twp
12/11 WILLIAM
FULLER, barn boss, 38, married, No. 14 outside, Jenkins Twp
12/11 JAMES
GALLIGHER, miner, 38, married, No. 14 outside, Jenkins Twp
12/13 MIKE DILLAN,
laborer, 23, No. 14 drift, Jenkins Twp
12/14 JOHN KELLEY,
miner, 36 married, Heidelburg shaft, Pittston Twp
12/20 WILLIAM HOPE,
driver, 15, single, Hallstead outside, Duryea
12/20 JOSEPH
ANDERSON, driver, 17, single, Black Diamond shaft, Luzerne
12/27 THOMAS
GOLDEN, driver, 17, single, No. 9 shaft, Hughestown
12/28 MARK KING,
miner, 35, married, Wyoming shaft, Plains Twp
12/28 FRANK LODINSKI,
miner, 35, single, Delaware shaft, Mill Creek
The following information was
donated by: Ed Langley
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