1897 Mine Inspector Report of Non-Fatal Accidents in
the Fifth Anthracite
District comprising part of Luzerne County, and all
of Carbon County
(The
"married/single" column of the report was blank in most instances. If
the information was in the
report, it is repeated here)
1/5 FRANK WYDIZ, laborer,
23,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
1/6 JOSEPH CZAK, laborer,
43,, Hazleton #2, Luzerne
1/11 FRANK GANODA, roll
tender, 18,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
1/12 WILLIAM HERETY, miner,
28,, Spring Mountain #4, Luzerne
1/12 JOSEPH COATES, miner,
44,, Hazleton #3, Luzerne
1/14 MICHAEL STAINE, miner,
24,, Harwood #5, Luzerne
1/19 MICHAEL RABBISH,
miner, 26,, Cranberry #1, Luzerne
2/1 JOHN BAUZAK, miner,
49,, Harwood #4, Luzerne
2/2 GEORGE MEISENBERGER,
laborer, 26,, Hazleton #3, Luzerne
2/3 JACOB WAGNER, stable
boss, 35, married, Shaft #1, Carbon
2/3 JAMES BOYLE, miner,
43,, Coleraine, Carbon
2/3 MIKE MARTIN, miner,
45,, Coleraine, Carbon
2/8 FRANK DORSEK, laborer,
33,,Hazle Brook, Luzerne
2/11 GEORGE BOSHWHY,
outside laborer, 26,, Coleraine, Carbon
2/15 ANGELIS SEBASTEAA,
miner, 33,, Derringer, Luzerne
2/16 CONDY MCGILL, miner,
no age/marital status,, Evans Colliery, Carbon
2/16 ANDREW COMMISKEY,
laborer, 35,, Cranberry, Luzerne
2/17 LINGI CARLO, miner,
31,, Cranberry, Luzerne
2/22 JOHN SHULA, laborer,
39,, Milnesville, Luzerne
2/28 PATRICK O'BRIEN,
miner, 50,, Upper Lehigh, Luzerne
3/3 CHARLES PRICE, miner,
33,, Stockton, Luzerne
3/8 JULIAN WITT, miner,
42,, Cranberry #5, Luzerne
3/8 WILLIAM TRAELL,
laborer, 28,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
3/12 CONRAD HELVICK, miner,
25,, Shaft #1, Carbon
3/12 PETER SOKOLSKY,
laborer, 29,, Lattimer #2, Luzerne
3/13 JOHN ROBEY, driver,
25,, Cranberry #3 stripping, Luzerne
3/16 GEORGE KIMBACH,
driver, 17,, E. Crystal Ridge #2, Luzerne
3/16 STEPHEN VERES, laborer,
30,, Harwood #4, Luzerne
3/23 PETER BUYDOSH, driver,
22,, Derringer, Luzerne
3/24 JACOB SIMONDEN, miner,
40,, Tresckow #2, Carbon
3/25 JOSEPH KIRSHBAMER,
miner, no age/marital status,, Derringer, Luzerne
3/29 JAMES POWELL, miner,
42,, Shaft #5, Carbon
3/29 JOHN EVANS, miner,
26,, Shaft #5, Carbon
4/1 JOHN NOVOCK, foreman,
36,, Upper Lehigh #5, Luzerne
4/6 JOSEPH MATONIS,
laborer, 25,, Harwood #9, Luzerne
4/6 JAMES BURKE, driver,
23,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
4/12 PETER RILEY, jig
runner, 17,, Spring Mountain, #1, Luzerne
4/27 JAMES CARTRIGHT,
patcher, 17,, Highland #2, Luzerne
4/30 JOSEPH ROSINSKI,
miner, 25,, Eckley, Luzerne
5/3 ANDRO TOMPKO, laborer,
38,, Milnesville, Luzerne
5/6 JOHN THOMAS, driver,
21,, Coleraine, Carbon
5/8 GEORGE TARABESAK,
driver, 22,, Lattimer, Luzerne
5/8 GEORGE SLEEMOCK, miner,
28,, Hollywood, Luzerne
5/9 JOHN AIREY, engineer,
54,, Lattimer, Luzerne
5/10 HENRY OHLAND, miner,
40,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
5/10 FRED. TABALDY,
laborer, 24,, Hazleton #2, Luzerne
5/12 WILLIAM BUTLER, miner,
40,, Spring Brook, Carbon
5/12 WILLIAM MCGINLEY,
driver, 18,, Beaver Brook, Luzerne
5/13 JOHN HADLEY, miner,
48,, Spring Brook, Carbon
5/14 JAMES GALLAGHER,
miner, 53,, Coleraine, Carbon
5/17 THEO. HARNEY, laborer,
28,, Highland #5, Luzerne
5/24 STANISLAF KOSHICK,
driver, 26,, Lattimer stripping, Luzerne
6/1 MICHAEL LEGA, miner,
45,, Beaver Meadow, Carbon
6/9 ANDREW CHERBA, laborer,
23,, Highland #5, Luzerne
6/9 CHARLES PELOFFSKY,
miner, 38,, Tresckow #2, Carbon
6/21 GEORGE KRISTON, laborer,
23,, Eckley, Luzerne
7/6 SAMUEL STEIBLING,
hitcher, 25,, Cranberry #1, Luzerne
7/8 JOHN S WATKINS,
laborer, 17,, Shaft #5, Carbon
7/12 ANTHONY SINKEVICH,
miner, 45,, Ebervale, Luzerne
7/17 STEPHEN BUTCHER, chute
boss, 39,, Harwood, Luzerne
7/22 WILLIAM MCGINLEY,
driver, 18,, Beaver Brook, Luzerne
7/22 JOHN WASHINCO,
laborer, 37,, Jeddo #4, Luzerne
7/30 FRANK WARD, miner,
53,, Hazleton #1 stripping, Luzerne
7/31 JOHN DINNER, laborer,
30,, Lattimer #3, Luzerne
8/2 GEORGE CIHI, miner, 33,
married, Sandy Run, Luzerne
8/10 MIKE GALLAGHER,
laborer, 19, single, Hazle Brook, Luzerne
8/13 ANTHONY YENKOWITCH,
loader, 28, single, Derringer, Luzerne
8/19 FRANK MURTAH, laborer,
27,, Lattimer #4, Luzerne
8/20 JOHN HARDING, miner,
45,, Jeddo #4, Luzerne
8/21 MIKE COTSACK, driver,
29,, Lattimer canal, Luzerne
8/24 LEWIS BELLIGRINI,
laborer, 27,, Derringer, Luzerne
8/26 MICHAEL CHOLE, miner,
38,, Spring Brook, Carbon
8/26 MICHAEL BOLANICH,
miner, 26,, Spring Brook, Carbon
8/27 JOSEPH COLMAN, oiler,
21,, Eckley, Luzerne
8/27 JOHN JACOBITION,
miner, 39, married, Lattimer #2, Luzerne
9/9 MICHAEL SWANKOFSKI,
miner, 35,, Buck Mountain, Luzerne
9/11 JOHN GILLESPIE, miner,
48,, Drifton #1, Luzerne
9/18 JAMES FISHER, miner,
35,, Jeddo #4, Luzerne
9/24 STEPHEN PLACKO,
loader, 42,, Milnesville, Luzerne
9/25 JOHN ANDROSKI,
laborer, 40,, Harwood #4, Luzerne
9/29 MARTIN FRY, laborer,
38,, Cranberry #1, Luzerne
10/1 JOHN HOVANITZ, driver,
27,, Lattimer canal, Luzerne
10/6 NARCISSUS ROSSI,
miner, 21,, Drifton #2, Luzerne
10/7 CHARLES WATKINS,
miner, 24,, Ebervale, Luzerne
10/8 MIKE LAZURE, miner,
27,, Highland #2, Luzerne
10/13 WILLIAM HANSLEY,
miner, 40,, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
10/14 WILLIAM FULMER,
driver, 18,, Coleraine, Carbon
10/16 JAMES LAMB, miner,
28,, Shaft #5, Carbon
10/16 JOSEPH BARCUS, miner,
40,, Highland #4, Luzerne
10/21 NATHAN SCHELL,
laborer, 34,, Derringer #2, Luzerne
10/25 MIKE YENSCHALL,
laborer, 48,, Beaver Meadow, Carbon
10/29 WILLIAM JENKINS,
miner, 29,, Upper Lehigh, Luzerne
11/4 JOHN BOWDEN, miner, 34,
single, #1 Tunnel, Carbon
11/9 RICHARD GUSCOTT,
miner, 55, married, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
11/9 LEWIS ZUCAL, miner,
28, single, Drifton #2, Luzerne
11/9 HARVEY KOCK, foreman,
47, married, Crystal Ridge, Luzerne
11/9 ALBERT STRICKAS,
miner, 38, married, Crystal Ridge, Luzerne
11/9 JOHN SHAYA, miner, 28,
married, Crystal Ridge, Luzerne
11/12 DONAT BONGION,
laborer, 20, single, Jeddo canal, Luzerne
11/22 MIKE LUPINSKI,
laborer, 22, single, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
11/23 ANDREW RUDAN, miner,
35, married, Coleraine, Carbon
11/26 ANTHONY BENOFSKI,
miner, 25, single, Cranberry, Luzerne
11/26 CHARLES GALLAGHER,
driver, 22, single, Hazleton #1, Luzerne
11/26 PAUL PICKENHAIN,
miner, 29, married, East Crystal Ridge, Luzerne
11/27 FRANK AUGUST,
jackman, 27, married, Lattimer canal, Luzerne
11/29 ROBERT PRITCHARD,
driver, 17, single, Ebervale canal, Luzerne
12/1 JOHN STERBACH, laborer
43, married, Hazle mines stripping, Luzerne
12/3 JOHN ZEMSKY, driver,
25, single, Milnesville, Luzerne
12/3 FRANK PTAK, miner, 27,
married, Harwood #5, Luzerne
12/17 JOHN D DAVIS, miner,
37, married, Sandy Run, Luzerne
12/22 WILLIAM CAREY, miner,
25, married, Shaft #1, Carbon
12/23 FRANK RENAUD,
laborer, 24, single, Cranberry, Luzerne
12/28 ENOCH HOWELLS,
engineer, 27, married, Hazle mines stripping, Luzerne
12/28 CHAUNCY BROWN,
fireman, 28, married, Hazle mines stripping, Luzerne
The above information was
donated by: Ed Langley
©1997-2016 by Mary Ann Lubinsky
for the PAGenWeb Project, and by Individual Contributors
Mary
Ann Lubinsky, County Coordinator
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