1879 South District Rpt of Fatal Accidents
(consisting of the southern portion of Luzerne and Carbon Cos.) (from the
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of
Pennsylvania for the Year 1879
1/5 ANDREW HATACH, screen
boss, 40, Cross Creek #2
1/15 JOHN
WILOUGHBY, laborer, 17, Harliegh #4
2/7 MICHAEL MULLEN,
laborer, 23, Room Run Shaft
2/15 JOHN FOX,
screen boss, 32, Cross Creek breaker
3/14 THOMAS
COMMISKEY, miner, 55, no widow, 3 orphans, Spring Mountain
4/7 THOMAS CASPAR,
loading slate, 15, Ebervale breaker
4/15 JAMES JAMES,
miner, 35, widow - 5 orphans, Beaver Brook #2
4/22 THOMAS SMITH,
miner, 27, widow - 2 orphans, Beaver Brook #4
4/24 ROBERT NORRIS,
miner, 52, widow - 4 orphans, Spring Mountain #4
6/6 DANIEL COYLE,
miner, 32, widow - 2 orphans, Harliegh #1
7/8 GEORGE
HUTCHINSON, miner, 47, widow - 0 orphans, East Sugarloaf #5
7/15 PATRICK
MCCOLE, miner, 24, widow - 0 orphans, Highland #2
7/15 JAMES
GALLAGHER, miner, 35, widow - 2 orphans,Highland #2
7/30 PATRICK
MCCOLE, miner, 24, widow - 0 orphans, Ebervale #2
8/1 OWEN BOYLE,
laborer, 60, widow - 1 orphan, Yorktown #5
8/27 MICHAEL
HOUSTON, miner, 35, widow - 2 orphans, Eckley – Council Ridge #2
9/27 JOHN MALKAMES,
miner, 48, widow - 3 orphans, Laurel Hill (old lift)
10/13 MICHAEL
CONLIN, driver, 18, Lattimer #1
10/28 JAMES EAD,
driver, 19, Room Run shaft
11/4 HENRY
REIFFNER, roadman, 52, widow - 4 orphans, Highland #2
11/15 JOSEPH BOYLE,
miner, 24, Cross Creek #1
11/20 PATRICK
HAUGHEY, breakerman, 48, widow 2 orphans, Panther Creek #5
12/1 FRANK
DAUGHERTY, miner, 23, Lattimer #2
12/5 WILLIAM H
THOMAS, mine boss, 56, widow - 6 orphans, Oak Dale #2
12/20 JOHN BOLTZ,
miner, 40, widow - 5 orphans, Cross Creek #2
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