| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| January 02 |
Thomas Morris |
Anchor |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Died; injured by breaking of a chain |
| 04 |
Wm. Brodrick |
Ellengowan |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Died of injuries received in the mine |
| 22 |
John Gallagher |
Tunnel, No. 8 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Killed by a fall of gangway of coal |
| 22 |
Thomas Jeffries |
Tunnel No. 8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by same accident |
| Total Jan. Deaths (4) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| Febuary 11 |
John Ogden |
Luke Fidler |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Killed in shaft by a fall of slate |
| 27 |
John Westfield |
Pioneer |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Killed in an airhole closing in on him |
| Total Feb. Deaths (2) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| March 06 |
Edward Smith |
Bull Run |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Killed by fall of coal. |
| 10 |
George Bonick |
Enterprise |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Killed; crushed by a schute in riding out |
| 16 |
Patrick Maugan,boy |
Eagle |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a vicious mule |
| 18 |
Stephen Harris |
Taylorville |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Killed; he fell down slope off the truck |
| 19 |
Michael Cram |
Reliance |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Died of injuries from fall of coal |
| 21 |
Archie Mitchell |
Phoenix No. 3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a rope being frozen to the track the descending wagon snapped it in two, resulting in the death of three persons |
| 21 |
John M?Hale |
? do ? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a rope being frozen to the track the descending wagon snapped it in two, resulting in the death of three persons |
| 21 |
John R. Davis, boy |
?do? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a rope being frozen to the track the descending wagon snapped it in two, resulting in the death of three persons |
| 30 |
Dennis Keho,boy |
Big Lick |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a fall of a piece of timber |
| Total Mar Deaths (9) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| April 04 |
Edward Monaghan |
Big Mine Run |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by premature discharge of a blast |
| 04 |
Thomas Conner |
Preston, No.3 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Killed by a fall of coal |
| 13 |
John Nevin |
Big Mine Run |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Killed by an explosion of fire-damp |
| 14 |
William Reed |
Anchor |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Killed by explosion of fire-damp |
| 17 |
John Leitzman |
Koh-i-noor |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Killed by a fall of coal |
| 24 |
William Mentz |
Shenandoah City |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a fall of coal |
| 25 |
John Honniker |
Eagle |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Killed by a fall of coal |
| 25 |
Thomas Stack |
Plank Ridge |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Killed by a fall of coal |
| 27 |
Henry Collins |
Lehigh, No. 8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by falling off a breaker building |
| 31 |
Wm. Brooks, boy |
Short Mountain |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; run over by loaded wagons in the slope. |
| Total Apr Deaths (10) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| May 02 |
Ofire Goffrey, boy |
Williamstown |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; crushed between the wagons and a schute . |
| 02 |
John Malin |
Taylorville |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Died; injured by a fall of a platform. |
| 07 |
Jeremiah Griffith |
Thomas |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Killed by a fall of coal. |
| 19 |
Peter Carbeas |
Brookside |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Killed by fall of slate |
| 20 |
Henry Williams, boy |
Hickory Shaft |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Died of injuries received in the mine. |
| 20 |
John Conway, boy |
Preston, No.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; being crushed between wagons. |
| 23 |
Edward Hackey |
Big Mine Run |
2 |
1 |
6 |
Died of injuries received in the mine. |
| 25 |
Edward Hogens |
Grant |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by explosion of steam boiler. |
| 29 |
Thomas Campfield |
Beechwood |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Died from the effects of a cold contracted in the mine. |
| Total May Deaths (9) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| June 02 |
Ebenezer Sheppard |
Tunnel, No.8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by an explosion of fire-damp |
| 08 |
Thomas Mooney |
Ravensdale |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Died; mortally burned by fire-damp. |
| 08 |
Willie Rasbach, boy |
Big Lick |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; crushed in the rollers |
| 11 |
Edwin Holvey |
Tamaqua |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed in the mines. |
| 11 |
Lewis Magdeburg |
Ashland District |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Died of injuries he received from a fall of coal. |
| 15 |
Chas Syngovich |
Hickory Swamps |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a fall of coal and slate. |
| 15 |
Thomas M?Andrews |
Preston, No.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by a fall of coal. |
| 15 |
James Steitzler, boy |
Second District |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; being run over by wagons. |
| 23 |
James Walsh |
Beechwood |
1 |
1 |
7 |
Killed by explosion of fire-damps |
| 23 |
William Kelly |
?do? |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Died from effects of same explosion. |
| 23 |
Thomas Owen, boy |
?do? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Died from effects of same explosion. |
| Total June Deaths (11) |
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| Date |
Name of Dec. |
Name of Coll. |
Dist.# |
Widow |
Child. |
General Remarks |
| July 02 |
Lewis Weihl |
Grant |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Died from being scalded by steam |
| 11 |
John Walsh |
Colorado |
2 |
1 |
6 |
Killed; being upset in descending the slope. |
| 15 |
William Heiser |
St. Nicolas |
2 |
1 |
6 |
Killed by the fall of a plank. |
| 22 |
James Clarey |
Glen Carbon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed; thrown off slope cage. |
| 27 |
Edward M?Cormack, boy |
Anchor |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by explosion of fire-damp. |
| 27 |
Thomas Edwards, boy |
?do? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by same explosion. |
| 28 |
Charles Miller |
Short Mountain |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Killed by accident in mine. |
| Total July Deaths (7) |
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