ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES

Year Ending December 31, 1874

Names of persons who were killed and those who died of injuries in and about the collieries in the mining district of Schuylkill, comprising the counties of Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia and Dauphin and the number of districts to which they belong; also, the number of widows and orphans occasioned by these casualties during the year, ending December 31, 1874.

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
*August* 07	Isaac Derker	Short Mountain	3	1	6	Died; injured by a fall of props & coal.
12	James Bowden	Luke Fidler	3	0	0	Killed; he fell into new shaft
Total Aug. Deaths (2)

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
*September* 01	John Hoar	Lost Creek	2	0	0	Died from injuries from a fall of coal.
02	Edw. Chambers	Shenandoah City	2	0	0	Killed by explosion of fire-damp
17	Jacob Potosky	Third District	3	0	0	Died of injuries received in the mines.
17	Patrick Delaney	L. Ranch Creek	3	0	0	Killed by fall of coal.
18	William Duffy	Koh-i-noor	2	1	1	Killed by a fall of coal.
18	Thomas H. Maguire	Marion	3	0	0	Killed by a fall of coal.
20	Andrew Underwood	Anchor	1	0	0	Died from effects of an explosion of fire-damp.
26	Michael Barrett	Raven Run	2	1	2	Killed by fall of coal
26	Archibald Rush	Tunnel, No.8	1	0	0	Killed by a log rolling over his body.
26	Edward Brophy	Anchor	1	0	0	Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
26	Levi Heim	Trevorton	3	0	0	Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
28	Hugh Mullowney	Girardsville	2	1	5	Killed by fall of coal.
28	Caleb Snyder	Stewartsville	3	1	5	Killed; crushed to death by props.
28	John Malone	Bear Run	2	1	2	Died; mortally burned by an explosion of powder.
Total Sep. Deaths (14)

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
*October* 03	Patrick Foy	Lehigh Navigation Co	1	0	0	Killed run over by wagons in the gangway.
06	Lyman Clymer	Grant	2	0	0	Died; crushed by a fall of coal.
16	William Mulhall	Continental	2	0	0	Killed by slope rope breaking at the sockets.
21	Partick Monaghan	Indian Ridge	2	0	0	Killed by fall of coal.
22	Charles Divers	Honey Brook	2	0	0	Died of injuries received in the mines.
23	Michael Braunan, boy	Buckville	1	0	0	Killed; run over by wagons.
23	James Delaplane	Big Mountain	3	0	0	Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
24	Evan Price	Williamstown	3	0	0	Died; mortally crushed by wagons.
26	Martin Brinnan	Mariam	3	1	5	Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
Total Oct. Deaths (9)

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
*November* 02	Rosser Rodrick	Buckville	1	0	0	Killed by explosion of fire-damp.
03	Samuel Umberger	Burnside	3	0	0	Killed in riding on the slope cage.
10	John Curran	Mine Hill Gap	1	1	8	Killed by an explosion of fire-damp.
10	Lewis Burns	?do?	1	0	0	Killed by same explosion.
11	Austin M?Grail	Plank Ridge	2	1	6	Killed by a fall of coal.
12	Dennis Collins	Bear Ridge	2	1	3	Killed in riding out the gangway.
13	John Booth	Plank Ridge	2	0	0	Died; of injuries from a fall of coal.
16	Chas. Stauffenberg	Keystone	3	1	3	Died; was crushed by wagons.
20	James Mahony	Lawrence	2	1	0	Killed; tilted out of a descending slope wagon.
20	Abel Davis	Glendon	2	1	6	Killed by the falling of the slope gate.
23	James Mangan	Locust Gap	3	1	3	Killed by fall of gangway slate.
23	John Breen	Koh-i-noor	2	1	4	Died in mine of heart disease.
24	Dennis Colohan	Primrose	2	1	2	Killed by a piece of coal falling off a pillar
28	Michael Whalen	Big Mine Run	2	1	2	Killed by prop forced against him.
Total Nov. Deaths (14)

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
*December* 01	James Meigg, boss	Girard	2	1	2	Died; found suffocated by noxious gas./td>
01	George Fould	E. Mine Shafts	1	1	1	Killed; being tilted out of shaft bucket.
01	John Hile	New Boston	2	0	0	Killed; his head being crushed by cars.
01	Corneilius Flynn	Plank Ridge	2	0	0	Died of injuries received from a fall of coal.
03	John Smith	Monitor	3	0	0	Killed by a fall of coal while mining it.
04	Hugh M?Tague, boy	Coaldale	1	0	0	Killed by falling into coal bins.
05	Michael Cafferty	Monitor	3	0	0	Killed by a fall of coal.
11	John Beundy	Mariam	3	0	0	Killed by a fall of coal.
12	Thomas Roan	New Philadelphia	1	1	3	Killed by a fall of rocks.
19	Samuel T. Bateman	Short Mountain	3	0	0	Died from injuries received from a fall of coal.
21	Lewis Wethers	East End	3	0	0	Died from injuries received from being Kicked by a mule.
Total Deaths for Dec. (11)

Date	Name of Dec.	Name of Coll.	Dist.#	Widow	Child.	General Remarks
No date	Patrick Farrell	Big Mine Run	2	0	0	Killed by a fall of coal.
No date	Thomas Harris, boy	Union	2	0	0	Killed; run over the bank by wagons.

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