1884 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the Eastern District

1884 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the Eastern District of the Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, now including all of Lackawanna and a portion of Wayne and Susquehanna counties.

(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1884)

1/4 ARCHIE MCCARREN, 40, miner, Tompkins Shaft, Pittston shaft

1/4 THOMAS WALLACE, 18, laborer, Hillside Shaft, Pleasant Valley bor

1/10 MICHAEL O'HARA, 32, laborer, Twin Shaft, Pittston borough

1/22 OWEN MALLOY, 40, laborer, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough

1/22 AARON BELLIS, 50, miner, married, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore bor

1/29 CHRIS SCHRAMSKI, 25, laborer, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough

1/30 JAMES REAP, 16, driver, Hillside shaft, Pleasant Valley bor

2/4 JAMES YOUNG, 69, laborer, Marvine shaft, Scranton

2/6 CHARLES OWENS, 49, miner, married-8 orphans, Central shaft, Scranton

2/20 MARION W SAXE, 22, carpenter, Amity breaker, Lackawanna twp

2/21 JAMES JONES, 40, sinker, married (wife in Wales), Amity shaft, Lackawanna

3/10 EDWARD BRENNAN, 12, door-boy, Powderly slope, Carbondale City

3/26 PAT. LEYDEN Jr, 26, miner, married-2 orphans, Sibley mines, Old Forge twp

3/27 EVAN NOGGLES, 21, laborer, Olyphant # 2, Olyphant bor

4/3 JOHN GOWNLY, 15, driver, slope #4, Jenkins twp

4/8 ELIAS EDWARDS, 41, miner, married-6 orphans, Dodge shaft, Lackawanna twp

4/9 P F DONNELLY, 12, door-boy, Jermyn #4, Dickson City borough

4/21 JAMES KEVLIN, 18, driver, Greenwood mines, Lackawanna twp

4/28 AUGUST SWANSON, 45, laborer, Jermyn #2, Jermyn borough

5/1 JAMES MALIA, 45, miner, married-4 orphans, # 12 shaft, Pleasant Valley

5/9 PAT. GALLAGHER, 25, laborer, #5 shaft, Dunmore borough

5/22 JOHN MCNEELEY, 18, laborer, Capouse shaft, Scranton

5/28 PATRICK FOX, 40, miner, married-6 orphans, Powderly slope, Carbondale

5/30 THOMAS HIGGANS, 48, laborer, married, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna twp

5/30 PATRICK FEE, 13, driver, #1 shaft, Carbondale city

5/31 MICHAEL DALEY, 22, laborer, Barnum mines, Marcy twp

6/2 MICHAEL BARRETT, 25, laborer, shaft #8, Hughestown bor

6/23 PATRICK JORDAN, 23, laborer, Mount Pleasant, Scranton

6/28 WILLIAM HUGHES, 15, driver, Continental shaft, Lackawanna twp

6/28 PATRICK WALSH, 20, footman, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakely bor

7/4 OWEN MCDONALD, 23, laborer, Jermyn #4, Dickson City bor

7/8 DANIEL HOPKINS, 11, slate-picker, Sloan breaker, Lackawanna twp

7/10 JOHN M SULLIVAN, 28, miner, Mount Pleasant mine, Scranton

7/16 JAMES EDWARDS, 40, miner, married-4 orphans, Fair Lawn slope, Scranton

7/22 ANDROS NOWALK, 21, laborer, married-1 orphan, Dodge mines, Lackawanna

7/24 JOHN B DAVIS, 52, miner, Taylor mines, Lackawanna twp

7/28 WILLIAM DAVIS, 25, miner, married-3 orphans, Spring Brook, Lackawanna

8/2 MIKE VON BERGEN, 65, carpenter, Amity breaker, Lackawanna twp

8/4 MIKE DOUGHERTY, 17, driver's helper, Dodge mines, Lackawanna twp

8/5 WILLIAM HOLLOW, 40, miner, married-2 orphans, Gypsy Grove, Dunmore bor

8/5 JOHN HORAN, 25, miner, married-2 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton

8/6 PAT. COYNE 5th, 48, miner, married-10 orphans, Greenwood, Lackawanna

8/6 WILLIAM MCHALE, 31, miner, married-2 orphans, Pierce mines, Archbald bor

8/6 PETER STOWE, 49, laborer, Mount Pleasant, Scranton

8/8 EDWARD SMITH, 12, slate-picker, Dodge breaker, Lackawanna twp

8/11 DANIEL MACK, 16, driver, Grassey Island C. C. mines, Winton bor

8/12 JOSEPH EVON, 25, laborer, Brisbin Mines, Scranton

8/13 JOHN CONNELLY, 23, outside loader, Erie breaker, Glenwood bor

8/13 PATRICK MCALISTER, 22, laborer, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor

8/16 PATRICK FINN, 40, miner, married-3 orphans, Central mines, Scranton

8/23 JOHN KNOTT, 22, laborer, Bridge mines, Scranton

8/25 JOHN MCCOOL, 12, slate-picker, Lucas breaker, Scranton

8/27 PATRICK CONNERS, 15, driver, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor

9/9 MARTIN DURKIN, 50, married-7 orphans, Winton slope, Winton bor

9/10 BENJAMIN JONES, 30, miner, Lackawanna C.C., Blakely bor

9/13 JAMES SALTER, Shaft 14, rockman, married, Jenkins twp

9/16 JOSEPH HALLA, 22, laborer, White Oak slope, Archbald

9/16 PHILLIP GALLITZ, 38, miner, married-6 orphans, National mines, Scranton

9/18 THOMAS FLYNN, 22, miner, Gypsey Grove mines, Dunmore bor

10/7 JOHN JOYCE 2nd, 45, miner, married-6 orphans, Greenwood mines, Lackawanna

10/8 JOHN EVANS, 12, slate-picker, Brisbin breaker, Scranton

10/9 JOHN FARREL, 27, laborer, shaft 10, Hughestown bor

10/10 T. SHAUGHNESSY, 20, laborer, Fairmount mines, Pittston twp

10/14 JOHN LOFTUS, 19, laborer, Shaft 2, Dunmore bor

10/14 JAMES THOMAS, 14, driver’s helper, Von Storch mines, Scranton

10/15 T J HENDERSON, 40, miner, married, Jermyn #4, Dickson city bor

10/17 PATRICK MACKIN, 42, miner, married-7 orphans, Archbald mines, Lackawanna

10/25 JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 17, driver, Scranton C.C., Lackawanna twp

10/25 PETER MORTON, 20, laborer, Stark mines, Lackawanna twp

10/28 WM. REYNOLDS, 24, miner, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor

10/29 THOMAS PARRY, 30, miner, married, Leggett's Creek mines, Scranton

11/11 WILLIAM DAVIS, 27, miner, married-1 orphan, Brisbin mines, Scranton

11/18 JOSEPH PENEAUT, 42, miner, Forest City mines, Susquehanna Co

11/20 JOHN MCDONOUGH, 57, miner, married-5 orphans, White Bridge tunnel, Carbondale

11/22 THOS R THOMAS, 20, driver, Central mines, Scranton

11/29 WILLIAM CARTER, 43, miner, married-1 orphan, Fairmount mines, Pittston

12/9 THOMAS MULLEN, 54, miner, married-4 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton

12/13 PETER GIBBONS, 15, driver, Shaft 8, Hughestown bor

12/19 JOHN MULLEN, 54, miner, married-6 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton

12/22 PATRICK EGAN, 59, driver, Barnum mines, Marcy twp

12/30 THOS ROBINSON, 17, driver, Shaft 6, Jenkins twp

The above information was donated by: Ed Langley

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator