1884 Fatalities Middle Anthracite Dist

1884 Fatalities Middle Anthracite Dist

1884 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the Middle Anthracite District, comprising parts of Luzerne County, and Carbon County.

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

1/15 JOHN BOLASKEY, 35, laborer, No. 2 slope Nanticoke

1/23 JOHN STODDARD, 26, laborer, Black Diamond

1/23 DAVID R EVANS, 16, driver, No. 1 shaft Kingston

2/6 MICHAEL MISHKO, 18, laborer, No. 5 breaker Nanticoke

2/12 WM H DAVIES, 19, laborer, Franklin

2/13 ALEX'R STEVENS, 18, plane footman, Mill Creek breaker

2/13 MATTHEW EISOLO, 35, married, miner, Empire

2/16 WM H THOMAS, 51, married 1 orphan, miner boss, Franklin

2/20 JOHN CROSSWAITE, 53, married 5 orphans, laborer, Sugar Notch

2/21 JOHN FRED. LINK, 30, married 1 orphan, miner, No. 2 Red Ash

2/22 THOS. JOHN JONES, 13, driver, No. 2 shaft Nanticoke

2/23 JAMES DAVY, 28, married 2 orphans, miner, No. 1 shaft Nanticoke

2/23 DAVID H DAVIES, 45, married 6 orphans, driver, No. 2 slope Nanticoke

2/25 SYLVES'R R. BROWN, 17, driver, Wanamie

3/1 CHARLES KING, 22, driver, West End

3/7 JAMES ROCK, 30, laborer, No. 2 tunnel Nanticoke

3/7 PETER FRIEL, 45, married 4 orphans, miner, No. 2 shaft Nanticoke

3/12 EDWARD BELLOWS, 20, married, pumpman, Avondale Air Shaft

3/13 LEWIS LEWIS, 50, married 6 orphans, driver boss, Wyoming

3/18 ANDREW HORTAK, 27, married, laborer, Midvale

3/18 MICHAEL JONES, 50, miner, Nottingham

3/19 THOMAS MCGOVERN, 17, driver, Henry

3/23 HENRY DOBERSTEIN, 35, married 1 orphan, miner, No. 1 shaft Nanticoke

3/24 JOHN GARRA, 10, slate-picker, Hillman Vein breaker

4/2 JOHN J GANGLOFF, 27, miner, No. 3 Plymouth

4/3 WILLIAM HUNT, 43, Co. laborer, Reynolds

4/7 JERRY LENAHAN, 20, sinker, Avondale air shaft

4/7 JOSEPH PRUDHOE, 29, married 2 orphans, mechanic, Avondale air shaft

4/17 EDWARD KEIFER, 18, driver, Grand Tunnel

4/28 WM. D EVANS, 19, driver, Reynolds

4/28 ADAM _______, 35, laborer, Clear Spring

4/29 CHARLES DUFFY, 45, married 5 orphans, mason, No. 2 Plymouth

4/30 DANIEL PRICE, 70, married, laborer, East Boston

5/12 JOSEPH KNIGHT, 27, married, driver boss, Nottingham

5/13 CHARLES ANDERSON, 23, laborer, Prospect colliery

5/14 JOHN E WATKINS, 45, married 6 orphans, track-layer, No. 4 slope

Nanticoke

5/15 DENNIS O’BRIEN, 43, married 4 orphans, miner, No. 1 slope Nanticoke

5/16 WILLIAM WILSON, 24, mason, Baltimore tunnel

5/16 HENRY REMELEE, 20, driver, West End

5/16 WILLIAM HAYES, 24, married, footman, Exeter

5/22 TALIESEN WATTERS, 32, married 1 orphan, timberman, No. 2 slope Nanticoke

6/1 RICHARD M PHILLIPS, 22, miner, Avondale

6/10 JOHN B CAREY, 67, married, miner, No. 4 Plymouth

6/10 JOHN QUINN, 16, loader, Wyoming breaker

6/13 THOMAS THOMAS, 23, laborer, No. 4 slope Nanticoke

6/13 FRANK BARTON, 29, married 1 orphan, laborer, Dodson

6/14 JOHN PHILLIPS, 47, married 4 orphans, miner, No. 4 Plymouth

6/16 LOUIS HOVA, 24, miner, Exeter

6/24 WILLIAM THOMAS, 13, door-boy, Nottingham

6/25 ROBERT SCHULTZ, 33, married 3 orphans, miner, No. 1 Red Ash

7/8 WILLIAM LEVITZKEY, 28, married 2 orphans, laborer, Grand Tunnel

7/8 TIMOTHY KELLY, 40, married, miner, Schooley

7/8 SYLV’R LOSNEFSKEY, 16, door-boy, No. 1 slope Nanticoke

7/14 WILLIAM BISHOP, 21, sinker, No. 1 shaft, Nanticoke

7/29 PATRICK CORCORAN, 60, married, fireman, Enterprise

7/31 MICHAEL MANDO, 26, married 1 orphan, No. 1 breaker Kingston

7/31 THOMAS KEARNS, 36, married 5 orphans, miner, No. 5 Plymouth

7/31 WILLIAM SPARGO, 35, married 4 orphans, miner, No. 11 Lance

8/2 MOSCOW POLA, 13, slate-picker, No. 2 Kingston

8/6 AND. MADIEFSKEY, married 5 orphans, laborer, No. 2 breaker Nanticoke

8/9 JOSEPH SHINER, 43, miner, Forty Fort

8/9 EDWARD NELSON, 24, laborer, Black Diamond

8/15 ANTHONY GALLAGHER, 14, door-boy, Prospect

8/16 JOSEPH GUTOFSKEY, 32, married 3 orphans, laborer No. 3 West Nanticoke

8/20 ENOCH JOHN, 35, miner, Clear Spring

8/23 JAMES DELUCKEN, 42, laborer, Exeter

8/28 EDWARD MCGINTY, 36, married 3 orphans, miner, Mineral Spring

8/30 CAS. YOKOBOFSKIE, 45, married, laborer, Alden

9/9 MICHAEL CONNELL, 35, married 5 orphans, laborer, Clear Spring

10/8 ANDREW CREE, 24, carpenter, No. 1 shaft Kingston

10/9 PATRICK GALLAGHER, 35, laborer, Diamond

10/10 GEORGE HAND, 37, married, miner, No. 2 Red Ash

10/10 STEPHEN HAYWOOD, 19, laborer, No. 2 Red Ash

10/11 GEORGE E WILLIAMS, 30, married, miner, No. 4 slope Nanticoke

10/13 JOHN MARINOFSKY, 17, slate-picker, No. 3 breaker Nanticoke

10/13 MIKE OKINGA, 30, married, miner, No. 2 Kingston

10/21 JOHN CASTLE, 46, married 4 orphans, Baltimore slope

10/23 ANDREW JOHNSON, 42, miner, Maffit colliery

10/28 HENRY BRAY, 36, married 3 orphans, laborer, Hollenback

11/7 RICH. P THOMAS, 35, married 2 orphans, miner, Nottingham

11/10 BENJAMIN RODDA, 36, married 2 orphans, miner, No. 4 slope Nanticoke

11/13 JAMES HOBAN, 20, footman, Midvale

11/22 JOHN POMRINKEY, 44, married 6 orphans, miner, No. 2 slope Nanticoke

11/22 EDWARD SMITH, 23, slate-picker, Maffit breaker

11/24 THOMAS BARRETT, 14, door-boy, Henry

11/24 PATRICK DAILEY, 25, laborer, Prospect

11/25 WILLIAM WOODS, 35, married 2 orphans, miner, Harry E

12/7 WILLIAM MCCABE, 26, headman, Baltimore shaft

12/9 THOMAS MCDONALD, 37, miner, Mineral Spring

12/11 DOMINI’K USKAVAGE, 35, married 2 orphans, miner, No. 10 Sugar Notch

12/11 JNO. FILONOSWAYS, 32, miner, No. 10 Sugar Notch

12/13 JOHN KANE, 26, married, miner, Bennett

12/15 JAMES MASON, 35, married 4 orphans, laborer, Schooley

12/16 ED. MCLAUGHLIN, 25, miner, Baltimore slope

12/16 JACOB SHAFER, 44, married 1 orphan, miner, No. 4 shaft Plymouth

12/19 JAMES JONES, 20, miner, Mineral Spring

12/19 ANTHONY CARLING, 40, married 6 orphans, miner, No. 10 Sugar Notch

The above information was donated by: Ed Langley

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator