1888 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the 2d Anthracite District, comprising

1888 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the 2d Anthracite District, comprising

parts of Luzerne, plus Old Forge and Lackawanna townships (Lackawanna Co),

and Bernice township (Sullivan Co).

(from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions

of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1888)

NOTE: most of the printing in this book is completely legible. However, some

letters, in some words, are faint to non-existent. Where a letter in a

person's name is in doubt, a lowercase alpha will be used; where a character

is completely illegible, an asterisk will be used.

1/17 EDWARD KEIFE, miner, 35, Fairmount colliery, Pittston twp

1/19 MARTIN BOLECK, laborer, 31, East Boston colliery, Kingston twp

1/24 JAMES GRAHAM, miner, 27, married, Bernice coll., Bernice–Sullivan Co

1/30 JOSEPH JONBROCKIE, miner, 33, Exeter, Exeter boro

2/2 JOHN MCDONNELL, driver, 18, Shaft 10, Hughestown boro

2/7 JOHN RUSH, miner, 50, widower 1 orphan, Clear Spring, W. Pittston boro

2/9 CHARLES TREGASKI, driver, 17, Pine Ridge, Miner’s Mills

2/9 THOMAS MULLEN, laborer, 22, Enterprise colliery, Plains twp

2/11 OWEN THOMAS, fireboss, 31, marr. 4 orphans, Mineral Spring, Parsons

2/13 WM. THOMPSON, engineer, 17, Keystone, Plains twp

2/15 PATRICK MURRY, laborer, 26, Shaft 14, Jenkins twp

2/21 FRANK GILLESPIE, miner, 60, married, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

2/24 WALTER MCDONNELL, slate-picker, 14, Ewen Breaker, Jenkins twp

3/2 MICHAEL GALLEGHER, miner, 50, married, Bennett colliery, Plains twp

3/3 THOMAS MORAN, miner, 30, Shaft 13, Old Forge twp – Lackawanna Co

3/7 WM. FEHLINGER, miner, 29, married 3 orphans, Hillman, Plains twp

3/8 GEORGE QUINN, miner, 32, married, Dunn, Old Forge twp, Lackawanna

3/10 THOMAS MCANULTY, door boy, 15, Clear Spring, W. Pittston boro.

3/27 LEWIS WEISCARGER, miner, 50, married, Butler colliery, Pittston twp

3/29 THOMAS JAVINS, miner, 28, married 1 orphan, Keystone, Plains twp

4/28 WM. EASTON, pump runner, 30, marr 3 orphans, Pettebone, Kingston twp

5/11 MARTIN CORCORAN, 40, married 3 orphans, Exeter, Exeter boro.

5/1* THOMAS EDWARDS, 62, married 3 orphans, Clear Spring, W. Pittston boro.

6/15 ANTHONY MARTIN, driver, 15, Heidelburg, Pittston twp

6/26 IGNACE ROBINSKI, laborer, 26, Exeter, Exeter boro.

7/9 FRANK HARKINS, door boy, 15, Shaft 14, Jenkins twp

7/11 JOHN MUIRSHOUKS, laborer, 23, Forty Fort, Kingston twp

7/17 ANTHONY ROSSA, miner, 30, Schooly, Exeter boro.

7/17 JOSEPH STIKAT, slate-picker, 59, married, Boston breaker, Jenkins twp

8/9 PATRICK MCDONNELL, miner, 35, Henry, Plains twp

8/22 MICHAEL COX, loader, 56, marr. 2 orphans, Fairmount brkr, Pittston twp

8/27 JOHN SOSWHY, laborer, 36, married 4 orphans, E. Boston, Kingston twp

8/27 PATRICK BROWN, laborer, 26, Old Forge shaft, Lackawanna Co.

9/14 THOMAS MEYRICK, miner, 33, Keystone slope, Plains twp

9/19 PATRICK MCCUE, slate-picker, 15, Seneca breaker, Pittston boro.

9/24 JAMES BARRETT, miner, 40, married 2 orphans, Clear Spring, W. Pittston

10/4 GRIFFITH H PUGH, miner, 45, married, Schooley, Exeter boro.

10/8 PAT HORAN, laborer, 28, Shaft 13, Old Forge twp-Lackawanna Co

10/17 JOHN CARR, miner, 35, 1 orphan, Harry E colliery, Kingston twp

10/18 JAMES GAFFENY, laborer, 22, Twin Shaft, Pittston boro.

10/25 ROBERT REDPATH, miner, 33, married 1 orphan, Mill Creek, Plains twp

10/26 JOHN JOSEESTICK, laborer, 33, married, Mosier, Hughestown boro.

11/20 JOSEPH HORNEY, outside laborer, 45, married 5 orphans, Harry E breaker

12/12 JENKIN FRANCES, miner, 59, marr.4 orphans, Mineral Spring, Parsons

12/13 SIMON KORDIT, miner, 28, Seneca, Pittston boro

12/18 JOHN BESUP, miner, 36, married 1 orphan, Harry E, Kingston twp

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator