4th District Fatal Mine Accident -- Lackawanna County

Accident Date	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Age	Married/Single	# Widows	#Orphans	Name of Colliery	County	Nature & Cause of Accident in Brief
Jan-17	Gwilym Evans	American	Driver	19	S	…	…	Capouse	Lackawanna	Instantly killed between car and rib 100 feet from face ofchamber.
Mar-03	John McDonough	American	Footman	23	S	…	…	Continental	""	Finger slightly injured by cars at foot of shaft. Died from Lock-Jaw March 13.
Mar-15	John Arkfirst	Polish	Laborer	38	M	1	4	Continental	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof of chamber.
Mar-27	Ingnatz Demski	Lithuanian	Laborer	47	M	1	…	Capouse	""	Leg fractured by blast fired in a crosscut near face of chamber. Died April 1.
Apr-03	Norman Mangzi	Italian	Miner	35	M	1	…	Sloan	""	Killed by blast at face of chamber. He failed to heed the warning given.
Apr-07	Michael Folan	American	Driver	16	S	…	…	Greenwood	""	Killed by cars 135 feet from face of chamber. He probably got in the dark.
Apr-22	Frank Mashieski	Polish	Miner	49	M	1	2	Dodge	""	Instantly killed by fall of rock in face of chamber.
Apr-24	Adam Kenner	German	Miner	50	M	1	6	Archbald	""	Instantly killed by fall of rock at face of pillar.
Apr-26	William Smith	Lithuanian	Miner	29	M	1	1	Capouse	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of pillar.
Apr-27	Peter Lipka	Polish	Miner	32	M	1	2	Hyde Park	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of chamber.
May-01	Thomas Jenkins	Welsh	Miner	40	M	1	2	Archbald	""	Instantly killed by blast at the face.
May-29	Stanley Valpiski	Polish	Miner	38	M	1	3	Continental	""	Killed by falling collar near face of gangway.
Jun-01	Mike Vinoski	Slavonian	Driver	21	S			Holden	""	Fatally injured by falling from the front bumper of a moving car 150 feet from face of chamber. Died a few hours later.
Jun-03	Peter Alco	Polish	Laborer	34	M	1	2	Bellevue	""	Fatally injured by fall of roof in face of chamber. He died a few hours later.
Jun-10	John Estok	Slavonian	Miner	30	S	…	…	Holden	""	Fatally injured by a blast in face of chamber. He died a few hours later.
Jun-21	Joseph Vladsorick	Polish	Miner	34	S	…	…	Archbald	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of chamber.
	Joseph Shaught	Polish	Laborer	48	M	1	…	Archbald	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of chamber.
Jul-18	James J. Walsh	American	Footman	30	S	…	…	Greenwood	""	Instantly killed by being caught between cage and roof.
Aug-12	Erego Monarchi	Italian	Laborer	23	S	…	…	National	""	Instantly killed by premature blast at face of chamber.
Aug-21	Frank Proetti	Italian	Miner	25	S	…	…	Oxford	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof in crosscut near face.
Aug-26	David Davis	Welsh	Bratticeman	51	M	1	…	Bellevue	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof 25 feet from air-shaft.
Sep-18	Michael Quinn	Irish	Company Man	44	M	1	5	Minooka	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of pillar.
Nov-18	Anthoney Gavek	Polish	Miner	52	M	1	4	Continental	""	Fatally injured by premature blast at face of chamber.
Nov-22	John Krotski	Lithuanian	Miner	25	M	1	2	Capouse	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of chamber.
Dec-03	Leo Yepshim	Polish	Miner	42	M	1	4	Oxford	""	Instantly killed by fall of roof at face of chamber.
Dec-20	Ignatz Koshinski	Polish	Laborer	30	M	1	…	Sloan	""	Fatally injured by fall of roof in face of chamber. He died in hospital a few hours later.
Dec-23	Hugh Oliver	Welsh	Miner	33	M	1	2	Greenwood	""	Fatally injured by flying coal from a blast. Died in the hospital a few hours later.

This information was donated by Rosanne Gemzik
This information was typed by Bob

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator

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