4th District Non Fatal Mine Accidents -- Lackawanna County

Accident Date	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Age	Married/Single	Name of Colliery	County	Nature & Cause of Accident in Brief
Jan-04	John Varraito	Polish	Miner	42	M	Sloan	Lackawanna	Injured by flying coal from blast at face of chamber.
Jan-09	Leo Zailow	Italian	Slatepicker	14	S	Dodge	""	Leg broken by sliding in shute in breaker. Outside.
Jan-13	Charles Johnson	American	Doorboy	17	S	Capouse	""	Injured by jumping on mine cars on main road.
Jan-17	Thomas Durkin	Irish	Miner	38	M	Hampton	""	Slightly injured while replacing derailed car at face.
Jan-21	Ignatz Luboski	Polish	Laborer	40	S	Sloan	""	Injured by fall of roof at face of chamber.
Feb-02	Frank McDonniel	Irish	Miner	57	M	Bellevue	""	Leg fractured by fall of roof at face after a blast had been fired.
Feb-08	Thomas Langan	Irish	Asst Foreman	53	M	Oxford	""	Injured by being struck by haulage rope at foot of inside slope.
Feb-15	John Rubeoski	Polish	Miner	35	M	Greenwood	""	Head and body injured by blast at face.
Feb-20	Mike Sotok	Slavonian	Footman	22	M	Archbald	""	Leg fractured by cars at foot of shaft.
Feb-21	Patrick Healy	American	Laborer	16	S	Greenwood	""	Seriously injured in breaker machinery. Outside.
Mar-03	Joe Visendki	Polish	Miner	37	M	Hampton	""	Knee injured by cars on gangway road.
Apr-18	Mike Yencavitch	Hungarian	Laborer	21	S	Archbald	""	Foot crushed by fall of rock at face of chamber.
Apr-19	John Keeley	American	Company Man	41	S	Capouse	""	Slightly injured by cars on gangway road.
Apr-20	Andrew Yownich	Polish	Miner	30	M	Oxford	""	Leg fractured by fall of rock at face of chamber.
May-12	John Ornutt	Polish	Laborer	26	M	Sloan	""	Injured by fall of roof at face of chamber.
May-18	Stephen Bieryta	Polish	Miner	23	M	Greenwood	""	Injured by blast while charging a hole at face of chamber.
	Julian Rufalo	Polish	Laborer	22	S	Greenwood		Injured by blast while charging a hole at face of chamber.
May-24	Sylvester Sokoskie	Polish	Laborer	24	S	Hyde Park	""	Legs and skull fractured by fall of roof at face of chamber.
	Victor Moreski	Polish	Laborer	25	M	Continental	""	Ribs fractured by derailed car on gangway.
May-25	Joseph King	American	Laborer	21	S	Greenwood	""	Hands and face burned by explosion of powder at a point near crop.
May-27	Eugene Ingalls	American	Brakeman	21	M	Archbald	""	Leg fractured by cars on gangway road.
Jun-01	Frank Gallagher	American	Runner	18	S	Greenwood	""	Two fingers crushed by cars.
Jun-08	Adolph Tech	Lithuanian	Miner	32	M	Hyde Park	""	Injured by fall of roof at face of chamber.
Jun-17	Frank Mojeski	Polish	Laborer	26	S	Dodge	""	Leg fractured by car at face of chamber.
Jun-20	Joseph Stancavidge	Polish	Miner	40	M	Capouse	""	Injured by falling while retreating from a blast at face of chamber.
Jun-27	William Kanochka	Polish	Miner	28	M	Sloan	""	Slightly injured by blast at face of chamber.
Jul-10	Ralph Singer	American	Driver	17	S	Hyde Park	""	Kicked in abdomen by mule at face of gangway.
Jul-15	Benjamin Sanders	American	Driver	18	S	Hyde Park	""	Leg broken by falling under a car on gangway road.
Jul-18	John Kubeski	American	Slatepicker	14	S	Greenwood	""	Instep of left foot burned by coming in contact with machinery in breaker. Outside
Jul-24	Lewis Novick	Polish	Laborer	31	S	Capouse	""	Left arm broken by fall of roof at face.
Jul-31	John Kakurka	Polish	Laborer	28	S	Sloan	""	Arm and face slightly burned by gas at face.
	Charles Sportoski	Polish	Laborer	23	S	Conteniental	""	Foot injured by fall of roof while sitting in chamber.
Aug-05	Stanley David	Polish	Driver	20	S	Hampton	""	Finger crushed between car bumpers on gangway road.
Aug-08	Edward Smith	English	Machinist	41	M	Conteniental	""	Leg fractured while starting engine that had stopped on center. Outside.
	Frank Constant	Polish	Miner	24	M	Bellevue	""	Leg fractured while running car into his chamber.
Oct-26	Harry Williams	Welsh	Motor Helper	24	M	Bellevue	""	Right side cars bruised by cars on main road.
Oct-27	John Kilvosa	Polish	Laborer	35	M	Dodge	""	Arm broken by fall of roof at face.
Nov-14	Patrick Haggerty	Irish	Laborer	38	M	Capouse	""	Left hip bone fractured by being squeezed between mine car and breaker beam. Outside.
Nov-17	Charles Mocarkos	Lithuanian	Laborer	23	S	Capouse	""	Four ribs broken fy fall of roof at face.
Nov-18	John Shoustky	Lithuanian	Driver	19	S	Capouse	""	Hip and back bruised while riding on car bumper on main road.
Nov-27	Joseph Gouldaa	Polish	Laborer	17	S	Oxford	""	Face and hands burned by gas at face.
Nov-29	Richard Brown	English	Miner	50	M	Bellevue	""	Femur and tibia fractured by premature blast at face.
	Adiemo Bucarie	Italian	Slatepicker	15	S	National	""	Face injured by falling from chute in breaker. Outside.
	Michael Hogan	Irish	Miner	30	M	Sloan	""	Burned by powder at face.
	Eddie Sabiski	Polish	Laborer	25	S	Sloan	""	Burned by powder at face.
Dec-06	Howard Hopkins	American	Driver	18	S	Capouse	""	Instep injured by being caught by a derailed car on gangway road.
Dec-08	Llewellyn Davis	Welsh	Miner	36	M	Continental	""	Back, heaad and leg injured by fall of roof at face.
Dec-11	John Coggins	American	Driver	18	S	Dodge	""	Two ribs broken while riding on bumper of cars on main road.
Dec-14	Mike Curry	Irish	Miner	50	S	Oxford	""	Nose, lef and arm injured by premature blast at face.
Dec-15	Peter Pattola	Italian	Miner	48	M	Sloan	""	Face and hands burned by powder at face.
	Jolling Labosky	Polish	Laborer	35	S	Sloan	""	Face and hands burned by powder at face.
Dec-20	Roman Simonsky	Polish	Miner	23	S	Sloan	""	Right arm lacerated by fall of roof at face.
Dec-21	Alex Shiffsick	Polish	Miner	42	M	Holden	""	Face and arm cut by flying coal from blast in crosscut near face.
Dec-26	William Duffy	American	Blacksmith Hlpr.	33	M	Bellevue	""	Scalp wounded and back sprained on cage near sheave wheel. Outside.
Dec-27	Patrick Mulderig	Irish	Miner	52	M	Archbald	""	General contusions. Fall of roof at face.
	Paul Duda	Polish	Laborer	23	S	Archbald		General contusions. Fall of roof at face.
Dec-30	John M. Jones	American	Driver	18	S	Hyde Park	""	Body badly lacerated by being struck at foot of shaft by piece of "fan", which broke and fell from tower of breaker.
	Memlo Parotti	Italian	Miner	24	M	National	""	Right leg fractured by mine car 25 feet from face.

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

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator

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