1879 Eastern District Rpt of Fatal Accidents

1879 Eastern District Rpt of Fatal Accidents (consisting of portions of Luzerne and Carbon Cos.) (from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year 1879)

1/9 PETER F DALEY, 49, married - 3 orphans, No. 4 shaft, Jenkins Twp

1/13 ORLANDO JAMES, 20, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough

1/31 THOMAS CLARKE, 58, married - 6 orphans, Pierce colliery, Archbald borough

2/3 CHARLES FLETCHER, 58, married - 6 orphans, Capouse shaft, Hyde Park - Scranton

2/4 ALEX. MCDONALD, 50, married - 6 orphans, Roaring Brook shaft, Dunmore borough

2/20 PATRICK GAHAN, 19, Phoenix shaft, Pittston Twp

3/5 JOSEPH COX, 48, married - 3 orphans, Hillside colliery, Pleasant Valley borough

3/5 RICHARD HUGHES, 43, married - 7 orphans, Taylor shaft, Taylorville Lackawanna Twp

3/7 JOHN EAGAN, 19, Phoenix shaft, Pittston Twp

3/8 JAMES J HARRIS, 38, married - 3 orphans, No. 2 Diamond shaft, Hyde Park Scranton

3/15 WALTER SMILES, 58, married - 8 orphans, No. 10 shaft, Hughestown borough

3/28 SAMUEL MONK, 48, married - 6 orphans, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp

4/4 MARTIN CASEY, 30, married - 0 orphans, Capouse shaft, Hyde Park - Scranton

4/4 JOHN STANTON, 37, married - 3 orphans, Greenwood colliery, Lackawanna Twp

4/4 JOHN O'BRIAN, 16, Filer colliery, Winton borough

4/8 JAMES FOY, 24, Van Storch slope, Providence - Scranton city

4/28 THOMAS MCKUNE, 21, Stark shaft, Pleasant Valley borough

4/29 JOHN BARRETT, 38, married - 3 orphans, No. 2 slope (P.G), Jenkins Twp

5/1 JOHN PARRY JAMES, 20, No. 2 Diamond slope, Hyde Park – Scranton city

5/8 FRANK SHUSTER, 33, married - 3 orphans, White Oak colliery, Archbald borough

5/10 PAUL WARD, 40, married - 4 orphans, Stark shaft, Pleasant Valley borough

5/16 CLARENCE ROBERTSON, 38, married - 4 orphans, No. 12 shaft, Pleasant Valley bor.

6/2 PATRICK ROACH, 50, married - 3 orphans, No. 2 Diamond slope, Hyde Park

7/2 JOHN HUMPHRIES, 65, married - 1 orphan, National colliery, Scranton city

7/9 EDWARD JOYCE, 60, married - 0 orphans, Sibley shaft, Old Forge Twp

7/12 STEPHEN BARTON, 35, married - 4 orphans, Stark shaft, Pleasant Valley borough

7/18 JOHN KEARNEY, 13, Sloan shaft, Lackawanna Township

7/18 GEO. W BEDDOE, 35, No. 2 Diamond shaft, Hyde Park - Scranton city

7/31 REES GRIFFITHS, 16, Sloan shaft, Lackawanna Township

8/6 ROBERT J MOSES, 17, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Township

8/11 JOHN COLEMAN, 50, married - 6 children, No. 10 shaft, Hughestown borough

8/13 OWEN FLYNN, 16, Roaring Brook shaft, Dunmore borough

8/14 JOHN MCDERMOTT, 36, married - 4 orphans, No. 5 shaft, Jenkins Twp

8/27 THOMAS WILLIAMS, 21, Barnum's shaft, Pittston Twp

8/28 WILLIAM BURNS, 50, married - 6 orphans, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough

8/29 THOMAS D MORGAN, 26, Mt. Pleasant slope, Hyde Park - Scranton city

9/4 PATRICK DOCHERTY, 45, married - 3 orphans, Grassy Island shaft, Olyphant boro

9/15 PATRICK KELLY, 53, married - 6 orphans, No. 10 shaft, Hughestown borough

9/15 MICH'L MCDERMOTT, 40, married - 4 orphans, No. 1 Jermyn's shaft, Jermyn boro

9/24 JOHN RILEY, 25, No. 2 slope (P.G), Jenkins Twp

9/25 WILLIAM MANGAN, 50, married - 5 orphans, Meadow Brook shaft, Scranton city

9/25 PETER SCHMALTZ, 14, No. 8 shaft, Hughestown borough

10/2 JAMES MORAN, 12, Leggett Creek shaft, Providence - Scranton city

10/3 PATRICK MALIA, 16, Leggett Creek shaft, Providence - Scranton city

10/4 GEORGE WALLACE, 18, Powder Mill shaft, Moosic - Lackawanna Twp

10/20 WM. B WILLIAMS, 34, married - 5 orphans, Continental shaft –Lackawanna Twp

10/23 PETER WALL, 65, No. 9 shaft, Hughestown borough

10/29 JOHN PARRY, 40, widower - 2 orphans, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna Township

10/29 PHILLIP KILLIAN, 15, Seneca slope, Pittston borough

11/1 EVAN R JONES, 10, Capouse shaft, Hyde Park - Scranton city

11/3 PATRICK CARROLL, 18, Sibley shaft, Old Forge Twp

11/12 PATRICK KETTRICK, 34, married - 3 orphans, Marvine shaft, Providence - Scranton

11/25 JNO. D HUMPHREYS, 17, Grassy Island shaft, Olyphant boro

12/1 DAVID OWENS, 40, married- 0 orphans, Brisbin shaft, Providence - Scranton city

12/9 WALTER PRICE, 45, married - 6 orphans, Taylor shaft - Lackawanna Twp

12/12 ADAM ROTH, 19, Continental shaft - Lackawanna Twp

12/15 MARK TOOLIN, 15, No. 3 shaft, Carbondale city

12/20 DAVID LAIRD, 28, married - 2 orphans, No. 4 shaft, Jenkins Twp

12/27 MICHAEL INDORF, 52, Taylor shaft - Lackawanna Twp

The following information was donated by: Ed Langley

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