1903
Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac
Our
Soldier Dead
|
Name |
Hometown |
Unit |
DOD |
POD |
|
Carroll, William |
Duryea |
7 th US Cavalry |
02/01/1902 |
Philippines |
|
Freeby, William |
Wilkes-Barre |
US Infantry |
06/18/1902 |
Manila |
|
Keithline, Willard H. |
Wilkes-Barre |
Co. C, 4 th Inf |
not listed |
Texas |
|
Lumley, George W. |
Duryea |
not listed |
Late in 1901 |
Philippines |
|
Oppet, John |
Hazelton |
19th US Infantry |
Jan, 1902 |
Manila |
|
Wheeler, John |
Wilkes-Barre |
Co. C, 15th US Inf |
Jan, 1902 |
Philippines |
Fatal
Accidents
|
Name |
Age |
Residence |
DOD |
Cause of Death |
|
Allen, Jesse M |
8 |
Huntsville |
10/07/1902 |
Kicked by a horse |
|
Aonakona, Alfred |
12 |
Wilkes-Barre |
?8/00/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Batrusis, Gabriel (s/o Alex) |
3 |
Plymouth |
04/23/1902 |
Burns |
|
Bontz, Mrs. Margaret |
unknown |
W. Hazleton |
01/29/1902 |
Fell down stairs |
|
Braniak, Andrew |
40 |
Plymouth |
05/28/1902 |
Fell down stairs |
|
Brizzy, Lazarus |
aged |
Harleigh |
09/08/1902 |
Remains found in mountain |
|
Brown, John |
35 |
Chase |
02/13/1902 |
falling tree |
|
Bruna, John |
21 |
Wanamie |
07/21/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Campbell, William |
45 |
Huntington Twp |
01/23/1902 |
tree fell on him |
|
Castatollo, Annie |
12 |
Hazelton |
04/21/1902 |
Burns |
|
Colberwood, Thomas |
9 |
Avoca |
06/10/1902 |
Smothered in sandbank |
|
Cullen, Patrick |
unknown |
Swoyerville |
03/15/1902 |
Explosion & Fire in Luzerne |
|
Dugan, Patrick |
30 |
Plymouth Twp |
10/19/1902 |
Smother while sleeping on culmbank |
|
Elliott, Mrs. Alice |
35 |
Wilkes-Barre |
12/05/1901 |
Burns from Moore’s dining rooms |
|
Eroh, Frank |
unknown |
Hobbie |
03/02/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Evans, William R. |
54 |
Edwardsville |
11/20/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Fisher, James |
unknown |
Wilkes-Barre |
02/28/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Flessida, Michael |
80 |
Hazelton |
06/13/1902 |
Knocked down by baseball player |
|
Fouland, Anthony |
42 |
Duryea |
12/07/1901 |
Gas asphyxiation from culm pile |
|
Gill, Mrs. Jane |
49 |
W. Hazleton |
01/10/1902 |
Result of burns |
|
Gould, George (s/o Isaac) |
infant |
Pittston |
01/15/1902 |
Result of burns |
|
Gregory, Fred |
55 |
Georgetown |
02/27/1902 |
Making dynamite at Oliver powder mills |
|
Gregory, Herbert |
15 |
Bear Creek |
10/18/1902 |
While gunning |
|
Gullish, Michael |
25 |
unknown |
09/08/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Haley, Stephen |
unknown |
Plains |
11/08/1902 |
Fell down stairs |
|
Hasan, John |
unknown |
unknown |
01/17/1902 |
struck by crane |
|
Heckman, Charles |
unknown |
Wilkes-Barre |
05/17/1902 |
Powder mill explosion |
|
Hennessy, Elizabeth F |
2y6m |
Wilkes-Barre |
05/19/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Hodgdon. S/o George |
10 |
Port Blanchard |
07/31/1902 |
Explosion caused by lightning |
|
Huffman, Eugene |
12 |
Plymouth |
02/28/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Kelly, Mary (d/o John) |
5 |
Plymouth Twp |
10/22/1902 |
Playing with matches |
|
Kibler, George |
55 |
Plymouth Twp |
07/10/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Klein, Baby ( s/o Martin) |
unknown |
Lee Park |
01/10/1902 |
strangled by nursing nipple |
|
Koenig, Mrs. Eva |
67 |
W Hazelton |
11/26/1902 |
Fell down stairs |
|
Krokuskie, Michael |
17 |
Forty-Fort |
06/13/1902 |
Lightning |
|
Langang, William J |
unknown |
Hazleton |
07/14/1902 |
Lockjaw from 7/4 accident |
|
Lewis, Daniel C |
unknown |
W Pittston |
05/29/1902 |
Accidental discharge of gun |
|
Lloyd, Thomas |
78 |
Kingston Twp |
12/21/1901 |
Burned in house fire |
|
Lowe, Martha |
5 |
Wilkes-Barre |
11/24/1902 |
Clothes caught fire |
|
Lyons, John H. |
62 |
Wilkes-Barre |
12/2/1901 |
Fell on railroad track in S. W-B |
|
McCloskey, Patrick |
66 |
unknown |
09/02/1902 |
Stone Quarry accident |
|
McFarland, Barney |
33 |
Peckville |
12/7/1901 |
Burned in a shanty in Mocanaqua |
|
McGuire, James |
unknown |
Miners Mills |
02/28/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
McLean, Child (of Earnest) |
unknown |
unknown |
03/00/1902 |
Tub drowning |
|
McNeal, Cora Vincent |
2y6m |
Wilkes-Barre |
08/09/1902 |
Burns |
|
McQuade, Harry |
5 |
Wilkes-Barre |
10/31/1902 |
Fell into cistern |
|
McTague, Elizabeth (d/o Daniel) |
18m |
Plymouth |
11/06/1902 |
Tub Drowning |
|
Mensinger, William |
30 |
Wilkes-Barre |
06/26/1902 |
Street car collision |
|
Metcalf, Elmer |
unknown |
Harveyville |
10/10/1902 |
Engine fell on him |
|
Mickley, Antonio |
unknown |
Yatesville |
04/06/1902 |
Hunting accident |
|
Millock, John |
unknown |
Mocanaqua |
04/21/1902 |
suffocated |
|
Mills, Thomas |
31 |
Luzerne |
05/02/1902 |
Accidental discharge of gun |
|
Nafus, Howard |
18 |
Luzerne |
11/08/1902 |
Hunting accident |
|
Nerre, Raphael |
33 |
Pittston Twp |
10/08/1902 |
Smothered by rush of coal |
|
Paulik, Frank |
unknown |
Edwardsville |
03/01/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Phillips, George |
45 |
Duryea |
12/31/1901 |
Struck by trolley |
|
Powell, Dorothy (d/o Samuel) |
17m |
Nanticoke |
07/28/1902 |
Scalding |
|
Price, Clay H |
48 |
Wilkes-Barre |
11/11/1902 |
Building demolition accident |
|
Raperio, Pasquel |
12 |
Hazleton |
07/18/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Reddington, Edward |
18 |
Pittston |
11/13/1902 |
Football game accident |
|
Reilly, William |
unknown |
Luzerne |
03/02/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Rober, John |
5 |
Hazleton |
09/15/1902 |
Choked on a marble |
|
Roschetta, Michael |
12 |
Hazleton |
09/03/1902 |
Mine hole drowning |
|
Rusco, Vito |
3 |
Yatesville |
10/04/1902 |
Accidental discharge of gun |
|
Samoski, Mrs. Josephine |
50 |
Wilkes-Barre |
08/15/1902 |
Vehicle accident |
|
Schmitt, John A |
54 |
Wilkes-Barre |
09/03/1902 |
Being lowered into a shaft in Plymouth |
|
Schmitt, Peter |
unknown |
Wilkes-Barre |
07/12/1902 |
Lockjaw from 7/4 accident |
|
Sherman, John (s/o John) |
4 |
St. Johns |
02/19/1902 |
froze in outhouse |
|
Shinnuck, Charles |
22 |
Pittston |
04/18/1902 |
Kicked by a horse |
|
Shouskey, Louis |
12 |
Nanticoke |
06/25/1902 |
Accidental shooting |
|
Smith, Charles |
40 |
Laurel Run |
02/27/1902 |
Making dynamite at Oliver powder mills |
|
Snee, Margaret (d/o Bernard) |
1y7m |
unknown |
06/13/1902 |
Drowning |
|
Staedt, Benjamin |
ca.40 |
Nanticoke |
12/14/1901 |
Fell off bridge |
|
Stevens, Wilbur (s/o Elwood G) |
3 |
unknown |
04/30/1902 |
Run over by carriage |
|
Strack, Walter |
6 |
Hazelton |
04/17/1902 |
Getting on a wagon |
|
Streeter, Ray |
14 |
Dorranceton |
06/26/1902 |
Fell off bicycle |
|
Taylor, Mrs. John |
56 |
Avoca |
08/15/1902 |
Accidental poisoning |
|
Thomas, E. C. |
61 |
Nanticoke |
12/09/1901 |
Fell down steps |
|
Thompson, James |
unknown |
Philadelphia |
07/22/1902 |
Accidental shooting in Sugar Notch |
|
Wackjack, Anna |
2 |
Broderick |
06/26/1902 |
Swamp drowning |
|
Walters, William |
unknown |
Larksville |
03/01/1902 |
Drowned in flood |
|
Wasko, George |
40 |
Hazleton |
10/31/1902 |
Found in a small pool of water by roadside |
|
Williams, John C |
59 |
Wilkes-Barre |
08/07/1902 |
Vehicle accident |
|
Zigafoos, Mrs. Harry W. |
unknown |
Pittston |
01/05/1902 |
Clothes caught fire |
Victims
of Capital Crimes
|
Name |
Residence |
Date of Death |
Place of Incident |
|
Bott, John |
Hazleton |
07/07/1902 |
picnic |
|
Charo, Michael |
unknown |
04/27/1902 |
Freeland |
|
Dorris, Daniel |
Glen Lyon |
11/09/1902 |
unknown |
|
Gollin, Joseph |
Nanticoke |
09/29/1902 |
unknown |
|
Grobletzski, Simon |
unknown |
04/22/1902 |
Edwardsville |
|
Hanlon, Michael |
unknown |
01/25/1902 |
Wilkes-Barre |
|
Kosti, John |
unknown |
090/8/1902 |
Maltby |
|
Larkins, James |
unknown |
03/30/1902 |
Harveys Lake |
|
Malenski, Stanley |
unknown |
04/05/1902 |
Wilkes-Barre |
|
Mullin, John J |
Pittston |
10/01/1902 |
Avoca |
|
Sanders, James |
Plymouth |
09/26/1902 |
unknown |
|
Shigo, John |
Stockton |
08/11/1902 |
Stockton |
|
Sinnick, Anthony |
unknown |
03/09/1902 |
W Pittston |
|
Sweeney, Daniel J |
unknown |
08/06/1902 |
Nanticoke |
|
Yates, William |
Hazleton |
08/15/1902 |
Hazleton |
|
Yescuskie, Louis |
Hazleton |
01/06/1902 |
unknown |
Mine
Fatalities
|
Name |
Residence |
Date of Death |
|
Aireshebuk, John |
Pittston Pittston Pittston Glen L Pittston |
12/21/1901 |
|
Baker, Theophilus |
Glen Lyon |
12/23/1901 |
|
Bench, Frank |
Hudson |
01/06/1902 |
|
Bilboa, Patrick |
Browntown |
12/17/1901 |
|
Blocks, Joseph |
Nanticoke |
03/18/1902 |
|
Bloom, Edward |
Plymouth |
02/16/1902 |
|
Bolish, Stephen |
Hazle Brook |
02/08/1902 |
|
Boroul, Venango |
Sturmerville |
03/24/1902 |
|
Boyle, James |
Wilkes-Barre |
11/03/1902 |
|
Brennan, John |
Jeddo |
01/21/1902 |
|
Broderick, Morris |
Sandy Run |
03/31/1902 |
|
Brogan, John |
Avoca |
12/13/1901 |
|
Burke, Joseph W. |
Wilkes-Barre |
01/27/1902 |
|
Burgraaf, Fred |
Hazleton |
11/29/1902 |
|
Butkiewicz, John |
Nanticoke |
02/10/1902 |
|
Conlin, Sr., Thomas |
Hazleton |
11/13/1902 |
|
Collins, Daniel |
Hughestown |
04/29/1902 |
|
Coulter, Andrew |
Wilkes-Barre |
12/30/1901 |
|
Davis, Benjamin |
Wilkes-Barre |
01/23/1902 |
|
Davis, William |
Drifton |
05/20/1902 |
|
Delhohitis, Joseph |
Duryea |
04/22/1902 |
|
Dickie, Paul |
Kingston |
02/22/1902 |
|
Dickson, James |
Smithville |
05/20/1902 |
|
Doran, William |
Duryea |
10/23/1902 |
|
Evans, Arthur |
Wilkes-Barre |
10/30/1902 |
|
Farrell, Thomas |
Avoca |
01/22/1902 |
|
Frederick, William |
Hughestown |
03/18/1902 |
|
Fritzinger, Daniel |
Hazleton |
02/20/1902 |
|
George, William J |
Wilkes-Barre |
01/15/1902 |
|
Gibbons, Thomas |
Wilkes-Barre |
02/28/1902 |
|
Girotis, Carl |
Wilkes-Barre |
11/13/1902 |
|
Girty, George |
Edwardsville |
12/09/1901 |
|
Hawkins, David |
Plymouth |
03/17/1902 |
|
Hoxey, Harry |
Lee Park |
04/28/1902 |
|
Hughes, Richard |
Kingston |
03/27/1902 |
|
Joyce, Patrick |
Pittston |
03/19/1902 |
|
Kashuba, Vadislaw |
Duryea |
03/24/1902 |
|
Kolpeck, Ulrich |
Pittston |
01/27/1902 |
|
Kznat, John |
Freeland |
04/23/1902 |
|
Krommas, William |
Upper Lehigh |
02/08/1902 |
|
Lacovitch, Thomas |
Avoca |
01/13/1902 |
|
Langan, Edward |
Pittston |
01/31/1902 |
|
Madden, Lawrence |
Forty Fort |
02/07/1902 |
|
Malingo, Joseph |
Sugar Notch |
02/08/1902 |
|
Mangan, John |
Wilkes-Barre |
12/26/1901 |
|
Markowski, Adam |
Nanticoke |
04/22/1902 |
|
Marshall, Joseph |
Alden |
01/31/1902 |
|
Martin, George |
Miners Mills |
03/25/1902 |
|
Matthews, Joseph |
Sugar Notch |
11/04/1902 |
|
McCabe, Patrick |
Swoyerville |
12/05/1901 |
|
McGrath, Edw |
Hanover Twp |
01/03/1902 |
|
McLain, Owen |
Pittston Twp |
12/08/1901 |
|
Molinski, Martin |
Plymouth |
12/12/1901 |
|
Mooney, John |
Avondale |
05/06/1902 |
|
Munnelly, James |
Plains |
03/25/1902 |
|
Muskatsky, David |
Freeland |
01/18/1902 |
|
Newalis, Andrew |
Edwardsville |
01/22/1902 |
|
Norgamann, John |
Smithville |
04/15/1902 |
|
Oskie, Frank |
Miners Mills |
03/17/1902 |
|
Owens, Richard |
Dorranceton |
11/29/1902 |
|
Palmer, William |
Swoyerville |
04/11/1902 |
|
Parker, Gilbert |
West Pittston |
12/06/1901 |
|
Petusko, Peter |
Edwardsville |
02/20/1902 |
|
Phillipruk, Demetro |
Pittston |
12/21/1901 |
|
Pitcavage, Michael |
Plymouth |
01/11/1902 |
|
Pollick, John |
Nanticoke |
10/28/1902 |
|
Remnocky, Wassell |
Port Bowkley |
04/11/1902 |
|
Rezonas, George |
Glen Lyon |
11/07/1902 |
|
Rice, George |
Mocanaqua |
03/10/1902 |
|
Ridwalski, John |
Nanticoke |
04/27/1902 |
|
Roberts, Edward |
Edwardsville |
05/07/1902 |
|
Rococh, John |
Plymouth |
02/04/1902 |
|
Ross, George |
Pittston |
12/21/1901 |
|
Romanowski, Joseph |
Avoca |
05/08/1902 |
|
Ruane, Charles |
Hughestown |
04/29/1902 |
|
Rupp, Henry |
Duryea |
10/25/1902 |
|
Russell, Peter |
Luzerne |
11/03/1902 |
|
Sapiego, Anthony |
West Pittston |
01/22/1902 |
|
Saraczi, Thomas |
Avondale |
01/25/1902 |
|
Schwartz, John |
Wilkes-Barre |
11/24/1902 |
|
Shovlin, James |
Midvale |
05/04/1902 |
|
Smith, Louis |
Wyoming |
03/11/1902 |
|
Sonsawicz, Adam |
Duryea |
03/21/1902 |
|
Sullivan, Daniel |
Forty Fort |
04/28/1902 |
|
Sutter, Adolph |
Inkerman |
09/03/1902 |
|
Thomas, Simon |
Wilkes-Barre |
04/03/1902 |
|
Timlin, Thomas F |
Parsons |
03/12/1902 |
|
Trushati, Thomas |
West Pittston |
04/15/1902 |
|
Van Hooser, Charles |
Pittston |
12/18/1901 |
|
Vasleski, Joseph |
Audenreid |
12/04/1901 |
|
Viskesta, James |
Glen Lyon |
04/18/1902 |
|
Ward, Martin |
Pittston |
01/31/1902 |
|
Watson, Allen |
Lattimer |
10/29/1902 |
|
Wood, James |
Duryea |
01/13/1902 |
|
Yokavanish, Anthony |
Luzerne |
02/13/1902 |
Killed
on Railroads
|
Name |
Residence |
Railroad |
Date |
|
Bartman, Samuel |
Ashley |
C. R. R. |
03/24/1902 |
|
Brislin, John |
Sugar Notch |
L. V. |
08/31/1902 |
|
Burke, John |
Wilkes-Barre |
L. V. |
07/15/1902 |
|
Bysick, Christopher |
Edwardsville |
D. L. & W. |
04/12/1902 |
|
Cheymouth, Joseph P |
Port Blanchard |
L. V. |
04/01/1902 |
|
Clark, Thomas |
Parsons |
D. & M. |
01/30/1902 |
|
Connor, Elijah |
Hudson |
D. & H. |
11/06/1902 |
|
Cowell, Vito |
Hazleton |
L. V. |
11/22/1902 |
|
Curley, Patrick |
Sugar Notch |
L. V. |
04/16/1902 |
|
Curran, Frank |
Wilkes-Barre |
C. R. R. |
10/20/1902 |
|
Donahue, James |
Sebastopol |
D. & H. |
05/27/1902 |
|
Doud, Pat’k |
Penobscot |
C. R. R. |
05/22/1902 |
|
Erick, Luke |
Solomon’s Gap |
C. R. R. |
02/23/1902 |
|
Everitt, Thomas |
Exeter |
L. V. |
01/25/1902 |
|
Fass, Myer |
Wilkes-Barre |
D. & H. |
11/04/1902 |
|
Golden, James |
Pittston |
D. L. & W. |
10/15/1902 |
|
Grady, James |
Coxton |
L. V. |
12/05/1901 |
|
Henderson, Irvin |
White Haven |
L. V. |
08/05/1902 |
|
Higgins, William |
Wilkes-Barre |
L. V. |
04/27/1902 |
|
Hoofman, August |
Honey Pot |
L. V. |
08/06/1902 |
|
Hoover, F. R. |
Ashley |
C. R. R. |
03/31/1902 |
|
Jayne, William J. |
Nanticoke |
P. R. R. |
10/25/1902 |
|
King, John |
Avoca |
Erie |
11/15/1902 |
|
Landers, Joseph |
Wilkes-Barre |
L. V. |
10/25/1902 |
|
Loeb, Peter |
Wilkes-Barre |
C. R. R. |
11/15/1902 |
|
Machusky, Mrs. |
Warrior Run |
L. V. |
02/12/1902 |
|
Makarewicz, Clement |
Wilkes-Barre |
L. V. |
02/15/1902 |
|
Manesceid, Jno. |
Cranberry |
P. R. R. |
11/23/1902 |
|
Meyers, Louis |
White Haven |
L. V. |
09/15/1902 |
|
Mock, Roy |
Hazleton |
L. V. |
10/15/1902 |
|
Osborne, Raymond |
Avoca |
L. V. |
10/31/1902 |
|
Phillips, William H. |
Wilkes-Barre |
C. R. R. |
10/18/1902 |
|
Rhoads, James |
Wyoming |
L. V. |
11/20/1902 |
|
Rowasack, C. |
Miners Mills |
D. & H. |
05/09/1902 |
|
Saurwein, Elmer |
Pittston |
L. V. |
02/23/1902 |
|
Schneider, Harry |
Wilkes-Barre |
D. & H. |
05/28/1902 |
|
Scolick, John |
Ashley |
C. R. R. |
12/06/1901 |
|
Smith, Jacob |
Pittston |
L. V. |
02/17/1902 |
|
Stermer, Nathan |
Ashley |
C. R. R. |
09/17/1902 |
|
Taylor, Norman |
Warrior Run |
C. R. R. |
10/03/1902 |
|
Toin, Joseph |
Avoca |
D. & H. |
02/11/1902 |
|
Townsend, K. Ed. |
Pittston |
L. V. |
12/17/1901 |
|
Whiteknecht, C. B. |
Solomon’s Gap |
C. R. R. |
03/14/1902 |
|
Wiggins, William |
Avoca |
Erie |
05/02/1902 |
|
Young, Reuben |
Pittston |
L. V. |
03/30/1902 |
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