ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES

Year Ending December 31, 1874

Names of persons who were killed and those who died of injuries in and about the collieries in the mining district of Schuylkill, comprising the counties of Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia and Dauphin and the number of districts to which they belong; also, the number of widows and orphans occasioned by these casualties during the year, ending December 31, 1874.

Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
August 07
Isaac Derker
Short Mountain
3
1
6
Died; injured by a fall of props & coal.
12
James Bowden
Luke Fidler
3
0
0
Killed; he fell into new shaft
Total Aug. Deaths (2)












Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
September 01
John Hoar
Lost Creek
2
0
0
Died from injuries from a fall of coal.
02
Edw. Chambers
Shenandoah City
2
0
0
Killed by explosion of fire-damp
17
Jacob Potosky
Third District
3
0
0
Died of injuries received in the mines.
17
Patrick Delaney
L. Ranch Creek
3
0
0
Killed by fall of coal.
18
William Duffy
Koh-i-noor
2
1
1
Killed by a fall of coal.
18
Thomas H. Maguire
Marion
3
0
0
Killed by a fall of coal.
20
Andrew Underwood
Anchor
1
0
0
Died from effects of an explosion of fire-damp.
26
Michael Barrett
Raven Run
2
1
2
Killed by fall of coal
26
Archibald Rush
Tunnel, No.8
1
0
0
Killed by a log rolling over his body.
26
Edward Brophy
Anchor
1
0
0
Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
26
Levi Heim
Trevorton
3
0
0
Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
28
Hugh Mullowney
Girardsville
2
1
5
Killed by fall of coal.
28
Caleb Snyder
Stewartsville
3
1
5
Killed; crushed to death by props.
28
John Malone
Bear Run
2
1
2
Died; mortally burned by an explosion of powder.
Total Sep. Deaths (14)












Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
October 03
Patrick Foy
Lehigh Navigation Co
1
0
0
Killed run over by wagons in the gangway.
06
Lyman Clymer
Grant
2
0
0
Died; crushed by a fall of coal.
16
William Mulhall
Continental
2
0
0
Killed by slope rope breaking at the sockets.
21
Partick Monaghan
Indian Ridge
2
0
0
Killed by fall of coal.
22
Charles Divers
Honey Brook
2
0
0
Died of injuries received in the mines.
23
Michael Braunan, boy
Buckville
1
0
0
Killed; run over by wagons.
23
James Delaplane
Big Mountain
3
0
0
Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
24
Evan Price
Williamstown
3
0
0
Died; mortally crushed by wagons.
26
Martin Brinnan
Mariam
3
1
5
Died; mortally burned by fire-damp.
Total Oct. Deaths (9)












Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
November 02
Rosser Rodrick
Buckville
1
0
0
Killed by explosion of fire-damp.
03
Samuel Umberger
Burnside
3
0
0
Killed in riding on the slope cage.
10
John Curran
Mine Hill Gap
1
1
8
Killed by an explosion of fire-damp.
10
Lewis Burns
?do?
1
0
0
Killed by same explosion.
11
Austin M?Grail
Plank Ridge
2
1
6
Killed by a fall of coal.
12
Dennis Collins
Bear Ridge
2
1
3
Killed in riding out the gangway.
13
John Booth
Plank Ridge
2
0
0
Died; of injuries from a fall of coal.
16
Chas. Stauffenberg
Keystone
3
1
3
Died; was crushed by wagons.
20
James Mahony
Lawrence
2
1
0
Killed; tilted out of a descending slope wagon.
20
Abel Davis
Glendon
2
1
6
Killed by the falling of the slope gate.
23
James Mangan
Locust Gap
3
1
3
Killed by fall of gangway slate.
23
John Breen
Koh-i-noor
2
1
4
Died in mine of heart disease.
24
Dennis Colohan
Primrose
2
1
2
Killed by a piece of coal falling off a pillar
28
Michael Whalen
Big Mine Run
2
1
2
Killed by prop forced against him.
Total Nov. Deaths (14)












Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
December 01
James Meigg, boss
Girard
2
1
2
Died; found suffocated by noxious gas.
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01
George Fould
E. Mine Shafts
1
1
1
Killed; being tilted out of shaft bucket.
01
John Hile
New Boston
2
0
0
Killed; his head being crushed by cars.
01
Corneilius Flynn
Plank Ridge
2
0
0
Died of injuries received from a fall of coal.
03
John Smith
Monitor
3
0
0
Killed by a fall of coal while mining it.
04
Hugh M?Tague, boy
Coaldale
1
0
0
Killed by falling into coal bins.
05
Michael Cafferty
Monitor
3
0
0
Killed by a fall of coal.
11
John Beundy
Mariam
3
0
0
Killed by a fall of coal.
12
Thomas Roan
New Philadelphia
1
1
3
Killed by a fall of rocks.
19
Samuel T. Bateman
Short Mountain
3
0
0
Died from injuries received from a fall of coal.
21
Lewis Wethers
East End
3
0
0
Died from injuries received from being Kicked by a mule.
Total Deaths for Dec. (11)












Date
Name of Dec.
Name of Coll.
Dist.#
Widow
Child.
General Remarks
No date
Patrick Farrell
Big Mine Run
2
0
0
Killed by a fall of coal.
No date
Thomas Harris, boy
Union
2
0
0
Killed; run over the bank by wagons.

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