Fatal Mining Accidents

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<-BACK	1872, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1897, 1905, 1912 only. Only some mining districts reported. Victims aged 10 to 69, many under 16 years old. Total fatalities by 1900 had already reached 13,000. Total as of 1987 = 31,088 dead. Anthracite coal production peaked at over 100 million tons in 1917. In 1969 the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act was passed by Congress and an agency, now known as the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was created.

	1872 Report of Fatal Accidents in the Eastern District of the Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne County, Lying East of and Including Jenkins Township
	1/6 JOHN MURRAY, 10, Tompkins colliery 1/11 DAVID LEWIS, 32, married one child, Scranton slope & drifts 1/16 JOSEPH NAREY, 10, G. L. mines - Blakely twp 2/2 JOHN BRANNAN, 50, married one child, Stark shaft 2/7 ANTHONY M'HALE, 28, married one child, Tripp's slope Scranton 2/9 THOMAS DURKIN, 30, single, Central shaft Scranton 2/13 MICHAEL KEIFE, 35, married 6 children, Grand tunnel Pittston 2/15 REESE JAMES, 35, married 1 child, Pine shaft Lackawanna 2/21 MICHAEL DYER, 40, married 7 children, Green Ridge colliery 3/4 JAMES RODGERS, 40, married 2 children, Meadow Brook 3/8 WILLIAM GILES, 21, married, Waddell's shaft Pittston 3/12 JOHN YOUNG, 13, Roaring Brook shaft 3/26 MICHAEL CARROLL, 35, married 5 children, Dodge shaft 3/26 PATRICK FINNERTY, 22, single, Oak Hill colliery 3/26 GEORGE MAHER, 12, Oak Hill colliery 4/1 DWIGHT MORSE, 21, single, Coal Brook breaker 4/1 JOHN CLARKE, 20, single, Coal Brook breaker 4/1 WILLIAM PALMER, 14, Coal Brook breaker 4/1 DAVID ROSSER, 32, married 4 children, Lackawanna mines 4/5 EDWARD SULLIVAN, 35, married 3 children, Pine Brook shaft 4/8 ANT'Y CAMPBELL, single, Pine Brook shaft 4/26 THOMAS O'HORA, married 5 children, Pine Brook shaft 4/26 W H WILLIAMS, 28, married 1 child, Hampton shaft 5/1 MICHAEL MOONEY, 28, married, 3 children, No. 2 slope Jenkins Twp 5/1 JOHN MOONEY, 25, single, No. 2 slope Jenkins Twp 5/4 THOMAS KENNEDY, 45, married 5 children, No. 7 shaft Jenkins Twp 5/8 MICHAEL DIVINE, 30, married 4 children, Central shaft 5/20 CHAS. M'ANDREWS, 35, married 3 children, Capouse or Briggs shaft 5/23 JAMES M'QUINN, 25, single, No. 8 shaft Pitston 5/27 GEORGE MELLON, 34, married 5 children, Rough & Ready shaft 5/31 TEDDY LANGAN, No. 8 shaft Pittston 5/31 EDWARD BARRETT, 13, doorboy, Taylor mines Lackawanna 6/7 HENRY WOODS, 53, married 9 children, Meadow Brook colliery 6/22 MICHAEL M'HALE, married 6 children, Gipsey Grove colliery 6/25 FRANK ROONEY, 24, single, Scranton slope & drifts 6/25 D R PRITCHARD, 23, single, No. 1 Diamond shaft 6/25 JAMES O'BOYLE, 15, single, Stafford colliery 7/2 JOSEPH EDWARDS, 33, single, Ontario colliery 7/3 JOHN MARTIN, 25, married 1 child, Oxford colliery 7/19 MICHAEL FORD, 18, single, Stark colliery 8/6 JOHN GILGALLON, 47, married 2 children, No. 1 slope Olyphant 8/10 THOMAS LLOYD, 12 3/4, Von Storch colliery 8/24 HOWEL EDWARDS, 21, single, Tompkins shaft 8/29 HUGH HARMICK, 69, married 4 children, Grassy Island breaker 9/6 THOMAS O'BOYLE, 27, married 1 child, No. 10 shaft Pittston 9/9 MICHAEL ROACH, 45, married 4 children, No. 2 slope Diamond mines 9/13 PATRICK M'CUE, 32, married 1 child, Mt. Pleasant colliery 9/14 PATRICK REAP, 34, married 4 children, M.N.A. Coal Co. 9/24 JAMES LYNOTT, 15, Columbia tunnel Pittston 9/27 PETER GRAY, 30, married 2 children, Grand tunnel Pittston 10/3 JOHN M'GLYNN, 16, No. 2 dip mines Olyphant 10/9 PATRICK MALONEY, 45, married 2 children, Hyde Park shaft 10/16 THOMAS KEANE, 40, married 6 children, S.C. Co.'s slope & drift 10/16 OWEN KEANE, 31, single, S.C. Co.'s slope & drift 10/24 THOMAS MALLOT, 33, married 1 child, Dodge shaft Lackawanna Twp 10/24 JOHN SWIFT, 16, single, Ontario colliery 10/25 THOMAS DUNLAP, 32, married 3 children, Twin shaft Pittston 10/25 MARTIN GILBOY, 43, married 1 child, Dodge shaft 11/13 ROBERT GRAHAM, 29, married 2 children, Stark shaft 11/14 THOMAS CROSBY, 29, married 3 children, Hampton mines 11/16 THOMAS GIBBONS, 30, married 1 child, No. 10 shaft Pittston 11/16 MICHAEL POWERS, 43, married 5 children, No. 10 shaft Pittston 12/6 OSCAR WILLIAMS, 27, single, Corey's breaker 12/12 THOS. HOSKINS, 40, married 3 children, Central shaft 12/13 PATRICK M'HALE, 28, married 1 child, Eaton & Cos. mines 12/17 THOS. QUEENEY, 35, single, Enterprise colliery 12/20 THOMAS HINES, 14, No. 10 shaft Pittston

	1875 Eastern District Fatalities - Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne County. Note: Lackawanna had not been formed from Luzerne County on this date.
	1/11 MICHAEL EARLE, 15, single, 0 children, Pine Brook colliery, Scranton 1/11 DOMINICK BOLAND, 28, married, 4 children, Twin shaft colliery, Pittston 1/23 EDWARD HART, 48, married, 3 children, No. 4 shaft colliery, Pittston Bor. 1/27 THOMAS FILSON, 35, married, 3 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton 1/29 MICHAEL HEALY, 45, married, 5 children, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp 1/30 JOHN M'KENNA, 25, married, 1 child, No. 12 shaft colliery, Pleasant Valley 2/5 VALENTINE PHILLIPS, 40, married 3 children, Meadow Brook colliery, Scranton 2/10 RICHARD GILL, 29, single, 0 children, Shaft #10, Pittston 2/25 JOHN HULL, 25, married, 0 children, Continental colliery, Lackawanna Twp 2/27 PATRICK O'HARA, 17, single, 0 children, No. 4 colliery, Pittston 3/4 THOMAS MAHAR, 16, single, 0 children, Continental colliery, Lackawanna Twp 3/9 HENRY WALSH, 16, single, 0 children, Mt. Pleasant colliery, Scranton 3/9 JOHN OWENS, 16, single, 0 children, Mt. Pleasant colliery, Scranton 3/10 PETER GALLAGHER, 53, married, 7 children, Hampton colliery, Lackawanna Twp 3/11 MARTIN FEENY, 45, married, 8 children, Dodge colliery, Lackawanna Twp 3/16 JOHN MORAN, 40, married, 7 children, Von Storch colliery, Scranton 3/23 JAMES SMITH, 19, single, 0 children, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp 3/25 JOHN NICHOLAS, 38, married, 5 children, Meadow Brook colliery, Scranton 3/31 JOHN SCHOONOVER, 50, married, 4 children, Green Ridge colliery, Dunmore Bor. 4/19 JOHN NARRY, 40, married, 5 children, Von Storch colliery, Scranton 4/22 ANTHONY KINNY, 25, married, 2 children, Thompkins colliery, Pittston Bor 4/24 MARTIN M'TIGUE, 48, married, 6 children, Butler shaft colliery, Pittston Twp 5/6 MICHAEL COOLICAN, 21, single, 0 children, Eaton & Co colliery, Blakely Twp 5/15 JOHN JOHN, 24, married, 1 child, Von Storch colliery, Scranton 5/22 THOMAS EVANS, 24,single, 0 children, Scranton Coal Co mine 6/5 JACOB MORGAN, 18, single, 0 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton 6/7 JOHN D MURPHY, 35, married, 0 children, Eddy Creek shaft, Blakely Twp 6/7 ANTHONY WALSH, 48, married, 5 children, Stark shaft, Lackawanna Twp 6/7 WILLIAM JAMES, 14, single, 0 children, Sloan shaft, Lackawanna Twp 6/12 JOHN HUGHES, 45, married, 0 children, Cayuga shaft, Scranton 6/25 DENNIS COSTELLO, 26, single, 0 children, No. 12 shaft Pleasant Valley 7/2 PATRICK DISKIN, 35, married, 4 children, Dodge colliery, Lackawanna Twp 7/15 JOHN KELLY, 20, single, 0 children, Powderly slope, Carbondale Twp 7/17 EDWARD BARRETT, 25, married, 1 child, No. 10 shaft, Pittston Twp 7/19 MICHAEL K*HORAN, 45, widower, 1 child, Cayuga shaft, Scranton 7/23 DAVID J EVANS, age, marital status, # of children blank, Mt. Pleasant, Scranton 7/30 MICHAEL SWIFT, 18, single, 0 children, White Oak colliery, Blakely Twp 8/2 PATRICK NOONAN, 27, married, 3 children, Butler colliery, Pittston Twp 8/6 PATRICK COOK, 26, single, 0 children, White Oak colliery, Blakely Twp 8/14 EVAN DAVIS, 21, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 8/14 DAVID OWENS, 19, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 8/14 THOMAS STURRETT, 16, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 8/17 JOHN M KENNEDY, 58, married, 0 children, Valley Tunnel colliery, Carbondale 9/4 ANTHONY FARRELL, 15, single, 0 children, Erie colliery, Carbondale Twp 9/11 BARTHOLMEW MULLIGAN, 25, single, 0 children, Erie colliery, Carbondale Twp 9/18 DOMINICK M'ANDREW, 30, married, 3 children, Stark colliery, Lackawanna Twp 9/18 DAVID BOURK, 30, married, 1 child, Stark colliery, Lackawanna Twp 10/12 JOHN O'CONNER, 19, married, 0 children, Central shaft colliery, Scranton 10/10 BENJAMIN JONES, 15, single, 0 children, Tripp's slope, Scranton 10/20 WILLIAM R PRICE, 54, married, 4 children, Pine Brook Shaft, Scranton 10/30 PHILLIP MURRAY, 17, single, 0 children, No. 10 shaft, Pittston Twp 11/1 THOMAS HENSHALL, 55, married, 4 children, No. 7 shaft, Jenkins Twp 11/10 THOMAS MANGHAN, 23, single, 0 children, No. 5 shaft, Jenkins Twp 11/25 JOHN BERRY, 30, married, 1 child, Leggett's Creek, Scranton 11/26 MICHAEL EAGAN, 30, married, 2 children, No. 10 shaft, Pittston 12/8 WILLIAM LYNOTT, 50, married, 6 children, No. 9 shaft, Pittston 12/13 JAMES M'KENZIE, 60, married, 3 children, Law shaft, Pleasant Valley Bor. 12/13 MICHAEL CORBY, 55, married, 4 children, Diamond shaft, Scranton 12/22 JOHN E COSGROVE, 39, married, 6 children, Tompkins colliery, Pittston Bor. 12/24 NOAH MORGAN, 72, married, 0 children, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 12/28 DANIEL M'COLLOUGH, 50, married, 10 children, Hampton, Lackawanna Twp 12/29 JOHN MORAN, 16, single, 0 children, Phoenix colliery, Pittston Twp

	Fatalities Year Ending 31 December, 1884
	1/4 ARCHIE MCCARREN, 40, miner, Tompkins Shaft, Pittston shaft 1/4 THOMAS WALLACE, 18, laborer, Hillside Shaft, Pleasant Valley bor 1/10 MICHAEL O'HARA, 32, laborer, Twin Shaft, Pittston borough 1/22 OWEN MALLOY, 40, laborer, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough 1/22 AARON BELLIS, 50, miner, married, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore bor 1/29 CHRIS SCHRAMSKI, 25, laborer, Green Ridge slope, Dunmore borough 1/30 JAMES REAP, 16, driver, Hillside shaft, Pleasant Valley bor 2/4 JAMES YOUNG, 69, laborer, Marvine shaft, Scranton 2/6 CHARLES OWENS, 49, miner, married-8 orphans, Central shaft, Scranton 2/20 MARION W SAXE, 22, carpenter, Amity breaker, Lackawanna twp 2/21 JAMES JONES, 40, sinker, married (wife in Wales), Amity shaft, Lackawanna 3/10 EDWARD BRENNAN, 12, door-boy, Powderly slope, Carbondale City 3/26 PAT. LEYDEN Jr, 26, miner, married-2 orphans, Sibley mines, Old Forge twp 3/27 EVAN NOGGLES, 21, laborer, Olyphant # 2, Olyphant bor 4/3 JOHN GOWNLY, 15, driver, slope #4, Jenkins twp 4/8 ELIAS EDWARDS, 41, miner, married-6 orphans, Dodge shaft, Lackawanna twp 4/9 P F DONNELLY, 12, door-boy, Jermyn #4, Dickson City borough 4/21 JAMES KEVLIN, 18, driver, Greenwood mines, Lackawanna twp 4/28 AUGUST SWANSON, 45, laborer, Jermyn #2, Jermyn borough 5/1 JAMES MALIA, 45, miner, married-4 orphans, # 12 shaft, Pleasant Valley 5/9 PAT. GALLAGHER, 25, laborer, #5 shaft, Dunmore borough 5/22 JOHN MCNEELEY, 18, laborer, Capouse shaft, Scranton 5/28 PATRICK FOX, 40, miner, married-6 orphans, Powderly slope, Carbondale 5/30 THOMAS HIGGANS, 48, laborer, married, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna twp 5/30 PATRICK FEE, 13, driver, #1 shaft, Carbondale city 5/31 MICHAEL DALEY, 22, laborer, Barnum mines, Marcy twp 6/2 MICHAEL BARRETT, 25, laborer, shaft #8, Hughestown bor 6/23 PATRICK JORDAN, 23, laborer, Mount Pleasant, Scranton 6/28 WILLIAM HUGHES, 15, driver, Continental shaft, Lackawanna twp 6/28 PATRICK WALSH, 20, footman, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakely bor 7/4 OWEN MCDONALD, 23, laborer, Jermyn #4, Dickson City bor 7/8 DANIEL HOPKINS, 11, slate-picker, Sloan breaker, Lackawanna twp 7/10 JOHN M SULLIVAN, 28, miner, Mount Pleasant mine, Scranton 7/16 JAMES EDWARDS, 40, miner, married-4 orphans, Fair Lawn slope, Scranton 7/22 ANDROS NOWALK, 21, laborer, married-1 orphan, Dodge mines, Lackawanna 7/24 JOHN B DAVIS, 52, miner, Taylor mines, Lackawanna twp 7/28 WILLIAM DAVIS, 25, miner, married-3 orphans, Spring Brook, Lackawanna 8/2 MIKE VON BERGEN, 65, carpenter, Amity breaker, Lackawanna twp 8/4 MIKE DOUGHERTY, 17, driver's helper, Dodge mines, Lackawanna twp 8/5 WILLIAM HOLLOW, 40, miner, married-2 orphans, Gypsy Grove, Dunmore bor 8/5 JOHN HORAN, 25, miner, married-2 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton 8/6 PAT. COYNE 5th, 48, miner, married-10 orphans, Greenwood, Lackawanna 8/6 WILLIAM MCHALE, 31, miner, married-2 orphans, Pierce mines, Archbald bor 8/6 PETER STOWE, 49, laborer, Mount Pleasant, Scranton 8/8 EDWARD SMITH, 12, slate-picker, Dodge breaker, Lackawanna twp 8/11 DANIEL MACK, 16, driver, Grassey Island C. C. mines, Winton bor 8/12 JOSEPH EVON, 25, laborer, Brisbin Mines, Scranton 8/13 JOHN CONNELLY, 23, outside loader, Erie breaker, Glenwood bor 8/13 PATRICK MCALISTER, 22, laborer, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor 8/16 PATRICK FINN, 40, miner, married-3 orphans, Central mines, Scranton 8/23 JOHN KNOTT, 22, laborer, Bridge mines, Scranton 8/25 JOHN MCCOOL, 12, slate-picker, Lucas breaker, Scranton 8/27 PATRICK CONNERS, 15, driver, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor 9/9 MARTIN DURKIN, 50, married-7 orphans, Winton slope, Winton bor 9/10 BENJAMIN JONES, 30, miner, Lackawanna C.C., Blakely bor 9/13 JAMES SALTER, Shaft 14, rockman, married, Jenkins twp 9/16 JOSEPH HALLA, 22, laborer, White Oak slope, Archbald 9/16 PHILLIP GALLITZ, 38, miner, married-6 orphans, National mines, Scranton 9/18 THOMAS FLYNN, 22, miner, Gypsey Grove mines, Dunmore bor 10/7 JOHN JOYCE 2nd, 45, miner, married-6 orphans, Greenwood mines, Lackawanna 10/8 JOHN EVANS, 12, slate-picker, Brisbin breaker, Scranton 10/9 JOHN FARREL, 27, laborer, shaft 10, Hughestown bor 10/10 T. SHAUGHNESSY, 20, laborer, Fairmount mines, Pittston twp 10/14 JOHN LOFTUS, 19, laborer, Shaft 2, Dunmore bor 10/14 JAMES THOMAS, 14, driver’s helper, Von Storch mines, Scranton 10/15 T J HENDERSON, 40, miner, married, Jermyn #4, Dickson city bor 10/17 PATRICK MACKIN, 42, miner, married-7 orphans, Archbald mines, Lackawanna 10/25 JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 17, driver, Scranton C.C., Lackawanna twp 10/25 PETER MORTON, 20, laborer, Stark mines, Lackawanna twp 10/28 WM. REYNOLDS, 24, miner, Green Ridge mines, Dunmore bor 10/29 THOMAS PARRY, 30, miner, married, Leggett's Creek mines, Scranton 11/11 WILLIAM DAVIS, 27, miner, married-1 orphan, Brisbin mines, Scranton 11/18 JOSEPH PENEAUT, 42, miner, Forest City mines, Susquehanna Co 11/20 JOHN MCDONOUGH, 57, miner, married-5 orphans, White Bridge tunnel, Carbondale 11/22 THOS R THOMAS, 20, driver, Central mines, Scranton 11/29 WILLIAM CARTER, 43, miner, married-1 orphan, Fairmount mines, Pittston 12/9 THOMAS MULLEN, 54, miner, married-4 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton 12/13 PETER GIBBONS, 15, driver, Shaft 8, Hughestown bor 12/19 JOHN MULLEN, 54, miner, married-6 orphans, Cayuga mines, Scranton 12/22 PATRICK EGAN, 59, driver, Barnum mines, Marcy twp 12/30 THOS ROBINSON, 17, driver, Shaft 6, Jenkins twp

	1877 Eastern District Fatalities - Luzerne and Carbon Counties.
	1/4 FRED. BONNENBLUST, 38, single, 0 orphans, Taylor Shaft, Taylorsville 1/9 HENRY THEILE, 35, married, 1 orphan, Filer colliery, Winton 1/15 DAVID EDWARDS, 38, married, 2 orphans, Erie shaft, Carbondale 1/15 WILLIAM DURKIN, 33, married, 2 orphans, Hampton shaft, Hyde Park 1/25 MICHAEL JUDGE, 40, married, 9 orphans, Meadow Brook tunnel, Scranton 2/12 PATRICK DUNLEAVY, 35, married, 0 orphans, Pine Brook shaft, Scranton 2/27 MARTIN GREELEY, 40, married, 11 orphans, No. 7 Shaft, Jenkins Twp 3/22 THOMAS MCDONALD, 47, married, 7 orphans, No. 10 shaft, Pittston 3/31 THOMAS HOPKINS, 62, married, 6 orphans, Pine Brook shaft, Scranton 4/3 FREDERICK WILHELM, 58, married, 1 orphan, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Twp 4/4 THOMAS MCCARTY, 33, married, 2 orphans, Cayuga shaft, Providence 4/28 THOMAS HOSKINS, 32, married, 5 orphans, Everhart colliery, Jenkins Twp 4/28 JOHN ORR, 59, married, 1 orphan, No. 6 slope, Pittston 5/31 MICHAEL FOY, 55, married, 4 orphans, No. 4 slope, Jenkins Twp 6/5 MICHAEL ROWAN, 35, married, 7 orphans, Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Twp 6/7 BARTLEY DEAN, 40, married, 7 orphans, No. 6 slope, Pittston 6/15 JAMES MCSHURLEY, 26, married, 1 orphan, Cayuga shaft, Providence 6/25 PATRICK GAVAN, 45, single, 0 orphans, Filey colliery, Winton 6/26 PATRICK MULDERRIG, 52, married, 6 orphans, No. 4 shaft, Pittston Borough 6/26 JAMES HAGAN, 32, single, 0 orphans, Fairlawn slope, Scranton 7/2 JAMES KILLBRIDE, 45, married, 7 orphans, Dawson shaft, Pleasant Valley 7/2 JAMES OWENS, 13, single, 0 orphans, Jermyn's slope, Jermyn borough 7/3 MILES BOYD, 58, married, 8 orphans, Elk Hill colliery, Blalkely 7/6 JOHN BRENNAN, 51, married, 8 orphans, Coal Brook tunnel, Carbondale 7/11 WILLIAM ALSOP, 27, single, 0 orphans, Filey colliery, Winton 7/16 WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 63, married, 3 orphans, No. 1 tunnel, Pittston Twp 7/16 RICHARD JACKSON, 40, married, 1 orphan, Twin Shaft, Pittston borough 7/17 JOHN RICHARDS, 41, married, 7 orphans, Providence 9/3 MARTIN HART, 25, single, 0 orphans, Twin shaft, Pittston borough 10/3 JOHN ROBERTS, 13, single, 0 orphans, Seneca slope, Pittston borough 10/18 EDWARD CALAHAN, 14, single, 0 orphans, Fairlawn slope, Scranton 11/5 MICHAEL QUINN, 35, married, 2 orphans, Stark shaft, Pleasant Valley borough 11/13 MICHAEL MADDEN, 50, married, 7 orphans, Law shaft, Pleasant Valley borough 11/15 ANTHONY COLLINS, 19, single, 0 orphans, Jermyn's Green, Scranton 11/17 GEORGE BATT, 41, married, 7 orphans, Diamond #2 shaft, Hyde Park 11/17 JAMES JOHNSON, 23, married, 1 orphan, Diamond #2 shaft, Hyde Park 11/17 ANTHONY GOLDEN, 16, single, 0 orphans, Roaring Brook shaft, Dunmore borough 12/1 MICHAEL HOWARD, 52, married, 7 orphans, Coal Brook tunnel, Carbondale 12/4 PATRICK SMITH, 35, single, 0 orphans, No. 12 shaft, Pleasant Valley borough 12/17 RICHARD JOYCE, 32, married, 3 orphans, Greenwood colliery, Lackawanna Twp

	1879 Eastern District Report of Fatal Accidents (consisting of portions of Luzerne and Carbon Counties.)
	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

	Scranton Area Mine Deaths, 1885
	Jan 2 Charles Clash 16 Marcy German 5 Peter Fulmer 33 Hughstown German 7 David Phillips 25 Scranton Welsh 8 Lewis T Jones 35 Scranton Welsh 20 James Cavanaugh 23 Lackawanna Irish Feb 17 Reese Williams 40 Scranton Welsh Mar 24 Owen R Williams 40 Welsh 24 John Byrne Carbondale Irish 27 Michael Donnelly 50 Dickson City Irish Apr 2 Thomas Bowen 20 Blakely American 4 Peter Gillespie 26 Archibald American 9 James Short 24 Scranton English 14 Ebenezer Moore 36 Pittston American 16 M Cunningham 40 Irish 21 James McGowen 43 Carbondale City Irish 21 Michael Connors 15 Carbdondale City American 23 David Daniels 65 Scranton Welsh 23 John Jenkins 35 Scranton Welsh May 14 Robert Giles 32 Marcey English June 5 Martin Durkin 35 Scranton Irish 16 Robert Graham 35 Old Forge Scotch 23 Michael Lewells 30 Dickson City Polish 26 James W Davis 36 Scranton Welsh July 2 Collins Matthews 45 Scranton Welsh 13 Patrick Wells 48 Archibald Irish 14 Edward Malot 42 Scranton Irish 14 John McGovern 60 Scranton Irish 18 James White 24 Old Forge Scotch 21 Joseph Knowles Marcey 22 Henry Bryson 31 Jenkins Scotch 25 David Jones 35 Dunmore Welsh 28 David James 29 Lackawanna Welsh 29 James Walker 14 Dunmore American 31 Patrick Franklin 50 Pittston Irish Aug 15 Michael Coggins 26 Lackawanna Irish 31 James P Delaney 32 Jenkins American Sept 2 Thomas Riley 50 Dunmore Irish 3 Sidney Somers 35 Jenkins American 3 James Healy 20 Jenkins American 3 Solon Corse 50 Scranton American 7 Michael Purcell 45 Jenkins Irish 7 Daniel Haggerty 45 Dunmore Irish 8 Thomas Lavell 54 Scranton Irish 9 John Lyden 21 Lackawanna Irish 15 William James 60 Carbondale Welsh 18 Andrew Fagan 24 Clifford American 19 Anthony Gownley 50 Jenkins Irish 23 John McKinney 34 Scranton Irish 24 Patrick Gallagher 28 Pittston Irish 24 John Sullivan 45 Scranton Irish Oct 1 William Morrison 25 Marcy Irish 12 Hugh Devers 20 Pittston American 24 Daniel Williams 33 Blakely Welsh 24 Morgan Roberts 27 Blakely Welsh 26 August Rouer 26 Lackawanna German 31 David Evans 50 Lackawanna Welsh Nov 4 John Hogan 58 Scranton Irish 4 Patrick White 59 Scranton Irish 6 Michael Dougherty 44 Old Forge Irish 7 Patrick Toole 48 Lackawanna Irish 11 Willam Saar 23 Dunmore American 13 John D Griffiths 12 Dickson American (slate picker, Seriously injured: caught in breaker machinery; died same evening) 16 John Quinn 58 Carbondale Irish 27 George Sherman 30 Scranton American 27 John Mahon 27 Lackawanna Irish Dec 7 John McCormick 60 Lackawanna Irish 14 William Simon 60 Blakely Welsh 14 Henry Freegans 28 Jermyn English 17 Henry Williams 51 Scranton Welsh 24 Lewis R Evans 55 Lackawanna Welsh 25 Richard Taylor 25 Fell English 25 John Luke 45 Fell Welsh

	1888 Report of Fatal Accidents in the 1st Anthracite District, comprising of parts of Lackawanna Co, plus, Forest City borough (Susquehanna Co.)
	1/6 THOMAS CARNEY, footman, 18, Olyphant 2, Olyphant boro – Lackawanna 1/7 MICHAEL CULLEN, miner, 48, married 7 orphans, Spencer’s, Dunmore boro 1/16 THOMAS ROGAN, miner, 40, married 1 orphan, Olyphant 2, Olyphant boro 1/23 WILLIAM BREZEE, laborer, 45, marr 3 orphans, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 1/26 JOHN HARVILICK, laborer, 26, marr 1 orphan, Archbald, Lackawanna twp 2/10 JAMES KLINE, miner, 45, married 4 orphans, Leggett’s Creek, Scranton 2/16 THOMAS MCHUGH, miner, 43, married 5 orphans, Central, Scranton 3/1 CHARLES DERMOTT, laborer, 24, married, Powderly, Carbondale city 3/3 PATRICK MCNALLY, laborer, 45, Hampton colliery, Lackawanna twp 3/3 ROBERT WILLIAMS, laborer, 27, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 3/9 CHARLES CARROLL, miner, 27, married 1 orphan, Von Storch, Scranton 3/13 RICHARD HENWOOD, shaft sinker, 30, marr 1 orphan, Glenwood, Jermyn twp 3/13 PETER STEELEY, shaft sinker, 3, single, Glenwood, Jermyn borough 3/24 JOHN JENKINS, laborer, 32, Holden colliery, Lackawanna twp 3/29 CHARLES DILLON, miner, 59, married, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 3/30 WM. R THOMAS, miner, 60, Dolph colliery, Winton Boro, Lackawanna Co 3/30 NICHOLAS MONEETA, laborer, 30, married 1 orphan, Dolph, Winton Boro 3/30 PATRICK RUDDY, driver 16, Spencers’ colliery, Dunmore borough 4/3 DANIEL THOMAS, driver, 16, Diamond “Tripp”, Scranton 4/7 WILLIAM LANGMAN, laborer, 69, Edgarton breaker, Jermyn borough 4/23 ELIAS JONES, laborer, 26, married 2 orphans, Hyde Park, Scranton 4/24 JOHN TURNBULL, driver, 15, No. 1 shaft Forest City, Susquehanna Co 5/1 MARTIN MILLETT, laborer, 45, marr 1 orphan, Gypsey Grove #4, Dunmore 5/4 HENRY WHITE, miner, 23, Eddy Creek colliery, Olyphant borough 5/23 MICHAEL GANGHAN, driver, 16, Manville colliery, Scranton 5/23 OWEN OWENS, miner, 50, widower 2 orphans, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 5/25 THOMAS P JONES, door boy, 14, Taylor colliery, Lackawanna twp 6/6 MARTIN DOUGHERTY, miner, 45, marr 4 orphans, White Oak tunnel, Archbald 6/15 LEWIS R JENKINS, miner, 51, marr 8 orphans, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna 6/19 JOHN SMITH, driver, 16, Grassy Island D & H Coal Co, Olyphant boro 6/22 JOHN PURCELL, miner, 44, married 1 orphan, Pancoast, Dickson City 7/9 PATRICK JORDAN, miner, 30, marr 4 orphans, Wilson Creek tunnel, Fell 7/10 CHARLES MOON, culm dump driver, 13, Jermyn #1, Jermyn borough 7/25 FRITZ MELLICK, driver, 18, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 7/26 LEOPOLD NEDJANISKEY, miner, 31, Simpson colliery, Fell twp 7/28 ANDREW VISGOR, laborer, 30, Dickson colliery, Scranton 7/28 WILLIAM HARTSHORN, miner, 50, married 7 orphans, Marvine, Scranton 8/1 IVOR WILLIAMS, door boy, 16, Oxford colliery, Scranton 8/1 JAMES CASTICKS, laborer, 26, Forest City slope, Susquehanna Co 8/7 DARBY WALSH, miner, 35, married 2 orphans, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakely 8/17 JOHN MORRIS, driver, 17, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 8/2* PATRICK MURRAY, laborer, 27, Diamond shaft 2, Scranton 8/22 JOHN JONES, driver, 17, Taylor breaker, Lackawanna twp 8/23 HARRY TONKINS, miner, 24, married 2 orphans, Wilson Creek, Fell twp 8/27 ANTHONY SMYTH, miner, 28, National colliery, Scranton 8/28 JOHN MERINCHOK, laborer, 22, S V White colliery, Winton boro 9/10 PATRICK CONNELLY, driver, 17, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 9/11 WM. T JONES, miner, 34, married, Grassy Island D & H CC, Olyphant boro 9/13 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, miner 34, marr 4 orphans, Pancoast, Dickson City 9/15 DOLPH HAZEN, laborer, 19, Marshwood, Dickson City boro 9/17 ADAM GEISS, laborer, 18, Capouse colliery, Scranton 9/25 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, miner, 56, married 6 orphans, Brisbin, Scranton 9/26 REESE DAVIS, driver, 15, Holden colliery, Lackawanna twp 9/27 JOHN MURPHY, driver, 15, Eddy Creek colliery, Olyphant borough 9/27 MARTIN MAHOBY, culm man, 51, married 5 orphans, Grassy Island D & H CC 9/27 CHRISTIAN GABRIAL, culm man, 48, married, Grassy Island D & H Coal Co. 9/27 JOHN O. MALLEY, driver, 16, Dolph, Winton borough 10/8 ANTHONY LISAZUS, laborer, 22, Glenwood, Jermyn borough 10/10 FREDERICK HAWKINS, miner, 38, married 4 orphans, Capouse, Scranton 10/15 PATRICK O. NEIL, outside driver, 15, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 10/17 MICHAEL SCOTT, driver, 18, Jermyn 4, Dickson City borough 10/23 IGNATIUS SRACRYNSKI, laborer, 21, Hampton, Lackawanna twp 11/2 ANDREW KURUCZ, miner, 30, Forest City slope, Susquehanna Co 11/8 PATRICK CORCORAN, laborer, 2*, Shaft 4 Penna C Co, Dunmore borough 11/12 PATRICK HART, miner, 57, married 7 orphans, Central, Scranton 11/13 HENRY RICHARDS, slate-picker, 13, Capouse, Scranton 11/13 CHARLES TOOLIN, laborer, 18, White Oak #5 drift, Archbald borough 11/20 OWEN CAVANAGH, miner, 52, married 7 orphans, Midland Tunnel Coal bank 11/6 EDWARD CONNELLY, laborer, 20, Taylor Drift mine, Lackawanna twp 12/4 MICHAEL HEFFRON, laborer, 40, married 4 orphans, Powderly Slope mines 12/14 THOMAS FERGUSSON, miner, 35, married 1 orphan, Mount Pleasant slope 12/15 HUGH STONE, miner, 40, married 6 orphans, Eddy Creek mines, Olyphant 12/20 JOHN SHERIDAN, miner, 41, married 7 orphans, Hampton mines Lackawanna 12/27 JOHN KEOUGH, driver, 16, Pine Brook mines, Scranton

	1897 First Anthracite District Mine Inspector Report of Fatal Accidents, comprising part of Lackawanna, and Susquehanna counties.
	1/8 MIKE GULA, laborer, 22, single, no orphans, Edgerton colliery, Mayfield 1/13 CHARLES SULTA, miner, 45, single, no orphans, Pierce colliery, Archbald 1/16 THOMAS KISH, laborer, 32, single, no orphans, Simpson colliery, Fell Twp 1/23 THOMAS PERKINS, laborer, 41, married, 2 orphans, Jermyn #1, Jermyn 1/23 THOMAS WAITE, laborer, 30, single, no orphans, Coalbrook colliery, Carbondale 1/26 JOHN T COLEMAN, miner, 54, married, 4 orphans, Leggetts Creek, Scranton 1/26 DANIEL MELVIN, carpenter, 64, married, 4 orphans, No. 2, Forest City 1/26 GEORGE BOROSKIE, laborer, 49, married, 6 orphans, Blue Ridge colliery, Peckville 2/6 MIKE JEDALOUIS, laborer, 35, single, no orphans, Pancoast, Throop 3/1 JOHN PLOWRIGHT, laborer, 24, single, no orphans, Johnson #1, Priceburg 3/4 EDWARD ANGWIN, miner, 59, married, no orphans, No. 1 shaft, Dunmore 3/9 DAVID R JONES, miner, 52, married, no orphans, Johnson's #2, Priceburg 3/11 RAPHAEL MONDANA, laborer, 30, married, no orphans, Forest mining co, Archbald 3/18 JAMES NOLAN, laborer, 25, single, no orphans, Marvine, Scranton 3/19 ANTHONY LAUGHNEY, miner, 60, single, no orphans, Grassy Island, Olyphant 4/7 MICHAEL GUSY, laborer, 31, single, no orphans, No. 1 shaft, Dunmore 4/29 BONIFUL BIGIDOFSKI, laborer, 26, married, 1 orphan, Johnson's #2, Priceburg 5/1 JOHN GOMBINE, footman, 27, married, 1 orphan, No. 1 shaft, Dunmore 5/10 MICHAEL BARRETT, miner, 38, married, 4 orphans, No. 2 shaft, Dunmore 5/24 MICHAEL MURPHY, track layer, single, no orphans, No. 1 tunnel, Carbondale 6/3 JOHN PILNER, driver, 24, single, no orphans, Simpson colliery, Fell Twp 6/4 ALEXANDER GREEN, miner, 49, single, no orphans, Glenwood colliery, Mayfield 6/21 WILLIAM LIMON, miner, 65, married, no orphans, Jermyn #1, Jermyn 6/30 WILLIAM COURT, sinker, 27, single, no orphans, New Leggetts shaft, Scranton 7/10 WILLIAM PRICE, miner, 32, single, no orphans, Leggetts Creek, Scranton 7/10 ADAM LADOLAN, laborer, 33, married, 5 orphans, Leggetts Creek, Scranton 7/15 ALBERT JONES, bell ringer, 17, single, no orphans, Johnson #1, Priceburg 7/17 THOMAS MORRIS, slate picker, 13, single, no orphans, Leggetts Creek, Scranton 7/22 JAMES FAGAN, engineer, 22, married, 1 orphan, Dolph colliery, Peckville 7/26 PATRICK LYNETT, miner, 31, married, no orphans, Murrays' colliery, Dunmore 8/3 JOHN GOMA, laborer, 32, married, 2 orphans, Edgerton colliery, Edgerton 8/5 JOHN BENSON, miner, 60, married, 1 orphan, No. 1 shaft, Carbondale 8/24 MICHAEL MITCHELL, miner, 44, married, 4 orphans, Sterrick creek, Peckville 8/25 IGNOTZ LEONGA, miner, 35, married, 4 orphans, Johnson #1, Priceburg 8/31 JOHN KISHELIS, laborer, 32, married, 2 orphans, Sterrick creek, Peckville 9/9 SAMUEL TREASURER, laborer, 38, single, no orphans, Eddy creek, Olyphant 9/21 TONY FICK, laborer, 25, single, no orphans, Edgerton colliery, Edgerton 10/11 JOHN PENDELL, miner, 50, married, no orphans, Pancoast colliery, Throop 10/12 FERDINAND SENSE, miner, 33, single, no orphans, Sterrick creek, Peckville 10/27 ROBERT BROWN, miner, 50, single, no orphans, Pancoast colliery, Throop 10/27 ANTHONY SAPIAK, laborer, 33, single, no orphans, Ontario, Peckville 10/29 JOHN FORETCH, miner, 46, married, 2 orphans, Mt Jessup, Peckville 10/29 JOHN MCLANE, miner, 47, married, 4 orphans, Erie colliery, Mayfield 11/3 MARTIN GERRITZ, miner, 35, single, no orphans, Highland Park, Carbondale 11/3 ANDREW MONKO, laborer, 31, single, no orphans, Highland Park, Carbondale 11/11 MICHAEL J KELLEY, miner, 42, married, 7 orphans, Marvine, Scranton 11/15 REES DAVIS, miner, 45, married, no orphans, Storrs No. 1, Dickson City 11/27 JOHN R. COOK, miner, 48, married, no orphans, Blue Ridge, Peckville 11/28 JAMES GILLIGAN, miner, 52, married, 3 orphans, Glenwood, Mayfield 11/29 PATRICK MARION, miner, 43, married, 6 orphans, Edgerton colliery, Edgerton 12/7 PATRICK CAWLEY, track layer, 30, single, no orphans, Sterrick creek, Peckville 12/14 GEORGE DIDWELL, miner, 31, married, 3 orphans, Blue Ridge, Peckville 12/31 STANLEY YANGESKI, laborer, 24, single, no orphans, Pancoast, Throop

	1897 Mine Inspector Report of Fatalities in the Second Anthracite District, comprising parts of Lackawanna Co.
	1/7 JOHN MCHALE, miner, 51, married, 3 orphans, Capouse colliery 1/12 RICHARD EDWARDS, miner, 50, married, 1 orhpan, Bellevue shaft 1/16 ANTHONY PIATRUZZI, laborer, 28, married, 1 orphan, Spencer's shaft 1/16 MICHAEL RYAN, miner, 36, married, 6 orphans, Archbald 1/27 DAVID THOMAS, runner, 18, single, no orphans, Continental 1/29 VICTOR MOLESKIE, laborer, 23, single, no orphans, Greenwood #2 2/1 ALBERT WALE, door boy, 16, single, no orphans, Diamond drift 2/9 MARTIN NALON, miner, 36, single, no orphans, Mount Pleasant 2/6 JOSEPH GRAVITZ, laborer, 32, single, 1 orphan, Austin Tunnel 2/6 THOMAS E WILLIAMS, miner, 57, married, 6 orphans, Taylor shaft 2/18 ROBERT JONES, miner, 30, married, 5 orphans, Cayuga colliery 3/3 JOHN R EDWARDS, miner, 47, married, 5 orphans, William A colliery 3/3 JOSEPH SOBISKY, laborer, 32, single, no orphans, William A colliery 3/9 PATRICK IAGO, company man, 54, married, no orphans, Dickson colliery 3/9 PATRICK BANKS, miner, 45, single, no orphans, Nay Aug colliery 3/9 CHARLES THOMAS, company man, 58, no widow, 6 orphans, Van Storch shaft 3/25 HENRY MORELAND, miner, 40, married, 5 orphans, Holden mine 4/6 JOHN W JONES, miner, 32, married, 3 orphans, Cayuga colliery 4/9 JENKIN BEYANS, runner, 19, single, no orphans, Bellevue slope 5/1 JOHN WATKINS, driver's helper, 14, single, no orphans, Jermyn #1 5/7 MARTIN KING, miner, 24, single, no orphans, Archbald 6/4 PATRICK HUGHES, miner, 35, married, 3 orphans, Tripp slope 6/8 JOHN BEECHAM, laborer, 20, single, no orphans, Pyne colliery 6/19 JOSEPH HUDDY, miner, 45, married, 5 orphans, Holden colliery 6/21 ANDREW GREIGER, outside laborer, 20, single, no orphans, Green Ridge colliery 7/13 FRANK PEDIE, laborer, 22, single, no orphans, Hampsher colliery 7/19 MICHAEL NEALON, miner, 40, married, 3 orphans, Old Forge #2 8/23 WILLIAM SEIBERT, laborer, 29, single, no orphans, Greenwood #1, old shaft 8/31 JOHN MCHALE, miner, 30, married, 2 orphans, Cayuga colliery 9/1 ALFONSO BALDO, miner, 35, married, no orphans, William A colliery 9/18 MARTIN MILLAR, laborer, 38, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 9/24 SALVATORE VENNANGO, laborer, 24, married, 2 orphans, Spencer colliery 9/28 ISAAC WATKINS, fire boss, 55, married, 1 orphan, Jermyn #1 9/28 JOHN GALLAGHER, company man, 37, married, 7 orphans, Jermyn #1 9/28 WILLIAM FRANKLAND, miner, 30, single, no orphans, Jermyn #1 9/28 WILLIAM TOMPKINS, company man, 24, single, no orphans, Jermyn #1 9/28 JOSEPH SMITH, company man, 38, married, 7 orphans, Jermyn #1 10/4 CASPAR OTT, head man, 39, married, 1 orphan, Pyne breaker 10/7 WILLIAM FITZHENRY, laborer, 23, single, no orphans, Taylor shaft 10/9 JOHN KIPACASH, laborer, 45, married, no orphans, Taylor shaft 10/18 PATRICK LYNN, miner, 47, married, 9 orphans, Brisbin 10/30 THOMAS HILL, collerman, 43, married, 4 orphans, Van Storch slope 10/30 JOHN FARRELL, water bailer, 60, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 10/30 JOHN MCDONNELL, water bailer, 27, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 10/30 THOMAS PADDEN, water bailer, 24, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 10/30 JOHN WALSH, water bailer, 22, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 10/30 JOHN MORAN, driver, 21, single, no orphans, Van Storch slope 11/4 ANDREW NELSON, miner, 27, single, no orphans, Hyde Park 11/4 PETER SOLEKIRA, miner, 35, single, no orphans, William A colliery 11/10 JOHN MCTIERNAN, miner, 50, married, 20 orphans, Hampton colliery 11/12 JOSEPH THEOBALD, door boor, 15, single, no orphans, Hyde Park 11/13 MIKE KINKA, laborer, 27, single, no orphans, Dodge colliery 12/2 PATRICK SCHOFIELD, miner, 36, married, 4 orphans, Dickson 12/2 THOMAS LYDON, miner, 45, married, 7 orphans, Lawrence Shaft 12/8 JESSE GOODMAN, laborer, 25, single, no orphans, Austin Tunnel 12/11 JOHN COYNE, miner, 45, married, 1 orphan, Greenwood #12 drift 12/14 JOHN MALIA, miner, 34, no widow, 5 orphans, Capouse colliery 12/27 ALEX. AJINSKIE, laborer, 21, single, no orphans, Bellevue shaft

	1897 Mine Inspector Report of Fatalities in the Third Anthracite District, comprising parts of Lackawannna, Luzerne, & Sullivan Counties.
	1/7 PAUL O REAL, 33, single, Fernwood Tunnel, Pittston Twp 1/7 LEAPORT STAYLATE, 28, single, Fernwood Tunnel, Pittston Twp 1/11 ANDREW BUSHOCK, 20, single, Exeter Shaft, Exeter 1/18 THOMAS TRYNOSKEY, 17, single, Phoenix Shaft, Duryea 1/20 FRED HUBELL, 43, married, 8 orphans, Delaware Shaft, Mill Creek 1/21 PETER COURTRIGHT, 34, married, 2 orphans, Shaft #4, Pittston 1/23 WILLIAM PACK, 56, married, 2 orphans, East Boston Shaft, Luzerne 2/10 MARTIN SMITH, 40, single, Clear Spring Shaft, Pittston 2/17 ANDREW BRESHCAR, 27, married, 2 orphans, Harry E Shaft, Forty Fort 3/10 JOHN MURDOCK, 23, single, Harry E Shaft, Forty Fort 4/1 WILLIAM PURICK, 29, married, 2 orphans, Avoca Shaft, Avoca 4/1 MICHAEL PURICK, 26, single, Avoca Shaft, Avoca (note: brother of William Purick) 4/13 WALTER MCLAUGHLIN, 35, single, Black Diamond Shaft, Luzerne 4/14 JOSEPH SEDINSKY, 50, married, 1 orphan, Heidelburg #1 Shaft, Avoca 4/22 WILLIAM THOMAS, 57, married, 1 orphan, Delaware Shaft, Mill Creek 4/23 JOSEPH MCHALE, 15, single, Barnum #3 Shaft, Marcy Twp 5/4 JOSEPH SMITH, 19, single, Laflin Breaker, Laflin 5/6 THOMAS DAVIS, 18, single, Laurel Run Slope, Parsons 5/14 JOHN SHULAR, 30, married, no orphans, Ridgewood Slope, Ridgewood 5/20 HENRY WHITE, 31, married, no orphans, Laflin Shaft, Laflin 5/25 ANATESTA PEP, 50, married, 4 orphans, Fernwood Shaft, Pittston Twp 6/12 MARTIN NOVISKIE, 20, single, Phoenix Shaft, Duryea 7/1 THOMAS CARDEN, JR, 21. single, Shaft #10, Hughestown 7/1 JOSEPH PAUL, 18, single, Elmwood Shaft, Pittston Twp 7/2 JOHN CLOONAN, 42, married, 4 orphans, Phoenix Shaft, Duryea 7/8 THOMAS E LEWIS, 31, single, Louise Tunnel, Luzerne 7/20 MARTIN REGIN, 59, married, 5 orphans, Barnum Shaft, Marcy Twp 7/21 JOHN H JOYCE, 34, married, 3 orphans, Heidelburg Slope, Avoce 7/22 JOHN TOOTIS, 28, married, 2 orphans, Babylon Shaft, Duryea 8/6 JOHN HEALEY, 16, single, Shaft #10, Hughestown 8/10 EDWARD PARRY, 27, married, 3 orphans, Ridgewood Slope, Ridgewood 8/16 THOMAS WALSH, 25, single, Shaft #9, Hughestown 8/17 MICHAEL VELANIS, 21, single, Langcliff Shaft, Avoca 8/19 ROBERT WILLIAMS, 37, married, 4 orphans, Oakwood Shaft, Plains Twp 9/1 JOHN BULLOCK, 45, married, 3 orphans, Exeter Shaft, Exeter 9/7 JOHN BRENNAN, 46, married, 7 orphans, Phoenix Shaft, Duryea 9/7 PETER WEDIK, 44, married, 4 orphans, Phoenix Shaft, Duryea 9/8 LEONALDO PEALOSE, 30, married, 1 orphan, Butler Shaft, Pittston, Twp 9/20 IGNATIUS GALLIGHER, 18, single, Babylon Breaker, Duryea 9/23 THOMAS URBAN, 35, married, 3 orphans, Mt Lookout Shaft, Wyoming 9/30 EVAN PUGH, 43, married, 6 orphans, Clear Spring Shaft, Pittston 10/2 MICHAEL DOWITZ, 33, married, no orphans, Pettebone Shaft, Kingston Twp 10/2 DAVID GEORGE, 52, married, no orphans, Pettebone Shaft, Kingston Twp 10/5 STEPHAN RAMANKO, 23, single, Langcliffe Tunnel, Avoca 10/6 JAMES GLYNN, 40, married, 5 orphans, Harry E Shaft, Forty Fort 10/6 STEPHEN GURA, 40, married, 5 orphans, Harry E Shaft, Forty Fort 10/18 JOHN ADAMSCHICK, 25, single, Harry E Shaft, Forty Fort 10/23 JOHN TAYLOR, 51, married, 1 orphan, Laurel Run Slope, Parsons 10/26 JOHN CORCORAN, 44, married, 4 orphans, Henry Shaft, Plains Twp 10/28 PATRICK MCDONALD, 40, married, 2 orphans, Babylon Shaft, Duryea 10/29 JAMES DORAN, 34, married 2 orphans, Exeter Shaft, Exeter 10/30 PETER FALISZANSKI, 26, married, no orphans, Exeter Shaft, Exeter 11/3 GEORGE RAUSTINE, 35, married, 3 orphans, Mt Lookout Shaft, Wyoming 11/17 ALEX. BUCHEFSKY,35, married, 2 orphans, Exeter Shaft, Exeter 11/30 PETER CHESHARVAGE, 32, single, Babylon Shaft, Duryea 12/4 ANTHONY PUPCO, 26, single, Delaware Shaft, Mill Creek 12/6 ADAM WILKOWSKI, 19, single, Clear Spring Shaft, Pittston 12/8 THOMAS J DAVIS, 69, married, 6 orphans, Oakwood Shaft, Plains Twp 12/10 PATRICK MALONEY, 35, single, Ridgewood outside, Plains Twp 12/10 STEPHEN GUTSOCK, 33, single, Pine Ridge Shaft, Miners Mills 12/16 PETER MUTSON, 38, married, 1 orphan, East Boston Shaft, Luzerne 12/17 THOMAS CUNARD, 39, widower, 5 orphans, Clear Spring Shaft, Pittston 12/30 THOMAS BUTTS, 51, married, 6 orphans, Delaware Shaft, Mill Creek
	1905 Fatal Mine Accidents; Lackawanna County unless marked otherwise.They are in the format: Date, Name, Nationality, Occupation, Age, Married/Single, # of Orphans, Name of Mine, Nature and Cause of Accident in Brief.
	Jan 7, George LUCOSHIC, Polish, Miner, 45, M, 5, Lackawanna, By cars. Squeezed between car and pillar on gangway road while on his way home. Jan 9, Charles GRAGAIS, Lithuanian, Laborer, 32, S, Storrs No. 3, By fall of rock while assisting his miner to stand a discharged prop near the face of chamber Jan 16, John WANISH, Austrian, Company laborer, 45, 1, Richmond No. 3, By cars. He was engaged in cleaning railroad cars and stepped backward on another track and the engine instantly killed him. It is supposed that on account of the noise in the breaker he failed to hear the locomotive. Outside. Feb. 6, Powell ATCHUE, Polish, Laborer, 30, S, Richmond No. 3, By cars. Stepped directly in front of a car of supply coal. Mar. 1, Alonzo SUMMERS, English, Laborer, 24, S, Storrs No. 3, Examined place before starting to work in the morning, but it must have contained a slip that they failed to detect. Mar. 7, Bruno MALALO, Italian, laborer, 32, S, Coal Brook, By fall of rock. Started to work too soon after firing a blast. Mar. 16, Charles ATKINSON, American, Brakeman, 16, S, Storrs #2, By cars. A car bedcame derailed at a switch and pinioned him against a prop and was badly injured. Died March 23. April 8, Frank CHESENY, Polish, Miner, 44, M, 4, Johnson No 2., By fall of coal. Started to work without making through examination of place. Internally injured. April 20, William MACILAVAGE, Polish, Laborer, 24, S, Forest City, Susquehanna, By fall of rock while he and his miner were standing a prop. Killed instantly. April 24, John KUGOR, Austrian Slate picker, 47, M. 4, Ontario, By railroad cars. A runaway car bumped the car he was on and threw him under the wheels. He was instantly killed. Outside. Sept. 23, James GILHOOLEY, American, Runner, 21, S, Marvine, By blasting. A miner was firing and Gilhooley came through the second cross-cut from the face from the third chamber and walked directly into the blast. Sept. 23, Stephen GREBOSKI, Lithuanian, Miner, 42, Miner, 6, Forest City, Susquehanna, By fall of roof. He went under some treacherous roof to mine out some loose coal when a piece fell on him. Sept. 25, Martin BARRETT, Irish, Laborer, 41, M, 6, North End, By fall of coal. The coal had been examined by his miner and another laborer and thought to be safe. Oct. 2, James SHOVELEN, American, Sinker, 32, S, Marvien, By falling down shaft. He was arranging lines to timber by and it is supposed he stumbled while crossing the shaft on a plank. Oct 13, Michael STUESKI, Polish, Miner, 35, M, 4, North End, By blasting. He was firing two blasts at the same time and it is supposed that he thought they had missed and he returned just as they exploded. Nov. 10, Andrew YURKO, Russian, Miner, 28, M, 2, North West, By fall of roof. He had fired 4 successive blasts and returned to examine when a large slab fell on him. Nov. 21, Andrew YANKO, Hungarian, Laborer, 20, S, Ontario, By fall of rock. He was shoveling coal to the car when a large slab fell, killing him instantly. The roof was thought to be safe, but it contained a thin seam and smooth back that could not be detected. Nov. 21, Costic SMEGEIGUSKI, Polish, Miner, 32, M, 1, Johnson No. 2, By fall of roof. He overlooked a treacherous stone in his examination and started to work under it when it fell on him. Nov, 26, Robert MITCHEL, Scotch, Company Man, 66, S, North End, By cars. He tried to prevent a mule from stepping in front of a moving rock car, stumbled in his effort and fell under the car. Nov. 29, Anthony GOLDEN, Irish, Miner, 62, M, 6, Coal Brook, by fall of roof. He failed to bar down a bad piece of roof the previous day. Dec 8, Jacob PHILPOT, American, Laborer, 24, M, 1, Coal Brook, By fall of roof. He was stooping to pick up a T rail in his father's chamber. Dec 12, Frank SMITH, Polish, Laborer, 25, S, Richmond No. 3, By fall of roof. He was cleaning coal away to rest and a discharged prop after a blast. Dec. 15, Robert LAKE, American, Miner, 23, M, 2, Leggetts Creek, By fall of roof. He started to work after blasting before making an examination. Dec. 21, Alfred BELL, American, Motor-engineer, 20, S, Leggetts Creek, By cars, He was pushing a car into a chamber with a motor, when his light ignited a small pocket of gas, and in his effort to escape he must have fallen under the motor.

	1912 Fatal Accidents, Scranton Area.
	Jan. 3, Salvator MIRA, Italian, Miner, 42, M, 5, Pennsylvania No. 1, Fatally injured by falling under cars. He was riding on cars on his way home from No. 2 shaft to No. 1 breaker. Died the next day. Outside. Jan. 3, John KUKARUK, Polish, Laborer, 22, S, Diamond, Instantly killed by falling down shaft. He was working the Reider Vein. On the way home he must have got confused and opened the self-closing gate at the foot and fell down shaft. Feb. 6, Patrick O'BOYLE, Irish, Machine runner, 45, M, Underwook, Killed at foot of shaft by being struck by piece of "Billy" block, which was broken by cross head. It became stuck in shaft while bucket was descending but later released itself and fell. Shaft was being sunk. Feb. Mike PIPIN, Slavonian, Laborer, 22, S, Pennsylvania No. 1, Killed by fall of roof at face of chamber. The miner left chamber in unsafe condition. Feb. 13, Frank STANCAVITCH, Polish, Driver, 19, S, Pine Brook, Killed by miner cars on main road. His lamp fell off his cap and while picking lamp up he was caught by the cars. Feb. 15, Frederick Green, Scotch, Motorman, 21, S, Von Storch, Killed by mine cars on main road. He fell off motor while teaching his brakeman to run it. Feb. 16, Peter MURRICK, Slavonian, Laborer, 22, S, Pennsylvania No. 1, Killed by being struck by piece of roof that fell off rib in pillar place. The miner had told the laborer not to work there. Feb. 29, Anthony HOROSKO, Polish, Miner, 44, M, 3, Pancoast, Fatally injured by premature blast at face. Died March 9. Mar. 7, Mike YUCHAK, Slavonian, Laborer, 22, S, Green Ridge, Fatally injured by fall of roof at pillar place. Died a few hours later. Mar. 7, Thomas ZATAWESKY, Lithuanian, Miner, 44, M, 5, Pancoast, Fatally killed by delayed blast at face. He thought the squib had missed fire and returned too soon. Mar. 15, William R. DAVIS, American, Bratticeman, 33, M, 5, Diamond, Killed by setting off a pocked to gas at face of abandoned chamber. Mar. 26, Otto REGI, German, Miner, 38, M, 2, Pine Brook, Instantly killed by premature blast at face. Mar. 27, Thordore RUBA, Slavonian, Miner, 39, M, 6, Pancoast, Instantly killed by fall of roof 25 feet from face. Mar. 23, Martin JACOBS, Lithuanian, Miner, 51, M, 3, Von Storch, Fatally injured by premature blast at face. He forced tight cartridge into hole with a steel drill died May 25.
	Pancoast Colliery Fire, April 1911 Gypsy Grove Breaker Fire, April 1911
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