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HMiner 1John I >a ru iStephen t > knlar, . . .Joseph DeptaJohn KuneNicholas Panko. . . .Andrew Yarehol . . . .Mii'hael y.urcoJnim D/.ml / isk . . . .Valent ine Ltkora. . .Nicholas Luchy. . . .Bar t l io le im’w Wojtosz,Jacob Congva. . . .Simon 1 laniac/.yk , . .Stephen Janieko. . . .Andrew 1 Ho vac, . . .1hi t r ick Tumel ty. . . .Stephen Kvmbala , . .Michael Zoworcsak. .

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Kil led hy an explos ion of Mre-damp. carbure t ted li .\ drogen.All l l iese men were, k i l led hy an explos ion of t i re-damp.That is, t i re-damp was the pr imary muse of t in* d isas ter,hut ful ly 75 per cent, of the men were smothered hy af ter-damp genera ted hy t ine coal dust . The dust was l i f ted bythe force of the explos ion and was bat tered agains t theposts and lhi* s ides of the r ihs m*ar ly an inch in th ickness.The nat ional i t ies of the persons ki l led are as fol lows :Twenty -s ix ( 2Hn.r them were Amerieans, Hermans, I r i sh ,Scotch and Kngl is l i , 2 Bohemians, 13 Poles and OS Slavs,and i t i s known that they leave 27 widows and la orphansin th is country , and there are said to he .*11 widows and 71orphans in the countr ies of thei r var ious nat ional i t ies.

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17 Os.>~ 1 so11* s.27 o XZoworsak. a Hungar ian miner ; l ie had not been in themine hut a shor t t ime: l ie was ki l led hy a fa l l of s la te ; oninves t igat ion I d iscovered that he did not haven sul l ic lentnumber of props under the s la te to secure i t agains t ta i l-ing; he had posts c lose a t hand , i f he only had used them.

Wil l iams was a l’olanderaml only had been in th is country ashor t t ime, and he leaves a widow and two chi ldren in Pol -and ; he and some others had come to the shaf t bot tom to goout, and hy some means l ie got under the cage and was in-s tant ly ki l led ; the coroner bel l i an inquest and the coro-ner’s jury rendered a verdic t of accidenta l death .

Mitchel l was an American miner ; l ie had his leg and col lar-bone broken , and was injured internal ly : l ie was taken tothe West Penn Hospi ta l and died there on Apri l l l tb ; aninquest was held by Poroncr McDowal and a verdic t of accidenfa l death was rendered ,

Kearns was an Ir ish miner, h is breas tbone was crushed by afa l l of coal ; he was lying down hole ing under the coal , andhe did not have the coal spragged as he should have had inorder to protec t himsel f ; he died the fol lowing day ; thecoroner held an inquest and a verdic t of accidenta l deathwas rendered.

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Penn shaf t No. 1.do.20. 1 Jacob Wil l iams. . I •> do.

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c*107do. Alexandr ia mine. do.John Kearns. . .A pr i l 11.ooOI

525Smithton No. 1 , .Ma 2;» . I Scroy./ ion Donlnleo, . Miner , . 40 I Westmoreland , Doninco w;is an Ital ian miner, had a wife and family in Italy ;l ie had mined eon I for two months, and he was kil led by afal l of s late ; i t appears that he had been knocking a post< ni t when the slate fel l ; the coroner held an inquest , andafter examining several witnesses, a verdict of accidentaldeath was rendered .

Kil l ians was a Hungarian miner, and be had a wife and fourchildren in Hungary: he came to the shaft bottom to get al ight , and instead of going on the other side ot the shaftthrough the manway , he walked right under the cage andwas instantly kil led by it when descending.

Kuntx was a Colander, he had only been in the mines a shortt ime before the accident: he was kil led by a fal l of slate:be had 110 post under it and was kil led through ignorance ofthe nature of the slate: the coroner held an inquest and ren-dered a verdict of accidental death.

Anderson was a Scotch miner: lie was fatal ly injured by afal l of slate and died in five hours; he bad two posts setunder the sla to. hut they were not enough , considering thenature of the slate, and Anderson should have known that ,because lie was an old miner: the coroner held an inquestand a verdict of accidental death was rendered.

Kaminskea was a Inlander, l ie bad only been in t in* mine ashort t ime; he was kil led by a fal l of slate, the assistantmine- boss had told him to set a post under the slate, hisl i t t le hoy had also pointed out to him the loose nature oft in1 slate, hut i t seems that he would not take any warningand bis death was the result.

GotT was an Knglishman; at the time of the accident he andseven others had gotten on the cage to come up the shaftthere was no cover on the cage, they were using it for tak -ing timber down the shaft , and some one threw a block ofwood carelessly on the landing and it fel l down the shaftand kil led Golf iustantly.

Smith was a Polander: he was instantly kil led by a fal l ofslate: he did not have the slate properly posted at the timeof the accident , the coroner held an inquest , and the juryrendered a verdict of accidental death.

Demster was a Scotchman; he was severely injured by a fal lof slate while drawing a rib and he died on September Sth.

Woods was an American , and as he was dropping cars fromthe tipple he fel l between theears and was crushed to death:the coroner held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdictof accidental death.

Buezer was a Hungarian miner and had a wife and threechildren in Hungary : he was kil led by a premature blast: |he did not get away but a short distance from the shot , andhe was struck on the head by a lump of coal , causing hisdeath in three hours.

Barbery was an Ital ian miner: he knew but l i t t le of the dan-gers encountered in mining or he would not have gone underthe slate to knock the post out : three tons of slate fel l onhim crushing his l ife out .

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toJohn Kiihuus, i.l ime 1 . do. Standard No. 2 shaft , .4 do.

5. .lolm knutz do. 45 1 Spring Hill , Allegheny. . .

11 ngh Anderson , . . do. 1 5 Osceola mine.50. do.an wCsO'

.lol in Kaminskea , 1July i». do. 41 Westmoreland shaft , . Westmoreland,•)

w1—1HaHHLaborer. .10dward Golf 41 1 United No. 1 shaft. .27, 8 do. XoaU—i

Miner, .•lol in Smith . 1 l*ort Koynl No. 1 shaft. .55Aug. 7. do.

h—t—I1John Deuisier , . . do. 50 Goal Kun mineIS, 8 do. OhJ

Laborer, ..lolm W . Woods. . ID S. Oak Hill No. 4 mine, . . Allegheny , . .

Miner, .Nickola Buc/.er. . 21i 1 5 Larimer No. 4 mine, . . Westmoreland,2S ,

52 151. John Barbery. . . do. Big Chief mine do.

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. . ' Lar imer No. 1 mine. . . Westmore land. [ Ayers was an Amer iean miner; at the t ime of the acc ident hewas drawing posts out in a r ib: there was a miner by thename of John Smi th work ing wi th h im at the t ime. Smi thhad to ld h im not to go hack a f te r the post , bu t Ayers pa idno at ten t ion to h im and went hark, and l ie was ins tant lyk i l led by t in* fa l l ing root , and i t took some t ime to yet h imout f rom under the fa l l.

Hrock was an I ta l ian, and he leaves a wi fe and two ch i ld renin I ta ly, he had h is bra ins crushed out by a fa l l o f s la te:l ie had the s la te posted hut he d id not use the proper judg-ment in set t ing the post under the s la te.

Stee l was an Amer ican miner: l ie was go ing to i l l s work inthe morn ing and a dr iver came up beh ind h im and drovethe mule and water wagon r igh t over the o ld man. Thedr iver s ta ted that he d id not sec * h im: t in* d r iver was go ingvery fas t a t the t ime*.Stee l’s shou lder b lade was broken andhe was in ju red in terna l ly, and he d ied twenty - four hoursa f te r t in* acc ident; the coroner he ld an inquest and thejury rendered a verd ic t o f acc identa l death.

Hlubaker was an Amer ican; he was work ing wi th an o lderbro ther: he was stand ing a shor t d is tance hack f rom theface* when a fa l l o f coa l knocked a post out s t r ik ing h im OHthe head f rac tur ing h is sku l l, caus ing Ids death in two day'sa t te r.

Kearney was an I r ish miner; at t in* t ime of t l ie acc ident he*was r id ing to h is work in a wagon on the d i l l y road and ashe was about to get out o f the wagon he st ruck h is headaga ins t a post and fe l l be tween the wagon and t in* r ib. andwas fa ta l l y in ju red and d ied on the* MUt l i .

Coy le was an I r ish miner; IK * was ins tant ly k i l led by be ings t ruck on the temple by a post as he was tak ing them outin an ent ry s tump.

Tropke was a Hungar ian miner; he was Ins tant ly k i l led ashe was tak ing posts out o f a r ib; the man who worked wi thh im warned h im not to go hack a f te r the post, hu t l ie pa idno at ten t ion to h im and was bur ied under the fa l l..Madnr was a Herman miner: he was la ta l l y In ju red by a fa l lo f s la te and d ied in a few days; l ie had very l i t t le knowl-edge of the danger encountered in min ing.

Shul tz was a Colander: he was ins tant ly k i l led by a fa l l o froo f coa l and s la te as l ie was tak ing posts out in a r ib.

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Lar imer No. 4 mine. . . do.I •>Lewis Crock. . . . 1 2Pdo< let ’JO.

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