Lackawanna County PAGenWeb   1885 Scranton Area Mine Information

From the Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Part III, Industrial Statistics, Vol xII 1885. Published Harrisburg, Pa, EK Meyers State Printer 1886
Scranton Area Mine Deaths, 1885

Date
Name
Age
Residence
Nationality
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

Stats: Cause of fatal accidents in the First District 1885

Explosion of gas
2
 3.70%
Explosion of powder and blasts
6
 11.11%
Falls of coal
16
 29.63%
Falls of roofs
19
 35.19%
Machinery outside
2
 3.70%
Falling down shafts
3
 5.55%
Caught by hoisting carriages
2
 3.70%
Miscellaneous, inside
2
 3.70%
Miscellaneous, outside
2
 3.70%

List of Collieries, (coal mines) In Lackawanna County

Name Operator Supt. Address
Archibald shaft Del Laka & West RR Ben Hughes Scranton
Bellevue shaft
"
"
 Scranton
Bellevue slope
"
"
 Scranton
Brisbin shaft
"
"
 Scranton
Bridge mines Bridge Coal Co. Ltd. A. B. Stevens Scranton
Brennan's Mines Thomas Brennan Thomas Brennan Carbondale
Continental Shaft Del Laka & West RR Benj Hughes Scranton
Central Shaft
"
"
 Scranton
Cayuga Shaft
"
"
 Scranton
Capouse Shaft Lackawanna Iron & Coal Reese G Brooks Scranton
Coal Brook Mines Del & Hudson Canal Co A. H. Vandling Scranton
Dunn Mines Penn. Anthracite Coal Co John Jermyn Scranton
Dodge Mines Del Laka & West RR Co Benj Hughes Scranton
Diamond No. 2
"
"
 Scranton
Diamond Tripps
"
"
 Scranton
Dolph Mines Edward Dolph Edward Dolph jr. Scranton
Eddy Creek Shaft Del & Hud Canal Co A.H. Vandling Scranton
Edgerton Edgerton Coal Co. Ltd. Andr Clarkson Jermyn
Eaton Mines Jones, Simpson & Co Edw. Jones Archibald
Erie Shaft Hillside Coal & Iron Co W.A. May Scranton
Fair lawn Shaft Fair lawn Coal Co. John H Hosie Scranton
Forest City Shaft Hillside Coal & Iron W. A. May Scranton
Glendale Mines Glendale Coal Co F. A. Beamish Scranton
Greenwood Mines Penn Anthr Coal Co John Jermyn Scranton
Green Ridge slope O.S. Johnson O.S. Johnson Scranton
Holden mines Del Lak & West RR Benj Hughes Scranton
Hampton mines
"
"
 Scranton
Hyde Park mines
"
"
 Scranton
Jermyn No 1 & 2 Del. Hudson Canal Co A,H, Vandling Scranton
Jermyn No 4 John Jermyn J.J. Jermyn Scranton
Leggetts Creek Del Hudson Canal Co A. H. Vandling Scranton
Lackawanna Shaft Lackawanna Coal O.S. Johnson Scranton
Dixon shaft Del & Hudson Canal Co. A.H. Vandling Scranton
Meadow Brook William Connell & Co Wm Connell Scranton
Mt Pleasant William T Smith Wm. T Smith Scranton
Manville shaft D.L. and W R., Co B Hughes / Vandling Scranton
Marome Shaft Del & Hudson Canal Co AH Vandling Scranton
No. 1 shaft
"
"
 Scranton
No. 3 shaft
"
"
 Scranton
National William Connell & Co William Connell Scranton
Old Forge Penn Coal Co. John B Law Scranton
Oxford shaft Del Laka & West RR Benj Hughes Scranton
Olyphant No 2 Del & Hud Canal Co A. H.Vandling Scranton
Pyne Shaft Del Laka & West RR Benj Hughes Scranton

 Transcribed and contributed by Robert Williams

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