Report
of the Bureau of Mines
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year 1875
Report
of the Bureau of Mines
| Name
of colliery, location
1. No. 2 or Port Griffith, Jenkins Twp 2. Everhart, Jenkins Twp 3. No. 6 shaft, Jenkins Twp 4. No. 5 shaft, Jenkins Twp 5. No. 11 shaft, Jenkins Twp 6. No. 7 shaft, Jenkins Twp 7. No. 4 shaft, Pittston borough 8. No. 4 slope, Jenkins Twp 9. New No. 1 shaft, Pittston Twp 10. Tompkins, Pittston borough 11. No. 1 slope & tunnel, Pittston borough 12. No. 9 shaft, Pittston borough 13. No. 10 shaft, Pittston Twp 14. No. 8 shaft, Pittston Twp 15. No. 6 slope, Pittston Twp 16. Seneca slope, Pittston borough 17. Ravine shaft, Pittston borough 18. Beaver, Pittston borough 19. Rock Hill, Pittston borough 20. Twin shaft, Pittston borough 21. Phoenix shaft, Pittston Twp 22. Columbia, Pittston Twp 23. Butler, Pittston Twp 24. Ontario, Pleasant Valley borough 25. Hillside, Pleasant Valley borough 26. Heidleburg, Pleasant Valley borough 27. New shaft at No. 10, Pittston Twp 28. Browns, Pleasant Valley borough 29. Dawson, Pleasant Valley borough 30. Stark, Lackawanna Twp 31. Spring Brook, Lackawanna Twp 32. Spring Brook, Lackawanna Twp 33. Carbon Hill, Old Forge Twp 34. Sibley, Old Forge Twp 35. Pyne, Lackawanna Twp 36. Taylor shaft/drift, Lackawanna Twp 37. Corey breaker Nos. 4, 8 & 10, Lackawanna Twp 38. Greenwood, Lackawanna Twp 39. National Anthracite, City of Scranton 40. Meadow Brook, City of Scranton 41. Stafford Brook, City of Scranton 42. Scranton C. Co., Lackawanna Twp 43. Dodge, Lackawanna Twp 44. Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Twp 45. Bellevue slope, Lackawanna Twp 46. Oxford, City of Scranton 47. Central, City of Scranton 48. Sloan, Lackawanna Twp 49. Archibald, Lackawanna Twp 50. Continental, Lackawanna Twp 51. Hampton, Lackawanna Twp 52. Hyde Park, City of Scranton 53. Capouse, City of Scranton 54. Mt. Pleasant, City of Scranton |
Name
of colliery, location
55. Park, City of Scranton 56. Diamond shaft, City of Scranton 57. Diamond slope, City of Scranton 58. Tripp slope, City of Scranton 59. Brisbin shaft, City of Scranton 60. Cayuga shaft, City of Scranton 61. Von Storch, City of Scranton 62. Leggett's Creek, City of Scranton 63. Marion, City of Scranton 64. Rolling Mill, City of Scranton 65. Pine brook, City of Scranton 66. Fair Lawn, City of Scranton 67. Green Ridge, Dunmore borough 68. No. 2 shaft/slope, Dunmore borough 69. Roaring Brook, Dunmore borough 70. Gipsey Grove/Finnerty's tunnel/Smith's tunnel/Sawyer's tunnel, Dunmore borough 71. Elk Hill, Blakely Twp 72. Dip mines, Blakely Twp 73. Eddy Creek, Blakely Twp 74. No. 1 colliery, Blakely Twp 75. Grassy Island, Blakely Twp 76. Filer, Blakely Twp 77. Winton, Blakely Twp 78. Eaton, Blakely Twp 79. White Oak, Blakely Twp 80. No. 1 shaft, Gibsonburg borough 81. Jermyn's slope, Gibsonburg borough 82. Erie, Carbondale Twp 83. Powderly slope, Carbondale Twp 84. Powderly tunnel, Carbondale Twp 85. No. 1 slope, City of Carbondale 86. White Ridge, City of Carbondale 87. No. 3 shaft, City of Carbondale 88. Coal Brook, City of Carbondale 89. Breaker Tunnel, City of Carbondale 90. Lackawanna, City of Carbondale 91. Valley Tunnel, City of Carbondale 92. Mill Ridge, Fell Twp 93. Jefferson, Fell Twp 94. Midland Tunnel, Fell Twp 95. Chestnut Hill, City of Carbondale 96. No. 12 shaft, Pleasant Valley borough 97. Law shaft, Pleasant Valley borough 98. Nealon & Gilmartin, City of Carbondale 99. Horan Coal mine, City of Carbondale 100. Elk Creek, Fell Twp 101. Tripp Coal mine, City of Scranton 102. Rackett's Breaker, Carbondale Twp 103. Screens at Dunmore, Dunmore borough 104. No. 6 1/2 breaker, Dunmore borough 105. No. 2 breaker, Pittston borough 106. Jermyn's shaft, Green Ridge 107. William's breaker, Fell Twp 108. Campbell & Son, City of Scranton |
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
1/15 THOMAS CONNELLY, 18, single, Dodge
colliery
1/19 JOHN KILPATRICK, 46, married 3 children, Coal
Brook
colliery
1/29 THOMAS HEALY, 19, single, Von Storch colliery
2/1 BERNARD O'HORA, ,
, White Oak colliery
2/1 WILLIAM LOFTUS, 17, ,
Diamond colliery
2/3 THOMAS J EVANS, 32,
married 3 children,
Spring Brook colliery
2/3 THOMAS MURTAUGH, 26,
married 1 child,
Von Storch colliery
2/5 BENJAMIN LEWIS, 40, ,
Continental colliery
2/11 JOHN DONOHUE, 16, , Ravine colliery
2/15 WM. FANNING, 47, , Butler colliery
2/19 CHARLES WINEBRAKE, 14, , Diamond colliery
2/22 LOUIS JENKINS, 35, married 4 children, Sloan
colliery
2/24 PETER WALKER, 35, married 3 children, Roaring
Brook
colliery
2/24 WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 19, , Diamond colliery
2/24 THOMAS BARRETT, 25, , Diamond colliery
2/26 CHARLES SHOTTO Jr, , , Winton colliery
3/9 THOMAS M'ANDREW,
25, single, Von storch
colliery
3/10 THOMAS DAVIS, 43, married 8 children, Hampton
colliery
3/20 THOMAS RODERICK, 15, , Central colliery
3/22 FRANK READING, 67, single, No. 2 shaft
colliery
3/26 JOHN BOLAND, 12, , Green Ridge colliery
3/27 PATRICK TYRELL, 16, , Dodge shaft colliery
3/31 WM. DEMPSTER, , , Tompkins colliery
3/31 AUSTIN GINLEY, , , Tompkins colliery
4/1 JOHN NALLIN, , ,
Meadow Brook colliery
4/5 WILLIAM BOURKE, 17, ,
Greenwood colliery
4/9 RICHARD STURBRIDGE, 30,
single, No. 2
Diamond colliery
4/14 EDWARD DOUGHERTY, 23, single, Fair Lawn
colliery
4/15 JAMES GREELY, 14, , Scranton Coal Co mines
4/17 MIKE M'CARTHY, 21, single, Sloan colliery
4/22 THOMAS CARDIN, , , No. 10 shaft colliery
4/22 JAMES JORDAN, 16, , Leggitt's Creek colliery
4/24 JOHN FLYNN, 28, single, Grassy Island
colliery
4/26 HENRY BATH, 38, married 2 children, Ravine
colliery
4/27 DANIEL M'GOWAN, 40, married 3 children, White
Oak
colliery
4/28 PATRICK MURPHY, 27, married 5 children,
Oxford shaft
colliery
4/29 JOHN HUNT, 39, single, Powderly slope
colliery
4/30 LARRY TOOLE, , , Greenwood colliery
4/30 MICHAEL SHEEHAN, 29, single, Pine Brook
colliery
5/4 JAMES JONES, 32,
married 1 child, Cayuga
shaft colliery
5/6 REESE DAVIS, 45, married 9
children, Sloan
shaft colliery
5/8 WM. S. DAVIS, 42, married
5 children,
Continental shaft colliery
5/12 MARTIN O'HORA, 18, single, Archbald shaft
colliery
5/15 GEORGE THOMAS, 40, , Archbald shaft colliery
5/15 WM. BRADBURRY, 36, , Carbon Hill colliery
5/19 RICHARD LAMB, 45, married, Oxford shaft
colliery
5/21 RODGER FINNERTY, 55, married 5 children,
Eaton colliery
5/24 REESE LLOYD, 45, married 3
children, Sloan
shaft colliery
5/25 RICHARD JONES, 48, married, Grassy Island
colliery
5/28 THOMAS GRIFFITH, 28, married, Taylor shaft
colliery
5/29 THOMAS JONES, 13, , Von Storch colliery
6/1 PATRICK CLIFFORD,
, , No. 10 shaft colliery
6/4 PATRICK NOLAN, 16, , Fair
Lawn colliery
6/4 MICHAEL COYNE, 60, married
5 children,
National colliery
6/4 JAMES RUANE, 17, single,
Meadow Brook
colliery
6/10 THOMAS O'DONNELL, 23, single, Oxford shaft
colliery
6/10 PETER GUNDLOCK, 58, married 3 children,
Tripp's slope
colliery
6/17 ISAAC EDMUNDS, , , Meadow Brook colliery
6/22 PATRICK M'ANDREWS, 28, married, Diamond shaft
colliery
6/24 JAMES LYONS, 16, , Hillside colliery
6/25 THOMAS ROWNY, 33, single, Dodge colliery
6/28 W. H. WATLEY, 14, , Leggitt's Creek colliery
7/1 JOHN HEALY, , ,
Meadow Brook colliery
7/3 PATRICK MALLY, 45, married
8 children,
Leggitt's Creek colliery
7/3 DAVID JONES, 14, , Meadow
Brook colliery
7/7 JOHN WATKINS, ,widower,
Scranton Coal
Co. colliery
7/8 CHARLES PARRY, 17, single,
Ontario colliery
7/16 PATRICK FLATHERTY, 13, , White Oak colliery
7/19 PATRICK MULDERIG, 50, married 6 children, No.
4 shaft
colliery
7/24 PATRICK CORCORAN, , , Winton colliery\
7/27 THOS. M'HALE, , , Filer's slope colliery
7/27 WM. BENNETT, , , Filer's slope colliery
8/9 JOHN DIFFERS, 14,
, Taylor colliery
8/19 THOMAS MURPHY, 21, single, Cayuga colliery
8/21 DANIEL BEYNON, 25, single, Central colliery
8/21 JAMES GALLAGHER, 20, single, Von Storch
colliery
8/21 JOHN MORAN, 13, , Tompkin's colliery
8/23 MICHAEL NOON, , , Green Ridge colliery
8/24 THOMAS SULLIVAN, , , Forest Tunnel colliery
8/27 FLORENCE SULLIVAN, 30, single, Taylor shaft
8/27 WILLIAM DURKIN, , , No. 5 shaft
8/31 DANIEL KAELAHER, , , Pine Brook shaft
9/1 TIMOTHY M'NULTY,
44, married 8 children,
No. 7 shaft
9/15 PATRICK GALLAGHER, 40, married, Grassy Island
shaft
9/18 ED. EVANS, 40, married, Grassy Island shaft
9/27 HOWELL JONES, 17, single, Continental shaft
10/1 HUGH PACE, 38, married 3 children,
No. 5 shaft
10/1 WM. FAIRCLOTH, , , No. 9 shaft
10/8 THOS. TWADDLE, , , Eddy Creek
10/19 MICHAEL KELLY, , , Tripp's slope
10/22 WM. LOFTUS, , , Tripp's slope
11/1 PETER FLYNN, , , Brisbin colliery
11/9 MICHAEL LANE, , , Eaton colliery
11/12 JOHN COULTER, 40, single, Hillside colliery
11/12 THOMAS GRANT, 42, married, Archbald
11/15 OSCAR GRAMBS, 13, , Hampton colliery
11/25 JOHN NOON, , , No. 6 shaft Jenkins Twp
12/1 PATRICK O'DOUD, 38, married 4
children, No. 3 shaft
Carbondale
12/4 FREDERICK JONES, 40, married, Von Storch
12/8 MARTIN WELSH, , , Eddy Creek shaft
12/23 THOMAS DEE, 50, married 6 children, Elk Hill colliery
12/30 JAMES LAIRD, 28, married 3 children, Phoenix colliery
1/4 JOHN HOPKINS, 15,
single, 0 children, Von
Storch slope, Providence
1/5 MICHAEL GRANT, 15, single,
0 children,
Hampton shaft, Hyde Park
1/9 CHRISTOPHER RILEY, 31,
single, 0 children,
No. 3 shaft, Carbondale
1/16 JOHN FAGAN, 40, married, 5 children, Filer
colliery,
Winton
1/18 JOHN MALIA, 15, single, 0 children, No. 10
shaft,
Pittston borough
1/20 WILLIAM BATTEN, 45, married, 6 children,
Leggets
Creek shaft, Providence
1/20 JOHN MCCULLOUGH, 30, married, 3 children,
Leggets
Creek shaft, Providence
1/23 JOHN FOUNDATION, age?, marital status ?,
children
?, Phoenix shaft, Pittston
1/24 JACOB SCHOSTER, 24, single, 0 children,
Sibley shaft,
Old Forge Twp
1/29 JOHN MCDONOUGH, 40, married, 4 children,
Gipsey Grove
colliery, Dunmore borough
1/29 JOHN CARDING, 16, single, 0
children, Capouse shaft,
Hyde Park
1/29 JOHN MURRAY, 35, married, 5 children, Gipsey
Grove
colliery, Dunmore borough
1/31 WILLIAM REES, age?, marital status?,
children?, Gipsey
Grove colliery, Dunmore bor
2/2 THOMAS MEHAN, 16,
single, 0 children, Bellevue
shaft, Lackawanna Twp
2/9 JAMES TOOLE, 20, single, 0
children, School
Fund Assn slope, Hyde Park
2/12 PATRICK MCGETRICK, 35, single, 0 children,
Pine Brook
shaft, Scranton
2/19 CHARLES COSGROVE, 14, single, 0 children, No.
6 shaft,
Jenkins Twp
2/19 MICHAEL MULDERIG, 22, single, 0 children,
Greenwood
colliery, Lackawanna Twp
2/21 PATRICK MCDONALD, 16, single, 0 children,
Greenwood
colliery, Lackawanna Twp
2/22 FREDERICK SCHMALTZ, 47, married, 6 children,
No.
8 shaft, Pittston Twp
3/1 GEORGE DOYLE, 50,
single, 0 children, Ravine
shaft, Pittston borough
3/6 THOMAS DAVIES, 14, single,
0 children,
Winton slope, Winton
3/6 THOMAS LEWIS, age?,
marital status?, children?,
Pine Brook Shaft, Scranton
3/19 MICHAEL O'MALIA, 14, single, 0 children,
National
colliery, Lackawanna Twp
3/23 JAMES FERRICK, 40, married, 4 children,
Butler shaft,
Pittston Twp
3/23 OWEN VAHEY, 28, single, 1 child, Seneca
Slope, Pittston
borough
3/23 JOHN MCHALE, 21, single, 0 children, Grassy
Island
shaft, Olyphant
3/26 PATRICK LOFTUS, 26, single, 0 children, Green
Ridge
slope, Dunmore
3/28 BENJAMIN JONES, 23, single, 0 children, Sloan
shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
3/31 JOHN DANIELS, 25, single, 0 children, Pine
Brook
Shaft, Scranton
3/31 PATRICK READY, 40, married, 2 children, Pine
Brook
Shaft, Scranton
3/31 JONAH LLOYD, 28, married, 2 children,
Bellevue shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
3/31 THOMAS DAVIES, 22, single, 0 children,
Bellevue shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
3/31 THOMAS DALEY, 35, married, 5 children, No. 9
shaft,
Pittston borough
4/10 MARTIN HEFFERON, age?, marital
status?, children?,
No. 6 shaft, Jenkins Twp
4/10 WILLIAM REYNOLDS, 62, married, 3 children,
No. 6
shaft, Jenkins Twp
4/12 JOHN FERGUSON, 14, single, 0 children, Pine
Brook
Shaft, Scranton
4/13 PATRICK MALIA, 14, single, 0 children, No. 3
shaft,
Carbondale
4/14 JOHN FARRELL, age?, marital status?,
children?, Phoenix
shaft, Pittston
4/17 JAMES R MCHALE, 27, single, 0 children, Eddy
Creek
shaft, Olyphant
4/17 DOMINICK HALEY, 18, single, 0 children,
Meadow Brook
shaft, Scranton
4/17 JAMES MARTIN, age?, marital status?,
children?, No.
13 shaft, Pleasant Valley
4/20 JOHN MARTIN, 32, married, 4 children, No. 9
shaft,
Pittston borough
4/20 JAMES COON, 35, married, 6 children, Green
Ridge
slope, Dunmore borough
4/23 FRANK KELLY, 40, single, 0 children, Meadow
Brook
shaft, Scranton
4/25 HENRY THOMAS, 13, single, 0 children, Capouse
shaft,
Hyde Park
4/27 MICHAEL DEMPSY, 17, single, 0 children, No. 2
slope,
Dunmore borough
4/27 MARTIN CANNON, 40, married, 5 children, Eddy
Creek
shaft, Olyphant
4/30 JOHN FALLEN, 16, single, 0 children, Roaring
Brook
shaft, Dunmore borough
5/1 JAMES NUTE, 35,
married, 4 children, Filer
colliery, Winton
5/7 PATRICK RONEY, 32, single,
0 children,
Von Storch slope, Providence
5/8 JOHN TIMLIN, 44, married,
7 children,
Von Storch slope, Providence
5/8 JOHN DURKIN, 35, married,
2 children,
Eaton colliery, Archbald
5/12 REES MORGANS, 45, married, 6 children, Coal
Brook
tunnel, Carbondale
5/12 MICHAEL PHILBERT, 15, single, 0 children,
Phinney
mines, Lackawanna Twp
5/16 THOMAS LANNING, 49, married, 2 children,
Brisbane
shaft, Providence
5/23 JOHN COLLINS, 50, married, 0 children, Filer
colliery,
Winton
5/24 THOMAS J WILLIAMS, 16, single, 0 children,
Ravine
shaft, Pittston borough
5/29 PATRICK MAHON, 40, married, 3 children,
Meadow Brook
tunnel, Scranton
5/31 TERRANCE BRENNAN, 36, married, 4 children,
No. 8
shaft, Pittston Twp
6/4 RICHARD RUDDY,
16, single, 0 children,
Roaring Brook shaft, Dunmore borough
6/6 DAVID WATKINS, 25,
married, 3 children,
Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Twp
6/6 PATRICK DUFFY, 32,
married, 3 children,
Bellevue shaft, Lackawanna Twp
6/6 JOHN EYNON, 40, married, 2
children, Hampton
shaft, Hyde Park
6/6 JOHN R MORRIS, 35,
married, 2 children,
Hampton shaft, Hyde Park
6/6 MICHAEL LAVELLE, 21,
single, 0 children,
Hampton shaft, Hyde Park
6/6 THOMAS MCCRINDLE, 47,
married, 8 children,
Dawson shaft, Pleasant Valley borough
6/6 DAVID CHELTON, 16, single,
0 children,
No. 3 shaft, Carbondale
6/7 JAMES JORDAN, 30, married,
3 children,
No. 6 slope, Pittston Twp
6/7 DAVID D THOMAS, 55,
married, 4 children,
Diamond shaft, Hyde Park
6/7 WILLIAM KENNEDY, 32,
married, 4 children,
Mount Pleasant slope, Hyde Park
6/8 JAMES SHORT, 15, single, 0
children, Green
Ridge shaft, Scranton
6/8 EDWARD RAMAGE, 18, single,
0 children,
No. 9 shaft, Pittston borough
6/11 OWEN MCCREW, 55, married, 3 children, Leggets
Creek
shaft, Providence
6/11 JAMES WELSH, 40, married, 5 children, No. 6
shaft,
Jenkins Twp
6/12 EDWARD BURKE, 28, single, 0 children, No.2
slope,
Jenkins Twp
6/15 WILLIAM J MORGAN, 27, married, 1 child,
Cayuga shaft,
Providence
6/16 EDWARD GALAVAN, 38, married, 3 children,
Filer colliery,
Winton
6/16 JOHN DOUDALE, 48, married, 7 children, Fair
Lawn
slope, Scranton
6/18 PETER LYNOTT, 16, single, 0 children, Leggets
Creek
shaft, Providence
6/20 MICHAEL MCCREA, 9, single, 0 children,
Greenwood
colliery, Lackawanna Twp
6/29 ANTHONY JUDGE, 35, married, 4 children, Green
Ridge
slope, Scranton
7/2 ANTHONY
CHURCHFIELD, 35, married, 2 children,
Dawson shaft, Pleasant Valley
7/5 THOMAS HARRISON, 20,
single, 0 children,
Meadow Brook shaft, Scranton
7/6 THOMAS JOYCE, 30, single,
0 children,
No. 9 shaft, Pittston borough
7/9 CASPAR WRIGHT, 40,
married, 0 children,
Phoenix shaft, Pittston Twp
7/11 JOHN N BURKE, 40, married, 5 children,
Hillside colliery,
Pleasant Valley
7/11 SABBATH WILLIAMS, 38, married, 2 children,
No. 7
shaft, Jenkins Twp
7/11 TIMOTHY WELSH, 16, single, 0 children, Meadow
Brook
shaft, Scranton
7/12 MICHAEL SULLIVAN, 35, married, 4 children,
Taylor
shaft, Lackawanna Twp
7/14 BENJAMIN HUGHES, 35, married, 3 children,
Pine Brook
shaft, Scranton
7/16 THOMAS RATCHFORD, 30, married, 2 children,
Phoenix
shaft, Pittston Twp
7/16 JAMES HALL, 25, married, 0 children, Phoenix
shaft,
Pittston Twp
7/16 BARNEY GRIFFIN, 35, married, 3 children,
Phoenix
shaft, Pittston Twp
7/18 PATRICK MALIA, 34, married, 1 child, Twin
shaft,
Pittston borough
7/19 AUSTIN NEVIN, 30, married, 1 child, Twin
shaft, Pittston
borough
7/20 MICHAEL WELSH, 50, single, 0 children, No. 9
shaft,
Pittston borough
7/24 JOHN MCMANAMAN, 15, single, 0 children, No. 4
slope,
Jenkins Twp
7/25 DOMINICK LACKEN, 14, single, 0 children, No.
1 shaft,
Carbondale
7/27 HENRY PADLEY, 15, single, 0 children, Von
Storch
slope, Providence
7/27 ELMER HELMES, 17, single, 0 children, Butler
shaft,
Pittston Twp
8/29 WILLIAM POLLY, 32, married, 3
children, Seneca slope,
Pittston borough
8/31 WILLIAM REESE, 23, married, 1 child, Green
Ridge
slope, Scranton
9/19 JOHN SALTRY, age?, marital status?,
children?, Hancock
mines, Providence
10/10 WILLIAM KEATING, 42, married, 6 children, No.
9 shaft, Pittston
borough
10/12 JOHN HASTINGS, age?, marital status?, children?, No. 4
slope, Jenkins Twp
10/20 WILLIAM H RULE, 35, married, 6 children, Green Ridge
shaft,
Scranton
10/20 THOMAS FOX, 40, married, 6 children, Green Ridge slope,
Scranton
10/24 PATRICK LYNCH, 40, married, 5 children, Gipsey Grove
colliery,
Dunmore borough
10/26 HUGH KENNEDY, 35, married, 2 children, Von Storch
slope,
Providence
10/27 THOMAS MEEHAN, 35, married, 5 children, No. 11 shaft,
Jenkins
Twp
10/30 JOHN ALEXANDER, 27, married, 2 children, Von Storch
slope,
Providence
11/2 JOHN GURBLE, age?, marital status?,
children?, Jermyn's
slope, Jermyn borough
11/2 RICHARD KLOPFER, age?, marital status?,
children?,
Jermyn's slope, Jermyn borough
11/3 ANTHONY BARRETT, 16, single, 0 children,
Gipsey Grove
colliery, Dunmore borough
11/5 THOMAS DELANEY, 39, married, 1 child, No. 6
shaft,
Jenkins Twp
11/6 G W THOMAS, 27, married, 2 children, Pyne
shaft,
Old Forge Twp
11/8 THOMAS WAYMAN, 15, single, 0 children, No. 1
shaft,
Carbondale
11/9 JOHN FOY, 14, single, 0 children, Continental
shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
11/10 JOHN KEARNEY, 16, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant
slope,
Hyde Park
11/12 MICHAEL BROWN, 14, single, 0 children, No. 9 shaft,
Pittston
borough
11/13 JAMES TOMLIMSON, 25, married, 1 child, Twin shaft,
Pittston
borough
11/14 EDWARD SIMONS, 13, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant
slope,
Hyde Park
11/14 MARTIN TOOL, 35, married, 3 children, Greenwood
colliery,
Lackawanna Twp
11/15 AUGUST KRITZ, 12, single, 0 children, Diamond mines,
Hyde
Park
11/15 MAUX PHILLIPS, 41, married, 6 children, Green Ridge
shaft,
Scranton
11/15 GOTLIEB MONDT, 39, married, 3 children, Green Ridge
shaft,
Scranton
11/15 PATRICK BARNES, 35, married, 4 children, Green Ridge
shaft,
Scranton
11/15 WILLIAM LANYON, 22, married, 1 child, Green Ridge
shaft,
Scranton
11/15 LUKE BURNS, 14, single, 0 children, Green Ridge shaft,
Scranton
11/15 J W MCPEAKE, 13, single, 0 children, Green Ridge shaft,
Scranton
11/16 PATRICK MALIA, 40, married, 5 children, No. 10 shaft,
Pittston
borough
11/16 MILES CAWLEY, 30, married, 1 child, Von Storch slope,
Providence
11/20 JOHN BURKE, 50, single, 0 children, Filer, colliery,
Winton
11/23 JOHN OWENS, 16, single, 0 children, Mount Pleasant
slope,
Hyde Park
11/24 THOMAS OWENS, 50, married, 7 children, No. 10 shaft,
Pittston
borough
11/24 JOHN KELLEY, 40, married, 5 children, No. 10 shaft,
Pittston
borough
11/26 PATRICK MCANDREWS, 33, married, 1 child, No. 12 shaft,
Pleasant Valley
11/26 THOMAS MCGRATH, 15, single, 0 children, Continental
shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
11/28 BENJAMIN DAVIES, 16, single, 0 children, Continental
shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
11/28 PATRICK RUNEY, 45, married, 3 children, Greenwood
colliery,
Lackawanna Twp
11/28 GEORGE HILL, 40, married, 6 children, Tompkins' shaft,
Pittston borough
11/29 WILLIAM ABBOTT, age?, marital status?, children?, No.
10
shaft, Pittston borough
11/29 JOHN COWAN, age?, marital status?, children?, No. 10
shaft,
Pittston borough
11/29 WILLIAM MITCHELL, age?, marital status?, children?, No.
10 shaft, Pittston borough
11/30 MICHAEL GALAGHER, 40, married, 4 children, No. 1 shaft,
Carbondale
12/1 MARTIN WALSH, 20, single, 0
children, Greenwood colliery,
Lackawanna Twp
12/4 JOSEPH D LEWIS, 15, single, 0 children,
Bellevue
slope, Lackawanna Twp
12/4 THOMAS SHARP, 40, single, 0 children, Meadow
Brook
shaft, Scranton
12/4 JAMES LEONARD, 25, single, 0 children, Meadow
Brook
shaft, Scranton
12/4 JOHN LEYSHON, 32, single, 0 children, Capouse
shaft,
Hyde Park
12/6 THOMAS MCNALLY, 30, married, 3 children,
Bellevue
shaft, Lackawanna Twp
12/6 OWEN MCCREW, 55, single, 2 children, Legget's
Creek
shaft, Providence
12/4 DAVID D THOMAS, 60, married, 5 children,
Diamond
mines, Hyde Park
12/8 DAVID MULCHRENE, 33, married, 3 children,
Legget's
Creek shaft, Providence
12/12 LEWIS TISHLER, 22, single, 0 children, No. 10 shaft,
Pittston
borough
12/12 WILLIAM MOWRY, 15, single, 0 children, Roaring Brook
shaft,
Dunsmore borough
12/12 MARTIN HALEY, 25, single, 0 children, No. 1 shaft,
Carbondale
12/13 DAVID EVANS, 12, single, 0 children, Sloan shaft,
Lackawanna
Twp
12/13 MORGAN POWELL, 53, married, 3 children, Legget's Creek
shaft, Providence
12/13 JAMES GILL, 48, married, 5 children, Coal Brook tunnel,
Carbondale
12/14 JAMES O'BOYLE, 37, married, 4 children, No. 6 slope,
Pittston
Twp
12/14 WILLIAM BOLLEN, 37, married, 2 children, No. 6 slope,
Pittston
Twp
12/15 THOMAS WILLIAMS, 13, single, 0 children, Diamond mines,
Hyde Park
12/18 JOSEPH FADDEN, 16, single, 0 children, Bellevue shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
12/19 PATRICK O'HARA, 24, married, 1 child, Roaring Brook
shaft,
Dunsmore borough
12/20 JAMES OLIVER JR, 13, single, 0 children, Hampton shaft,
Hyde Park
12/21 PATRICK CONNORS, 14, single, 0 children, Brisbin shaft,
Providence
12/21 ALFRED PEDDLE, 14, single, 0 children, Von Storch
slope,
Providence
12/22 MORGAN SWEENEY, 15, single, 0 children, Meadow Brook
tunnel,
Scranton
12/22 SARAH CONWAY, 55, single, 0 children, Diamond Mines,
Hyde
Park
12/24 JOSEPH CHAMBERS, 14, single, 0 children, Brisbin shaft,
Providence
12/24 PATRICK MCCORMICK, 35, married, 2 children, Taylor
shaft,
Lackawanna Twp
12/29 RICHARD HARRIS, 36, married, 4 children, Bellevue
slope,
Lackawanna Twp
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
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