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Arsumbus, Pete
(Russian Miner, Miners Helper ca.1914, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of the big toe by mine cars in a room,
in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, March 14, 1914.)
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Baeden, W.
(Miner, ca.1909, Bessemer Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: In January, 1909, information
was made against Staney Jacat, Joseph Waleski and W. Baeden, miners, employed
by Bessemer Coal and Coke Company at Bessemer Mine, in which locked safety
lamps are used exclusively,charging them with the violation of Article 21,
section 1 of the mining laws, in carrying matches and smoking articles into
the mine. The men spent about three weeks in Allegheny county jail.
They were tried at No. 70 January term of court. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty against Staney Jacat and he was sentenced to thirty days
in the workhouse.)
Bart, J. G.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Bessemer No. 1 & No. 2 Mines,
Allegheny Co., PA, for Bessemer Coal & Coke Company, Russellton, PA.)
Bodolacki, John
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of index finger and laceration of hand.
Caught by rope of the machine while fitting, in the Bessemer No. 2
Mine, June 29, 1917.)
Boskok, Frank
(Polish Miner Boy, Helper ca.1910, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Scalp severely wounded by falling off the front end of a
trip of mine cars as it was landing on a side track at the bottom of the
shaft, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, June 10, 1910.)
Branzatt, Felix
(Austrian Miner, Shot-firer ca.1908, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Face and arm cut from a hanging shot. The day previous
the charge of powder in this hole missed fire, and the miner was instructed
to withdraw the charge the following day. The shot-firer was told by
the miner that he had a new charge in he hole, and fired it and went to the
face of the room to see the result, when a second blast went off from the
same place as the first one. The miner had not taken the old charge
of dynamite out of the hole, but had removed some of the tamping and placed
a new charge in the back of the hole, and the old charge in the back. was
exploded about one-half minute after the report of the charge in the front
of the hole. It appears that the heat from the blast in front end of
the hole ignited the old charge that should have been withdrawn, in the Bessemer
No. 1 Mine, Nov. 24, 1908.)
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Caleagnia, Paul
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 53, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured between mine car bumpers, in the Bessemer No.
1 Mine, Aug. 4, 1917.)
Clanish, Mike
(Russian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1910, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured. Right thigh bruised. Caught between a mine car and
a rib. He junped off his trip on the narrow side of the heading to
set a brake and was caught, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Aug. 15, 1910.)
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Ellis, Cleveland
(American Miner, Mucker ca.1916, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 26, married.);
(Killed. Fatally injured. Struck by a timber. Outside the Bessemer
No. 2 Mine, Aug. 22, 1916.)
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Fish, James
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured. Leg bvroken and shoulder dislocated by afall of roof rock
on pillar work while inspecting the top to place more posts, in the Bessemer
No. 1 Mine, June 25, 1908.)
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Gans, Joseph
(German Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of right leg and laceration of toes of
left foot. Run over by electric mine motor on the haulage road, which
was being used as a traveling way as the manway was wet, in the Bessember
Mine, April 4, 1917.)
Ganss, Frederick
(Miner, ca.1917, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade ca.1917. Received
his Certificate ca.1917.)
Gerpanof, Mike
(Russian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1914, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 50, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate at tyhe face of an entry,
in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, March 17, 1914.)
Gliscienski, Tony
(Polish Miner, Mule Driver ca.1914, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 28, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a trip of mine cars on the motor road,
in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Feb. 26, 1914.)
Gordon, James F.
(Miner, ca.1917, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Fire Boss, ca.1917. Received his Certificate
ca.1917.)
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Hatalsky, Mike
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Four ribs fractured between a mine car and the side while
applying the brakes, in the Bessemer No. 2 Mine, May 17, 1917.)
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Jacat, Staney
(Miner, ca.1909, Bessemer Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: In January, 1909, information
was made against Staney Jacat, Joseph Waleski and W. Baeden, miners, employed
by Bessemer Coal and Coke Company at Bessemer Mine, in which locked safety
lamps are used exclusively,charging them with the violation of Article 21,
section 1 of the mining laws, in carrying matches and smoking articles into
the mine. The men spent about three weeks in Allegheny county jail.
They were tried at No. 70 January term of court. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty against Staney Jacat and he was sentenced to thirty days
in the workhouse.)
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Kitkosky, Andy
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Wrist fractured between mine cars, in the Bessemer No. 1
Mine, Aug. 28, 1917.)
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Latest, George
(Polish Miner, Snapper ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA, Age
29, single.);
(Injured. Back of hand and fingers lacerated and contused between bumper
and frame of motor, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, May 17, 1917.)
Love, F. S.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Bessemer Coal & Coke Company,
Bessemer No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
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Marshall, George
(American Miner, Tippleman ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Clavicle fractured between a mine car and a post on
the tipple. Outside the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Jan. 23, 1917.)
Missimino, Andy
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1910, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 33, single.);
(Injured. Foot crushed. He jumped off aloaded trip to fasten
the brake on the second mine car and his foot was caught in the latch and
the mine car passed over it, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Oct. 30, 1910.)
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Neflesky, Charles
(German Miner, Shot Firer ca.1907, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 37, married.);
(Injured. Hands and face burned by gas in an entry. The gas feeder
was ignited by a blast of dynamite, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Feb. 14,
1907.)
Nips, John
(Russian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1910, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken and shoulder dislocated. Caught between
a mine car and a rib on the narrow side of entry. He left his room
and going out on the butt entry he threw on the brake and started the trip,
in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Dec. 24, 1910.)
Noreikervich, Andy
(Austrian Miner, Shife Boss ca.1917, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 35, single.);
(Injured. Skull fractured when he pulled the air manifold down upon
himself, in the Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Jan. 10, 1917.);
(This could be the same man as Andy Noreikervich listed below.)
Noreikervich, Andy
(Austrian Miner, Pumpman ca.1917, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 35, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by falling from a pump to the bottom of the
hoisting shaft while blowing steam through the pump to thaw ice, in the Bessemer
No. 2 Mine, Feb. 13, 1917.);
(This could be the same man as Andy Noreikervich listed above.)
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Robeletsky, Tony
(Polish Miner, Coal Loader ca.1907, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Hands and face burned by gas in an entry. The gas feeder
was ignited by a blast of dynamite, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Feb. 14,
1907.)
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Simpson, Peter
(Miner, ca.1917, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1917. Received
his Certificate ca.1917.)
Skibinsky, John
(Polish Miner, Mule Driver ca.1909, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 30, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a mine car. He was going down grade
on the main entry with his trip and in some unknown manner was run over,
in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Dec. 14, 1909. He died four hours later.)
Stanford, James C.
(Miner, ca.1917, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade ca.1917. Received
his Certificate ca.1917.)
Stromota, Peter
(Slavonian Miner, Topman ca.1916, Bessemer No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 35, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by falling down the mine shaft, at the Bessemer
No. 2 Mine, Nov. 16, 1916.)
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Vanoski, Charlie
(Polish Miner Boy, Mule Driver ca.1909, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co.,
PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a mine car. The mine car broke loose
from another trip, ran down the entry and struck him, in the Bessemer No.
1 Mine, Feb. 11, 1909.)
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Waleski, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1909, Bessemer Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: In January, 1909, information
was made against Staney Jacat, Joseph Waleski and W. Baeden, miners, employed
by Bessemer Coal and Coke Company at Bessemer Mine, in which locked safety
lamps are used exclusively,charging them with the violation of Article 21,
section 1 of the mining laws, in carrying matches and smoking articles into
the mine. The men spent about three weeks in Allegheny county jail.
They were tried at No. 70 January term of court. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty against Staney Jacat and he was sentenced to thirty days
in the workhouse.)
Waratinski, Dan
(Russian Miner, Snapper ca.1917, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 22, single.);
(Injured. Wrist fractured between mine cars, in the Bessemer Mine,
Sept. 12, 1917.)
Wood, F. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1905, Bessemer Coal & Coke Company, Bessemer
No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.)
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Yanolevitch, Mike
(Polish Miner, Coal Loader ca.1909, Bessemer No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA,
Age 49, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof on pillar work while
undermining, in the Bessemer No. 1 Mine, May 15, 1909.)
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