[ A ]
Andrews, Ralph
(Miner, Carpentertown No.3 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ahlborn, Ira R.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine No.2 and No.3, Westmoreland Co., PA, for H C.
Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, married, wife Annabel Lessman Ahlborn.)
[ B ]
Bacha, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1910, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife,
Mary Hatala Bacha.)
Bafcik, Joe
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Joe Bafcik was working in Carpentertown No. 2 Mine at the time of the
Carpentertown No. 2 Mine gas explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Bagaciunas, Joseph B.
(Miner, ca.1930's, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Bair, Clyde Edward
(Miner, ca.1947, Carpentertown Mine, of the Carpentertown Coal & Coke
Company, near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 54.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of slate, in the Carpentertown Mine, Aug.
22, 1947. Lived in Mt. Pleasant, PA. [from the "Pittsburgh
Press," Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 22, 1947.].)
Baker, Mr.
(Boss Carpenter, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, worked at the
Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Bell, Ray
(Miner, Station Boss ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA.)
Bohatch, John
(Miner, ca.1912, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Anna Bohatch.)
Bollinger, Lawrence W.
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 53, married,
wife Elizabeth Wallace Bollinger, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb.
2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
(Lived at Greensburg R.D.5, PA near Pleasant-Unity, PA.)
Borza, Martin
(Miner, ca.1952, from Mt. Pleasant, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Borza was working in Carpentertown No. 2 Mine at the time of the Carpentertown
No. 2 Gas Explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Bungard, Bill
(Miner, Coke Oven Boss, Carpentertown Mine Coke Works, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, ca.1947-1954.)
Bungard, Elmer Russell
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Iva Newill
Bungard.) |
[ C ]
Czarniak, Andrew
(Miner, a Coal Digger, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Felicia Czarniak.);
(Andrew Czarniak also worked at the Gates Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Czarniak, Chet
(Miner, Motorman, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Eleanor Suskovich Czarniak);
(Chet Czarniak also worked at the Gates Mine, Fayette Co., PA.) |
[ D ]
Drexler, James M.
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Drotser, Frank
(Miner, before ca.1950, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Josephine Drotser);
(Lived in South Everson, before moving to Detroit, MI ca.1950.)
Dzurinda, Michael
(Russian Miner, ca.1900 - ca.1927, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, married, wife Anna Wanchak Dzurinda, 14 children.);
(Michael b. ca.1871 in Austria-Hungary; Anna b. 1885 in Wilkes-Barre, PA,
married ca.1900.);
(Anna Dzurinda was a midwife in Carpentertown, PA.);
(Moved to Cleveland, OH, ca.1927.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Farrell, Tony
(Miner, ca.1912, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Injured. Serviously injured internal injuries left leg crushed, when
a train of mine cars ran away at the Carpentertown Mine, of the Mt.
Pleasant Coal & Coke Company, June 20, 1912. Lived in Carpentertown,
PA. [from the "Pittsburgh Press," Pittsburgh, PA, June
20, 1912.].)
Fornal, Bruno
(Miner, ca.1952, from Mt. Pleasant, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 47.);
(Injured. Injured in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, sustained
shock, cuts, bruises and effects of the gas, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
[ G ]
Goughenour, Elmer
(Miner, ca.1931, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Eva Irene Dugan Goughenour.)
Grec, John
(Miner, ca.1922, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Anna Turchek Grec.)
Grimm, Henry
(Miner, ca.1910, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Ada Frances Ansell Grimm.);
(Henry Grimm also worked at the Hecla No. 1 or No. 3 Mines, Hecla, PA.) |
[ H ]
Hamborsky, Charles
(Czechoslovakian Miner, ca.1952, from Pennsville, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown
No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 56, married, wife Mary Hamborsky, 8
children.);
(Killed. Killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb.
2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Hare, George E.
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1943-1960, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA.);
(Father of George W. Hare.)
Hare, George W.
(Miner, Maintenance, Carpentertown No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Westmoreland
Co., PA.);
(George W. Hare also worked at the Standard Mine Coke Works, Standard,
Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1948-1959.)
Harvan, Andrew G.
(Miner, ca.1917, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Mary A. Nalevanko Harvan.)
Hatala, Mary
(See: Bacha, Andrew; wife of Andrew Bacha.)
Hawse, Edward
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hawse, Elmer, Jr.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hawse, Ernest "Red"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hawse, James
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hawse, Harry
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hawse, William
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hribal, Charles
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Hribal was working in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, at the time of the
Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Hollis, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1952, from Greensburg R.D.5, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 41.);
(Injured. Injured in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, sustained
shock, cuts, bruises and effects of the gas, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Hoyman, William E.
(Miner, ca.1933, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Sarah P. Anthony Hoyman.)
Hunter, John
(Miner, ca.1922, ca.1924, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife, Catherine Brenner Hunter.);
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA.);
(John Hunter was the Mine Foreman when the Carpentertown Mine disaster of
Feb. 2, 1952 happened.);
(Became a Pennsylvania State Mine Inspector.);
(d. ca.1983.) |
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jagoda, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1928, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Mary Schwab Jagoda.)
Janosic, Paul
(Miner, ca.1922, Carpentertown Miine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Mary Koren Janosic.)
[ K ]
Kaputa, Michael
(Miner, ca.1913, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, Westmoreland
Co., PA, wife Susan Maraniak Kaputa, children.)
Klementic, Mike
(Miner, ca.1952, from Greeensburg R.D.5, PA, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 40, married, wife Anna Nalevanko Klementic, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb.
2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Kostyo, Andras
(Miner, ca.1940-1950, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Andras Kostyo also worked at the United Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
ca.1915-1930, & the Mammoth Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Krozel, Charles T.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anastasia
M. Krozel.);
(b.1914 - d.2000.)
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[ L ]
Lesko, Andrew J., Sr.
(Austrian Miner, Mule Driver, Carpentertown No. 3 Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, married, wife Verona Lesko, 9 children.);
(Andrew Lesko was born in Locnow, Austria.)
Lesko, Andrew, Jr.
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 3 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Lesko, John
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Lesko, Mike
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Lessman, Annabel
(See: Ahlborn, Ira R.; wife of Ira R. Ahlborn.)
Lessman, Charlie
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 & No. 3 Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Lessman, Raymond
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine No. 2 & No. 3, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Lowery, Merle Eugene
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Helen Brady Lowery, 3 children; 3 daughters.);
(Lowery worked in the mine at the time of the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas
Explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
(Helped rescue Frank Smartnick after the Gas Explosion in Carpentertown No.
2 Mine, Feb. 2, 1952. He made several trips back in to rescue his beloved
"Buddies".);
(Merle Lowery also worked at the mine in Wyano.);
(b.1911- d.1981) |
[ M ]
Magrey, John Joseph
(Miner, ca.1952, from Latrobe, R.D. 3, PA near Marguerite, Carpentertown
No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 55, married, wife Mary Labuda Magrey,
5 children.);
(Killed. He was killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion,
Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Malesky, Ben
(Miner, Pit Boss, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Mathias, Harry W.
(Mine Superintendent, ca.1943-1953, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, married, wife Louise Gertrude Donkers Mathias, 3 children; 1 son, 2
daughters.);
(d. ca.1979.)
(Superintendent, of the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1952,
for Carpentertown Coal & Coke Company.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952.)
Matviya, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1910-1920, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Mary Kocis Matviya.);
(Andrew Matviya came for Kisszeben, Hungary [presentday Sabinov, Slovakia],
in ca.1909, he and his wife were Carpathe Rusyn.);
(Andrew Matviya also worked at the Allison Mine, Fayette Co., and the Atlantic
No. 2 Mine, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co.)
McShane, Hugh
(Miner, ca.1910 - 1940's, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
McShane, Jim
(Miner, ca.1920's - 1950's, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(He started as a coal picker at the age of 9, because he had poor eye sight
and was failing in school. No one thought to check his eyes or get him glasses.
They just thought he wasn't smart and put him to work in the mines.)
Mensinger, James
(Miner, Coke Works ca.1945, Carpentertown Coke Works, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 9.);
(Injured. His foot got caught in a coke drawing machine, outside the
Carpentertown Mine, Oct. 1, 1945. [from the "Daily Courier,"
Connellsville, PA, Oct. 9, 1945.].)
Miele, John
(Italian Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Catherine
Perillo Miele.)
Miele, Philip
(Italian Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Antoinette Rosso Miele.);
(b. Feb. 12, 1914 in San Pietro, Italy - d. Jan. 31, 2003. Son of John
Miele);
(Interred at St. Pius X Parish Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, PA. [from
"Tribune-Review," Greensburg, PA, Feb. 4, 2003.].)
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Miller, George C.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Atella Dublinsky
Miller.)
Miller, John W.
(Miner, ca.1918, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Gertrude Faith Miller.)
Minick, Alex
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Minick, George
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Mintus, John
(Miner, ca.1910, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife,
Ann Pocratski Mintus.)
Mundock, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1952, from Mammoth, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 46);
(Injured. Injured in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, sustained
shock, cuts, bruises and effects of the gas, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Murtha, Jim
(Superintendent, of the Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for Mount
Pleasant Coal & Coke Company.) |
[ N ]
Nicholson, Samuel "Aust"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Also worked at the Leisenring Mine, Fayette Co., PA & Melcroft Mine,
Fayette Co., PA.) |
[ O ]
Ondush, Francis "Frank"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Stella Bysiek
Ondush, 4 children, Ronald, Daniel, Patricia, Beverly.);
(Born in Hecla, PA March 18, 1915.);
(Married Stella Bysiek at Transfiguration Church, Mt. Pleasant.);
(Francis Ondush also worked at the Leisenring Mines, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed in an auto accident, Jan. 16, 1967.)
[ P ]
Popovec, Michael, Sr.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Ilona Rocker
Popovec.) |
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Russell, Robert
(Miner, Foreman ca.1926, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Killed. Killed by an accident involving the shaft hoisting cage, in
the Carpentertown Mine, Feb. 15, 1926.)
[ S ]
Shinsky, Bill
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Shinsky, Edward "Pappy"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Shultz, Eugene S.
(Miner, ca.1934, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife,
Ruth E. Kelly Shultz.)
Sliz, John "Big John"
(Slovak / Ruthenian Miner, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Anna Hricik Sliz.);
(John Sliz also worked at the Jamison No, 20 Mine, Hostetter Mine, and Whitney
Mine, from about 1915 to the late 1940's.)
Smartnick, Frank
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Injured. Injured in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb. 2,
1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Smartnick, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1952, from Foxtown ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 57, married, wife Catherine Smartnick, 7 children.);
(Killed. Killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb.
2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Smajda, John Joseph
(See: Smyda, John Joseph.)
Smayda, John Joseph
(See: Smyda, John Joseph.)
Smithnosky, Martin
(Miner, ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Martin Smithnosky was working in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine at the time
of the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Smyda, John Joseph
(Slovak Miner, ca.1914-1927, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Immigrated to U.S. ca.1914, moved to Hutchinson, worked at the Hutchinson
Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA ca.1927.);
(See also: Smajda, John Joseph; Smayda, John Joseph.)
Sobinsky, John
(Miner, ca.1935, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Anna Novak Sobinsky.)
Sofranko, Steve J.
(Miner, ca.1940's-1950's, from Norvelt , PA ca.1952, Carpentertown Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Theresa Berdak Sofranko.);
(Injured. Injured in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, sustained
shock, cuts, bruises and effects of the gas, February 2, 1952, at Age 55.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Sopko, Michael
(Miner, ca.1925, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife,
Anna Grec Sopko.)
Szkrese, Gebrat
(Miner, ca.1917, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 43.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of slate, in the Carpentertown Mine, Sept.
19, 1917.);
(He had no relatives in this country.);
(Interred at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.)
[ T ]
Trimmer, Roy
(Miner, ca.1912, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Injured. Serviously injured internal injuries, back broken, when
a train of mine cars ran away at the Carpentertown Mine, of the Mt.
Pleasant Coal & Coke Company, June 20, 1912. Lived in Carpentertown,
PA. [from the "Pittsburgh Press," Pittsburgh, PA, June
20, 1912.].)
[ U ]
Urbanowski, Joseph A. "Jip"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, lived in Calumet, PA.)
[ V ]
[ W ]
Wallace, Elizabeth
(See: Bollinger, Lawrence W.; wife of Lawrence W. Bollinger.)
Wallace, O. E. "Gene"
(Miner, Weighmaster / Tippleman ca.1947-1954, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary Louise Mathias Wallace, 1 son.)
Wanchak, Anna
(See: Dzurinda, Michael; wife of Michael Dzurinda.)
Wesche, Charles
(Miner, Pumper ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Moved to Carpentertown, PA from Bessemer, PA ca.1952.);
(Charles Wesche helped to rescue 4 men from the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine
Gas Explosion, Feb. 2, 1952.);
(He received the Pennsylvania Medal of Honor for saving his fellow
miners.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Wilson, Mark
(Miner, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Mark Wilson was on the rescue team, that went into Carpentertown No.
2 Mine after the gas explosion in Feb. 2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Wolak, Frank, Jr.
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Wojciak, John J. "Greenie"
(Miner, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Marie Ann
Hoffman Wojciak.)
Workman, John
(Miner, ca.1912, Carpentertown Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Injured. Serviously injured internal injuries right leg crushed, when
a train of mine cars ran away at the Carpentertown Mine, of the Mt.
Pleasant Coal & Coke Company, June 20, 1912. Lived in Mt. Pleasant,
PA. [from the "Pittsburgh Press," Pittsburgh, PA, June
20, 1912.].)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yothers, Fred
(Miner, ca.1952, from Tarrs, PA ca.1952, Carpentertown No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 48, married, wife Mary Brothers Yothers, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed in the Carpentertown No. 2 Mine Gas Explosion, Feb.
2, 1952.);
(Carpentertown No. 2 Mine disaster of Feb. 2, 1952)
Yuhasz, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1926, Carpentertown Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife
Rosalie Szucs Yuhasz.)
[ Z ]
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