Coal Miners Memorial, Morrell Mine & Coke Works, Morrell, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Morrell Mine & Coke Works
(Morrell Works),
Morrell,
Dunbar Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Morrell Mine, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Editor,

Updated Nov. 18, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Morrell Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Morrell Mine & Coke Works, Morrell, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA. The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc.
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years. Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
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Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite coal mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous coal mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
MORRELL MINE & COKE WORKS

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[ B ]
[ C ]
Clark, James
(Miner, Dumper on Tipple ca.1894, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by being caught between two mine cars on the tipple, outside the Morrell Mine, Nov. 7, 1894.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gillman, Benjamin
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken while at work drawing a rib by a fall of roof coal, in the Morrell Mine, June 21, 1886.)
Gregor, Pietro
(Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1886, Morrell Slope Mine, Morrell, Fayette Co., PA, Age 16.);
(Killed. Killed on the slope by mine cars running wild, caused by a broken coupling, in the Morrell Slope Mine, March 6, 1886.)
[ H ]
Harvey, Edward
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1886, Morrell Mine, Morrell, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Hand bruised while coupling mine cars, in the Morrell Mine, Nov. 26, 1886.)
Hay, Peter
(Irish Miner, Laborer ca.1895, Morell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 33.);
(Killed. Killed in a mining accident, in the Morell Mine, ca.1895.)
Hess, Fred
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, single.);
(Injured. Arm broken by a piece of slate falling while at work drawing a rib, in the Morrell Mine, June 25, 1886.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jones, John
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1886, Morrell Mine, Morrell, Fayette Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Kicked by a mule. Small bone of his right arm broken, in the Morrell Mine, Dec. 28, 1886.)
[ K ]
Kalinary, Joseph
(Slav. Miner, ca.1897, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. A small roof fall pinned him. While deciding what to do to free him, a second fall occurred and killed him, in the Morrell Mine, Sept. 6, 1897. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, sept. 10, 1897.].)
[ L ]
[ M ]
Markley, Jesse
(Miner, Tipple Boss, Morrell Works, Cambria Iron Company, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Killed. While putting in a new iron stack at the pump house, the pulley broke and the stack fell on him, Outside the Morrell Works, Feb. 13, 1890. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Feb. 14, 1890.].)
McGuire, James
(Miner, Check Weighman ca.1891, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Meagher, Martin
(Superintendent ca.1894, of the Morrell Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company, Dunbar, PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, of the Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Steel Company, Dunbar, PA.)
Moore, M. G.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, Cambria Stel Company, Dunbar, PA, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ N ]

[ O ]
[ P ]
Patt, John N.
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, Cambria Iron & Steel Company, Dunbar, PA, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Riley, James
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Morrell Mine, Morrell, Fayette Co., PA, Age 48, married, 8 children.);
(Killed. Killed by falling roof in his rib, while in the act of knocking out a prop, in the Morrell Mine, Sept. 11, 1886.)
[ S ]
Snyder, Joseph
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1894, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Fell from the front of a mine wagon while it was in motion; arm severely bruised, in the Morrell Mine, Dec. 19, 1894.)
Stickleback, Herman
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1898, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Stoker, J.
(Superintendent, ca.1901, of the Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron & Steel Company, Dunbar, PA.)
[ T ]
Taylor, Isaac
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Morrell Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company, Dunbar, PA.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Worm, Andrew
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Morrell Mine Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured. Hand injured by a fall of slate while drawing a pillar, in the Morrell Mine, Sept. 6, 1886.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yocum, John
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1894, Morrell Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company, Dunbar, PA.)
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A special thanks to Glen Dixon, Researcher, for his research in the "Connellsville Courier" Connellsville, PA newspaper and other newspapers of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the addition of many of the miners names from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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