Coal Miners Memorial Tyrone Mine & Coke Works, Broad Ford, Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Tyrone Mine & Coke Works,
Broad Ford,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated July 15, 2009

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

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Tyrone Mine & Coke Works, Broad Ford, 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 mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
TYRONE MINE & COKE WORKS

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Haney, Victor
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Tyrone Mine, Fayette Co., PA., Age 27, single.);
(Injured. Shoulder bone fractured and body otherwise bruised by a fall of roof coal, in the Tyrone Mine, Dec. 20, 1898.)
Hemminger, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1891, Tyrone Mine, of Laughlin Company, near Broad Ford, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Killed. Killed Jan. 7, 1891, he fell into a pool of water, while having an epileptic fit, in the Tyrone Mine, Jan. 7, 1891. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Jan. 9, 1891.].)
Herbert, Jesse E.
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1886, Tyrone Mine, Broadford, Fayette Co., PA, Age 37, married.);
(Injured. Cut on the face by being kicked by a mule in the mine, in the Tyrone Mine, Feb. 15, 1886.)
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Kane, Thomas R.
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1898, Tyrone Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Klingensmith, Scott
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1886, Tyrone Mine, Broadford, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Leg bruised by being caught between rtwo loaded mine wagons, in the Tyrone Mine, Nov. 23, 1886.)
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Wharton, C.
(See: Wharton, Clifton.)
Wharton, Clifton
(Superintendent, ca.1886, ca.1898, ca.1901, of the Tyrone Mine, Fayette Co., PA., for Laughlin & Company, Limited, Broadford, PA.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, Laughlin & Company, Tyrone Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(See also: Wharton, C.)
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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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