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Accial, Arturo
(Miner, ca.1921, ca.1923, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 42, married,
3 children.)
Adair, Hans, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1917. Certificate issued ca.1917.)
Airgood, Clark
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Allan, Norris
(See: Allen, Morris.)
Allen, Morris
(American Miner, Machine Miner, Motorman ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 30 or Age 32, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Indiana Co., PA, Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Allan, Norris; Allen, Noris.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Allen, Noris
(See: Allen, Morris.)
Anderson, John W.
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
Anziask, Tony
(Polish Miner, Machine Runner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 42, married.);
(Injured. Pelvis fractured by a mine car at the face of a room, in the Ernest
No. 2 Mine, Feb. 11, 1918.)
Armstrong, George
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Artanbuma, Frank
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
39, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of a coal pillar, in the
Ernest No. 2 Mine, March 26, 1909.)
Artuse, Ross
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 32 or Age 33, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Artura, Roth.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Artura, Roth
(See Artuse, Ross.)
Asick, John
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30, married, 4
children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Assick, George
(Miner, Spragger ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30,
married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Augustine, Joe
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured. Struck by a piece of coal that fell
from a mine car at the face of a room, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Jan. 25,
1916.)
Avins, Matt
(Miner, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 51, married, wife Aggie
Avins, age 30, 2 children.) |
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Babel, Cardas
(Miner, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA
Babrey, Dom
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
22, single.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by an explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp,
Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Bachara, Mike
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Ernest No. 5 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
24, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of mine roof in a room, in the Ernest No.
5 Mine, December 16, 1907.)
Bachini, Dulie
(Italian Miner, Motorman ca.1915, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured between a mine car and the controller case of an
electric locomotive on the haulage road, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Oct. 14,
1915.)
Ball, J. William
(See: Balls, James William.)
Balls, James W.
(See: Balls, James William.)
Balls, James William
(American Miner, ca.1911, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade, ca.1911. Certificate
issued ca.1911.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1911. Certificate
issued ca.1911.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1912. Certificate
issued ca.1912.)
(American Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 33 or Age 35, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Lived in Ernest, PA.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Ball, J. William; Balls, James W..)
Balls, John
(Miner, Foreman Ernest Mines Tipple, Indiana Co., PA.)
Banasevski, Frank
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner; Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 30, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
(See also: Bonofhosk, Frank.)
Barb, Francesco
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Barcella, Fred
(Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30,
married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Bardeno, James
(Miner, Cutter ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 35.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Barkalonis, Charles
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 36, married.);
(Injured. Shoulder dislocated and fractured, and ankle and pelvis fractured
by mine cars at the mouth of a room, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, July 11,
1916.)
Barna, John
(Miner, Ernest Coke Ovens ca.1939-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Barna, Mike, Jr.
(Miner, Ernest Coke Ovens ca.1940-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Barna, Mike, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1920's-1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bash, Hale
(Miner, ca.1940-1950, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bash, Walter
(Miner, ca.1940-1960, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Basket, Joe
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 40, 8 Children.)
Bassette, Antoniano
(Italian Miner, Wireman ca.1914, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
32, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed by being run over by an electric mine locomotive, in
the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Aug. 2, 1914.)
Battistella, Bernardo
(Miner, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 41, married, wife Eugenia
Battistella, age 35, 6 children.)
Battistelli, Bernardo
(See: Battistella, Bernardo.)
Battistelli, Pietro
(Miner, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, 3 children.)
Battistello, Pietro
(See: Battistelli, Pietro.)
Beanick, Charles
(Polish Miner, ca.1914, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 28,
married.);
(Injured. Two fingers cut off while uncoupling mine cars on a room
entry, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, July 24, 1914.)
Bedunts, Tony
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Ernest
No. 2 Mine, Sept. 21, 1918.)
Bellari, Antonio
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Bendido, Pasquale
(Italian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1906, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 25, single.);
(Killed. Killed by mine cars. He was cutting in a room, just turned
off the heading. An empty mine car was just behind his machine and
the loader had failed to set his switch for straight track. The motorman's
helper failed to make a couling on top of the hill and seven loaded mine
cars ran back and into the room parting, striking the empty mine car and
forcing it on to the machine board. Bendido was caught between the
mine car and machine. Had the loader closed the switch as he should
have done, the accident would not have happened, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
Nov. 28, 1906.)
Benoma, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1915, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 40, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Electrocuted in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, July 13, 1915. A portion
of the roof had fallen at the end of trolley wire near the entrance to the
last room turned, bringing the wire down with it. It is presumed that he
received a shock causing him to fall across the wire.)
Benson, Phil
(Employee, Machine Shop, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bernard, Mr. "Rabbits"
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Bert, James
(Italian Miner, PickMiner ca.1915, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
38, married.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of leg above the knee by a fall of slate at the
face of a room, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, June 30, 1915.)
Beskit, Joe
(See: Basket, Joe.)
Bettine, Bettine
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Bones of pelvis separated by being dragged by mine cars in a room,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Nov. 7, 1918.)
Bicisi, Angelo
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Two ribs broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, Jan. 5, 1918.)
Bido, Andrew
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 37, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate at the face of a pillar
while knocking out a prop, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Jan.16, 1918.)
Bistove, Ignots
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 47, married, 6 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Blazavich, Alex, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1920-1948, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Blazavich, Alex, Sr.
(Miner, ca. ? -1949, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Blose, Jason
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bonofhosk, Frank
(See: Banasevski, Frank.)
Boroskey, Joe
(Polish Miner, Employee ca.1907, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
45, married.);
(Injured. Skull fractured by a fall of mine roof in a heading, in the Ernest
No. 4 Mine, February 15, 1907.)
Boston, John
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Boss, Samuel
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
28, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken and ankle dislocated by a fall of mine roof at
the face of an entry, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Jan. 9, 1912.)
Bottell, Bianco
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Back broken and chest injured by a fall of roof at the face
of a room, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Feb. 4, 1916.)
Bourdess, Andrew
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bowman, Fred
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bowman, Norman
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Machine Shop, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co.,
PA.)
Brandon, Earl
(American Miner Boy, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Groin ruptured by falling on mining machine on an entry,
in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Sept. 22, 1917.)
Brewer, Edward
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Brewer, Emerson
(Miner, ca.1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Brewer, Oran
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Bropko, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Rockman ca.1916, Ernest No.4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
39, married.);
(Injured. Leg badly bruised by a fall of roof, in the Ernest No. 4
Mine, March 13, 1916.)
Broskin, Alex.
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner; Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 40 or Age 48, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Broskin, John
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Brown, Charlton
(Miner, ca.1915-1956, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Brush, Samuel
(Italian Miner, Employee ca.1907, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
26, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Running a mine motor and was killed by coming in contact with the
trolley wire in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, July 26, 1907. He was at No. 7 right
heading and was changing the trolley pole on the motor, around in some way
unknown his body came in contact with the trolley wire.)
Buckshaw, Martin
(Miner, ca.1933-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Budka, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 45, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Ernest
No. 3 Mine, March 12, 1908.)
Buntin, George, Jr.
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
25 or Age 27, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Bunton, George, Jr.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Bunton, George, Jr.
(See: Buntin, George, Jr. )
Bura, George
(Austrian Miner, Laborer ca.1927, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 52.);
(b. in Austria ca.1875 - d. Ernest Jan. 30, 1927.)
Bush, Chuck
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mine ca.1930.) |
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Cafarot, Bernard
(Italian Miner, Motorman ca.1911, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
32, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken and right foot smashed by mine cars. Outside of the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, November 22, 1911.)
Calloway, A.W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal
& Iron Company, Ernest No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Lived in Indiana, PA).
Calvetti, Lou
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest Mine R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Camorratte, James
(Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 45,
married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Comesatt, James, possibly the same man.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Campbell, Royden
(Miner, Ernest Machine Shop ca.1941-1942, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Carrel, Mike
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Injured. Overcome by after damp, badly burned about the face, hands
and body and suffering from shock, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Feb. 11,
1916.);
(Survived the Explosion and fire damp.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Caspenella, Tony
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 31, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal off the side of a pillar, in the Ernest
No. 1 Mine, May 10, 1918.)
Catti, Louie
(Italian Miner, Rockman ca.1916, Ernest No 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 41,
married.);
(Injured. Pelvis broken and bladder punctured. Caught between
a mine car and a pillar when mine car left the track, in the Ernest No. 1
Mine, March 17, 1916.)
Cerovich, John
(Miner, ca.19 ?-1961, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Chapman, Ralph
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. mine rescue team at Ernest Mine ca.1930.)
Chiode, Joseph
(Italian Miner Boy, Laborer ca.1913, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 17, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by mine cars on the slate dump. Outside
the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Jan. 10, 1913.)
Clark, William M.
(Miner, ca.1939- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Clerice, Agostino
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, 7 children.)
Coash, Adam
(Slavonian Miner, Scraper ca.1907, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
28, single.);
(Injured. Squeezed and bruised by a fall of mine roof at the face of a room,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, February 25, 1907.)
Cobbett, Ross
(Miner, ca.1931-1964, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Berton
(Miner, ca.1937-1962, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Boyd
(Miner, ca.1936-1960, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Cy
(Miner, ca.1931-1960, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Leroy
(Miner, ca.1931-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Russell
(Miner, ca.1931-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coleman, Vernon
(Miner, ca.1934-1945, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Coliski, Wallie
(Polish Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1918, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 25, single.);
(Injured. End of two fingers taken off by a mining machine running over them,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Aug. 31, 1918.)
Combo, Joseph
(Italian Miner Boy, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 18, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of "Coalite" blasting powder while
preparing a charge at the face of a room, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, June
11, 1917.)
Comesatt, James
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 44, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Camorratte, James, possibly the same man.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Compel, John
(Miner, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 38, married, wife Emma
Compel, age 37, 2 children.)
Conati, James
(Italian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 16, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by fall of coal at face of his working place, in the
Ernest No. 2 Mine, July 7, 1910.)
Connelly, John
(Scotch Miner, Rock Boss ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
37 or Age 48, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Connelly, Patrick
(Scotch Miner Boy, Laborer ca.1917, Ernest Mines Tipple, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured by a piece of bone coal falling on it. Outside
the Ernest Mine, March 2, 1917.)
Conrad, Olen
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Twyla Reasinger
Conrad.)
Constantina, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1913, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA, age 23,
single.);
(Injured. Arm taken off near the elbow in the gear wheels of a coal
washing machinery. Outside the Ernest Mine, Jan. 31, 1913.)
Cozel, George
(Austrian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1918, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of leg. Caught by a fall of coal off the side
of a pillar, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Feb. 22, 1918.)
Craven, Amos
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Creatura, John
(Miner, ca.1910, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, married, wife Rosie
Creatura, age 25, 2 children.)
Creevanski, Joe
(Austrian Miner, Employee ca.1907, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
30, married.);
(Injured. Burned on face and hands in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, October 6, 1907.
The mine door on a crosscut had been left open and a small quantity
of gas had collected in a cavity in the roof and these men going in for a
rail jack ignited it. Injured along with John Skipoola.)
Cribbs, James R.
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Cronan, Jennings P.
(Miner, ca.1940's-1950's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Crosetti, Silvia
(Austrian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1904, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 35, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by an electric shock. He was going to his work inthe
mine, and in opening a mine door his mining drill struck against the electric
wire, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, July 7, 1904. Accidental and no one
to blame.) |
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Daly, Edward
(Scotch Miner, Motorman ca.1916, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
27, married.);
(Injured. Heel lacerated and brusied by an electric locomotive on the
haulage road, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, July 26, 1916.)
Davis, John
(Welsh Miner, ca.1914, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 63,
single.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of the leg by a fall of coal, while loading a mine
car at the face of an entry, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, February 24, 1914.)
Davis, Mr., "Cofy"
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest Mine R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Debosky, Mike
(Hungarian Miner, Motorman ca.1913, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
48, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by mine cars on the haulage road, in the Ernest
No. 4 Mine, July 9, 1913.)
Delaio, Joe
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
32, single.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by a fall of mine roof in a room, in the Ernest
No. 3 Mine, October 15, 1907.)
Demett, Julian
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
37, single.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room,
in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, April 30, 1913.)
Dietrement, Charles
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
26, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by mine cars. He had pushed his empty mine car on to
his room parting and blocked it. When the motor was passing with a loaded
trip it must have jarred the block loose, and as there was a little grade
the empty mine car ran back and the loaded trip jammed it against the pillar
and he was caught between the mine car and the pillar, in the Ernest No.
1 Mine, Oct. 11, 1906. Accident was due to his carelessnes in not standing
on the other side of the mine car.)
Dimino, Cologero
(Miner, ca.1921, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 44, 8 children.);
(Lived in Creekside, PA.)
Dinardi, John
(Miner, ca.1921, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, 2 children.);
(Lived in Creekside, PA.)
Dinnario, Francesco
(Miner, ca.1920, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 41, 7 children.)
Ditch, George
(Miner, ca.1912, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1912. Certificate
issued ca.1912.)
Dobash, Tony
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
39, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of an entry, in the Ernest
No. 1 Mine, June 4, 1912.)
Donahue, Earl
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Donahue, Glen
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Donofris, Gabrials Donato
(Miner, ca.1908, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, married, wife Maria
Teresa Donofris, age 27, 1 child.)
Douglass, George
(Miner, ca.1923-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Downer, George T.
(American Miner, Laborer ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
67, married.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured by mine cars. Outside of the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
Feb. 12, 1918.)
Downer, W. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Ernest Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Mines,
Indiana Co., PA, for Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company.)
Downey, Carl
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Doyle, A.W.
(American Miner, Carpenter ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
60, married.);
(Injured. Eye badly injured. Struck by a spall from a rivet. Outside of the
Ernest No. 1 Mine, Feb. 14, 1918.)
Dropico, Stanley
(Russian Miner, Trackman ca.1910, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of rock on a heading, in the Ernest No. 4
Mine, February 20, 1910.) |
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East, Robert Theodore, Sr.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
East, Robert Theodore, Jr.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
East, Thomas Daniel
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Emanuele, Giuseppe
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, married,
wife Ernesta Emanuele, age 27, 2 children.);
(Lived in Creekside, PA.)
Embry, Belton
(Miner, ca.1928-1941, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Embry, D. C.
(Miner, ca.,1928-1941, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Embry, Dodge
(Miner, ca.1927-1961, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ernest, Samuel
(Italian Miner, ca.1915, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 20,
single.);
(Injured. Face and ankle bruised by a fall of roof at the face of a pillar,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Nov. 27, 1915.)
Evanko, John P.
(Miner, ca.1937, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Also worked at the Lucerne Mines, and the Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.) |
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Fairman, Afton K.
(American Miner Boy, Machine Runner ca.1917, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Great toe lacerated and three small bones fractured in foot between
mine cars on an entry, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, July 19, 1917.)
Fairman, Bernard
(Miner, ca.1930's-1970's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fairman, Carl
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Faranto, Jake
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
39, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of rock at the face of his working place, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, June 14, 1910.)
Fareonio, Alberto
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 29, single.);
(Injured. Arm, leg and back bruised by fall of slate at face of pillar, in
the Ernest No. 3 Mine, June 27, 1918.)
Farri, Father Emilio
(Parish Priest ca.1936, Ernest Roman Catholic Church, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fatad, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 26, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of coal at the face of a heading, in the Ernest
No. 2 Mine, August 16, 1909.)
Feators, John
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1916, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
33, married.);
(Injured. Great toe taken off by a piece of scrap iron falling on it.
Outside the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Nov. 22, 1916.)
Feck, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, married.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of mine roof, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, June
1, 1905. He had fired a shot in the coal and went back to see the effect,
when a rock fell from a slip and caught him.)
Fetchko, John G.
(Miner, ca.1930-1961, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fetterman, Lawrence T.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fetterman, Murray S.
(Miner, ca.1941-1956, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fiasca, Justenia
(Italian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1911, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Leg and rib broken by a fall of mine roof on the roadway of his
room, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, January 9, 1911.)
Fillhart, Charles
(American Miner, Foreman ca.1910, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 35,
married.);
(Injured. Arm and jaw fractured by being caught in a chute at the tipple,
while dumping coal at the Ernest Mines, November 22, 1910. Outside the Ernest
Mines.)
Fleming, D.
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Ernest Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, Mines, Indiana Co.,
PA, for Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA.)
Fling, Lloyd
(Miner, ca.1940's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Flishiling, Pete
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Ligaments in knee lacerated and knee-cap fractured by a fall of
roof at the face of a room, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, June 13, 1918.)
Flori, George
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Freent, Leonard
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Fritchman, F. M.
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, ca.1916, ca.1917, Jefferson & Clearfield
Coal & Iron Company, Ernest Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Mines, Indiana Co.,
PA.)
Futo, Berlin
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Head bruised and lacerated by a mine car on an entry at the
mouth of a room, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Aug. 7, 1913.)
Fuzzani, Antonio
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 27, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.) |
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Gabster, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1904-1935, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gabster, John
(Miner, ca.1905-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gadura, Joe
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Injured by blown-out shot, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, September
24, 1906. He waited ten minutes for it to go off and as he went back in,
the shot went off. Accident due to his carelessness.)
Galetto, Samuel
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1916, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
55, married.);
(Injured. Hand and fingers badly lacerated. Caught between mine
car and an entry pillar, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Dec. 18, 1916.)
Gallo, Angelo
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
31, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of coal from a pillar, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
August 17, 1909.)
Galoness, Gulch
(Russian Miner Boy, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured and hand lacerated by a fall of coal at the
face of a room, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Aug. 24, 1917.)
Gapshes, Tony
(Miner, ca. ? -1955, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Garsona, Tony
(Italian Miner, Employee ca.1906, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
31, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof. He was working with some more men
taking roof down in the main entry, when a large piece suddenly gave way
and caught him, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Sept. 24, 1906. Unavoidable.)
Gasanerri, Frank
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 38, married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Gearhart, Mr. "Timer"
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mines ca.1930.)
Gelones, John
(Lithuanian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 24, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of rock at the face of his room in Ernest
No. 1 Mine, September 17, 1910.)
George, Carraeno
(Italian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 26, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
George, Paul [Pompia]
(Italian Miner, Mainine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 23, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Buried at St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Indiana, PA);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Gerber, Harry E.
(Miner, ca.1934-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gerber, Harry J.
(Miner, ca.1928-1934, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gerber, Thomas E.
(Miner, ca.1930-1972, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gibarty, John
(Austrian Miner, Motorman ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
22, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Fatally injured when he ran his locomotive against the end of
“T” rails that were being hauled on rear end of a trip ahead of
him, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, May 27, 1918.)
Gibbon, Charles, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1940's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Glebovich, Alex, Sr.
(Lithuanian Miner, Mechanic, ca.1914-1924, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA,
married.)
Glebovich, Alex
(Lithuanian Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Olga McKeeton
Glebovich, 2 children.);
(Alex worked the summer of 1931 during vacation, in the Ernest Mine. The
summer of 1932 they wouldn't give him a job because his brother, Paul, who
graduated from high school, got the job. After Alex graduated from Indiana
High School in 1933, he started to work in the mines at Ernest.);
(Injured. Seriously injured in a rock fall in the Ernest Mine, December
20, 1934. He was in the hospital for six years......."many trips to many
hospitals.");
(Alex went back to work at Ernest Mine in the fall of 1940, firing the furnace
in the cleaning plant, a greaser at the tipple. He was a larryman and various
jobs until the mine was completely shut down. Cleaning plant operator
for aprox. 25 years.)
Glebovich, Paul
(Miner, ca.1931, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Griffith, John
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Griffith, Lawrence
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Goss, Adam
(American Miner Boy, Coal Loader ca.1914, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 16, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a large lump of coal rolling on him from loose
coal that had been blasted down at the face of a room, in the Ernest No.
1 Mine, September 8, 1914.);
(American Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Goss, Frank, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Goss, Frank, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1925, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Goss, Joseph
(Miner, ca. ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gottardi, Pete
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. mine rescue team at Ernest Mine ca.1930.)
Grant, Edward
(Miner, ca.1931-1963, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Grant, Fred
(Miner, ca.1931-1939, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Grant, John
(Miner, ca.1931-1940, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Grant, John, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1931, 1953, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Grant, Wilmer
(Miner, ca.1952-1954, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Griffith, John
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Griffith, Lawrence
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Groush, Stanley
(Russian Miner, ca.1908, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 28,
single.);
(Killed. Suffocated December 8, 1908 in the Ernest No. 4 Mine. He and George
Rellic, another miner, were sent to No. 18 room in No. 4 heading by the assistant
foreman. The heading men had not worked in this heading for two or three
days. They had cut through a clay vein some distance from the face of the
heading and some roof had fallen close to the clay vein leaving a cavity.
A small body of gas must have accumulated in this cavity and when he and
Rellic went toward the face of the heading their lamps must have ignited
the gas as Rellic was found in the back heading burned and Groush was found
dead on the floor near the clay vein, probably having been suffocated by
the afterdamp that was given off from the explosion of gas.)
Gruda, Mr.
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Gualtieri, Leopold
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 24, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of sand rock at the face of a coal pillar, in the
Ernest No. 1 Mine, July 3, 1917.)
Guerrena, George
(See: Guerrio, George.)
Guerrio, George
(Miner, Cutter ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 26,
single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Guerrena, George.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Guevevio, Raldina
(Italian Miner Boy, Motorman ca.1916, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 19, single.);
(Killed. Electrocuted by coming in contact with the trolley wire on
the haulage road, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Sept. 8, 1916.)
Guyarvich, Tony
(Lithuanian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 42, single.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of leg by a fall of coal at the face of
an entry, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, May 7, 1913.) |
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Haldin, Ed
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Halldin, John E.
(Miner, ca.1950's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Halldin, Rudolph
(Miner, ca.1950's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Halldin, Verner
(Miner, ca.1930's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Harman, Arthur G.
(American Miner, Blacksmith ca.1912, Ernest No. 4, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32,
married.);
(Injured. Concussion of the brain by being struck on the head by an iron
bar while moving a heavy piece of machinery, which broken through the floor
and threw the bar against his head. In the Ernest No. 4 Mine, February 3,
1912.)
Harrington, Joe
(American Miner, ca.1905, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade. Certificate issued
ca.1905.)
Harrington, John
(American Miner, Foreman ca.1905, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade ca.1905. Received
his Certificate ca.1905.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade. Certificate issued
ca.1910.);
(American Miner, Foreman ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
Harrington, Michael
(American Miner, Pumper ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by an explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Son of John Harrington.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Harvey, Robert
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Harvey, William
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Mary Grace Moody
Harvey.);
(Son of Robert Harvey.)
Hatala, Lewis
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 26, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of coal at the face of a coal pillar, in
the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Oct. 2, 1917.)
Heaton, Harry
(Employee, Machine Shop, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Herday, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Herman, James
(Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 19,
married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(This man could also be the same man as Hevmani, James listed below.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Hevmani, James
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 22, married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(This man could also be the same man as Heerman, James listed above.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Hicks, Hershyl
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hines, Charles
(Slavonian Miner, Spragger ca.1917, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
29, single.);
(Killed. Killed by being run over by an electric mine locomotive when
he fell in front of it. Outside the Ernest No. 3 Mine, June 1, 1917.)
Hoch, C.
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, Andy
(Miner, ca.1945- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, Andy H.
(Miner, ca.1909- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, John
(Miner, ca.1935- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, Steve
(Miner, ca.1934- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, Steve
(Miner, ca.1935- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holliday, Steve H.
(Miner, ca.1909-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holt, Arthur
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1917. Certificate issued ca.1917.)
Holt, Samuel
(Miner, ca. ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hoover, Cecil
(Miner, ca.1937-1958, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hynd, Alexander G.
(Miner, ca.1912, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1912. Certificate
issued ca.1912.) |
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Ignutt, John
(Lithuanian Miner, ca.1914, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29,
single.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of the leg by a fall of mine roof in an entry
cross-cut, caused by his knocking out a mine prop, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
February 23, 1914.) |
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Jeffrey, James
(Italian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 28, single.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by an explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Jeffrey, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1914, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1914. Certificate
issued ca.1914.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman First Grade, ca.1915. Certificate
issued 1915.)
Jones, Duane
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mines ca.1930.)
Jones, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1914, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1914. Certificate issued ca.1914.);
(Passed examination for Assistant Mine Foreman ca.1915. Certificate issued
1915.);
(Miner, ca.1916-1940, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Juvinilie, Enrico
(Miner, ca.1903-1932, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Juvinilie, James
(Miner, ca.1903-1928, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.) |
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Kanaba, Michael, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1923-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kanaba, Michael, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Keeler, John Thompson
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Keeler, Raymond
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kerr, Harry V.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
King, Matthew
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1916. Certificate issued
ca.1916.);
(Passed his Examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
King, Mr. "Power House"
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Kiniski, Stiny
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of mine roof in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, January
4, 1907. He and a companion were working in the heading when without a
moment’s warning a flag of roof one hundred feet in length fell on him.
His companion escaped. The roof had been tested a few minutes previous and
sounded alright.)
Kislak, Pete
(Miner, ca. ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Klyap, Charles
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Klyap, Michael, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1934 - 1985, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Klyap, Michael, Sr.
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Kochish, Steve
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 5 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 23, single.);
(Injured. Head and back bruised by a fall of mine roof at fthe ace of his
room, in the Ernest No. 5 Mine, June 26, 1908.)
Kowchuck, Bernard
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kowchuck, George P.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kowchuck, John J.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kowchuck, Joseph
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kowchuck, Paul S.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kowchuck, Paul S.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kozel, Michael
(Hungarian Miner, ca.1911, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, from Benedik, Bereg
Co., Hungary, married, wife Anna Medvigy Kozel.)
Krazcer, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Injured. Slightly burned by an explosion of gas in the Ernest No.
2 Mine, Feb. 5, 1910. Crawled on his stomach for a quarter mile to escape
the after damp.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.) |
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Lagant, Paul
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 30, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Lartonia, Lawrence
(Italian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 52,
married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of his working place,
in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, October 3, 1910.)
Laskey, Ed
(Miner, ca.1943-1963, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lasko, Frank
(Hungarian Miner, Scraper ca.1908, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
30, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, October 6, 1908. He was
scraping after a machine in a room and was busy cutting the coal when a large
piece of coal fell from a slip and crushed him against a prop. He
died soon afterward.)
Learn, Clark
(Miner, ca.1940-1955, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lecko, Mike
(Hungarian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1905, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 28, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of a piece of top coal, in the Ernest No.
1 Mine, March 3, 1905.)
Leco, Josef
(Miner, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 51, married, wife Julia
Leco, age 49, 4 children.)
Ledesky, Paul
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lenich, Carl
(Polish Miner, Motorman’s Assistant ca.1918, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured. Foot badly sprained and bruised by a mine car on the haulage road,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Dec.4, 1918.)
Leonardi, Francesco
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, married, wife Emmelina
Leonardi, age 35, 5 children.);
(See also: Leonardi, Frank.)
Leonardi, Frank
(See: Leonardi, Francesco.)
Leshine, Joe
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 44, married.);
(Injured. Ankle dislocated by a fall of bone coal at the face of his room,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, May 19, 1910.)
Letso, Peter
(Miner, ca. ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Levitz, Anthony S.
(Miner, ca.1924-1940, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lewis, Alfred
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lingenfelter, John H.
(Miner, ca.1943-1945, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Linger, George
(Slavonian Miner, Motorman ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
29, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a mine motor on the haulage road, in the Ernest
No. 2 Mine, April 11, 1918.)
Locutus, Dominick
(Russian Miner, Motorman ca.1915, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
32, married.);
(Injured. Pelvic bone broken between motor and mine car on a room entry,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, March 9, 1915.)
Logan, Antonio
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 25, single.);
(Killed. Was killed by a fall of coal in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, October 2,
1907. He was working on a coal pillar with another man, and they had left
up the top coal and he went under it to undermine in the bottom coal, and
the top coal fell on him.)
Long, John
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
31, born in ca.1974, married.);
(Injured. Burned about face and hands by a blownout shot igniting the
fuse. Did not get far enough away from the shot, in the Ernest No.
1 Mine, Dec. 28, 1905.)
Long, John
(Slavonian Miner, ca.1909, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39,
single.);
(Injured. Leg broken September 10, 1909. Caught between mine cars at the
mouth of his room, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine.);
(This is a different John Long than the one listed above– the other
was Italian and born in 1874.)
Lose, Emery
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 37, married.);
(Injured. Femur fractured by a fall of roof at the face of an entry,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Nov. 10, 1917.)
Lostrick, Tom
(Miner, Ernest Mines.)
Loughney, Pat
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mines ca.1930.)
Love, George
(Scotch Miner, ca.1910, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1910. Certificate issued ca.1910.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade ca.1913. Certificate
issued ca.1913.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1913. Certificate
issued ca.1913.)
(Scotch Miner, Assistant Foreman ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Age 44,
married.);
(Injured. Ankle badly bruised by a fall of roof while directing the taking
down of the roof, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, April 1, 1916.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
Lulka, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 24, single.);
(Injured. Fingers fractured between a mine motor and mine car while
making a coupling, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Aug. 23, 1917.)
Lundstrom, John
(Miner, ca.1909, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed hisexamination for Fire Boss, ca.1909. Certificate issued ca.1909.)
Lydick, Clyde Emory
(Miner, Shuttle Car Operator, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife
Agnes Goldie Mihalich Lydick, 2 children.);
(Member of the Ernest Local No. 599, U. M. W. of A.) |
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Mageon, August
(See: Micone, August.)
Mandolene, James
(Miner, ca.1946-1958, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Manko, Adam
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 5 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 43, married.);
(Injured. Legs and hip injured by a fall of bone coal at the face of his
room, in the Ernest No. 5 Mine, June 16, 1908.)
Marcola, Augusti
(Italian Miner Boy, ca.1914, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 18,
single.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of the thigh by a fall of mine roof in a room
cross-cut, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, May 11, 1914.)
Marsico, Samuel
(Italian Miner Boy, Spragger ca.1915, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 19, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured between a mine car and the frame of an electric
locomotive on the haulage road, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, June 21, 1915.)
Mataish, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, ca.1909, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31,
married.);
(Injured. Foot injured by fall of mine roof in a room, in the Ernest No.
2 Mine, July 2, 1909.)
Mattis, Charles
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by an explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp,
Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
McAllister, Hugh
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
McClinsey, Darl H.
(Miner, ca.1941, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Served in World War II. Killed in action 24 June, 1944 on the Solomon Islands.)
McCracken, Robert
(Miner, ca.1912, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman ca.1912. Certificate issued
ca.1912.)
McCurdy, Pantall
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
McGinnis, William L.
(Miner, ca.1928-1943, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
McGuire, James
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest No. 2 Mine rescue team, ca.1916.);
(Injured. Overcome by after damp, badly burned about the face, hands
and body and suffering from shock, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Feb. 11,
1916.);
(Survived the Explosion and fire damp.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
McKee, William
(American Miner, Assistant Engineer ca.1910, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 29, single.);
(Injured. Right shoulder dislocated by running through a mine door on a mine
motor, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, August 30, 1910.)
McLeavy, William
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
McMillan, S. T.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, for Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company.)
McQuown, Willard "Nook"
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mines ca.1930.)
McShane, Paul
(Employee, Outside Electrician, Machine Shop, Ernest Mines, Indian Co., PA,
married.);
(Worked at the Ernest Mines for 20 years.)
Mecalanyo, Antonia
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1914, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
50, married.);
(Injured. Two toes and one rib broken and lung punctured by mine cars at
the mouth of room, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, ca.1914.)
Meryan, John
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
50, married.);
(Injured. Burned about face and hands by a blownout shot igniting the
fuse. Did not get far enough away, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, Dec. 28,
1905.)
Micone, August
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 21, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Mageon, August.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Miconi, Sam
(Italian Miner, ca.1921, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, married,
wife Maria Miconi, age 25, 4 children.)
Miller, John
(Miner, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1915. Certificate issued 1915.)
Miller, Joseph
(Polish Miner, Pumper ca.1915, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 49,
married.);
(Injured. Hip dislocated by a mine car on the haulage road at the entrance
to an entry, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, March 29, 1915.)
Mintelow, John
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 33, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of roof at the face of a pillar, in the
Ernest No. 1 Mine, July 19, 1918. Possibly with John Vitello.)
Moody, James
(See: Moody, Jim "Jimmy".)
Moody, Jim "Jimmy"
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
27, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by being caught between motor and car on heading, in
the Ernest No. 2 Mine, November 23, 1910.)
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA.);
(Survived the Feb. 11, 1916 Ernest Mine explosion.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Moody, James.)
Moretti, Nazzareno
(Miner, ca.1910-1948, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Moretti, Raymond
(Miner, ca.1931-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Morgant, Pete
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 29, married.);
(Injured. Femur fractured and arm bruised by a fall of coal at the face of
a room, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Jan. 24, 1917.)
Morley, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1915-1918, Ernest, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1915. Certificate issued 1915.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1918. Certificate
issued 1918.)
Morris, Alex
(Russian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 23,
single.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Morris, Charles R.
(Miner, ca.1922-1949, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Morrison, David
(Miner, ca.1920, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 53, married, wife Catherine
Morrison, age 52, 3 children.)
Motsko, Andy
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mucci, Domenico
(Miner, ca.1914, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, married, wife Elnora
Mucci, age 33, 2 children.)
Mulholland, James
(Scotch Miner, Assistant Foreman ca.1905, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 60, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by gas explosion, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine,
May 15, 1905. He went into a new heading that did not have its first
crosscut through, and his open light ignited a body of gas that had collected
at the face.)
Munasko, Mike
(American Miner, Employee ca.1909, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
34, married.);
(Injured. Hips squeezed between mine cars and a mine timber on a heading,
in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, May 29, 1909.) |
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Nanni, Biago
(Miner, ca.1920, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, married, wife Fibomena
Nanni, age 24, 3 children.);
(Lived in Creekside, PA.)
Nastevno, Joe
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Great toe broken by a fall of coal at the working face, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, Feb. 28, 1916.)
Nicholson, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Nord, W. R.
(Swedish Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 48, married.);
(Injured. Hands and face burned by an explosion of fire damp, in the
Ernest No. 2 Mine, Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Survived the Explosion and fire damp.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
North, William
(Company Policeman, ca.1904, ca.1906, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Coal
& Iron Police.)
Northover, William
(Miner, ca.1930, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the R. & P. Mine Rescue Team at Ernest Mine ca.1930.)
Nuck, Louis
(Italian Miner, Spragger ca.1913, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by mine cars on the haulage road, in the Ernest
No. 4 Mine, Dec. 3, 1913.);
(Italian Miner, Spragger ca.1915, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
27, single.);
(Killed. Killed between the top of mine car and the roof near the face of
a butt entry, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, July 19, 1915.) |
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O'Hara, Alexander R.
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed April 1912 his examination for Fire Boss. Certificate issued ca.1912.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1918. Certificate
issued 1918.)
O'Hara, Andrew R.
(Scotch Miner, ca.1917, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1917. Certificate issued
ca.1917.);
(Scotch Miner, Motorman ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
31, married.)
(Injured. Pelvis fractured and hip injured. Caught between mine cars and
a mine motor on the haulage road, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, January 21,
1918.)
O'Hara, Ben
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Survived the Feb. 11, 1916 Ernest Mine explosion.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
O'Hara, Gerald
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
O'Hara, James
(Miner, ca. ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
O’Hara, John
(Miner, ca.1910, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed examination for Fire Boss ca.1910. Certificate issued ca.1910.);
(June 1910 - Suit was entered in the Indiana County Court against John
O’Hara, Fire Boss at Ernest No. 2 Mine of the Jefferson and Clearfield
Coal and Iron Company, for neglect of duty. At the hearing before the Hon.
S.J. Telford, Judge of the Indiana County court, the defendant appeared and
admitted the fact of official delinquency charged against him. The Court
found that on May 30, 1910, the defendant had signed a report, certifying
that he had made an examination of the mine as his duty required him to do,
without in fact having made any such examination. The Court directed the
Clerk of Court to notify the Examining Board of the Twelfth Bituminous District
of the finding, and that said Board be instructed to withdraw the certificate
of the defendant until the first day of March, 1912. With Andrew Watson.)
O'Hara, Joseph
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
O'Hara, Vincent "Runt"
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Onions, Joe
(Italian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1904, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 55, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken and back hurt by a fall of bone coal, in the Ernest
No. 1 Mine, March 11, 1904.)
Orincci, Luigi
(See: Orinccio, Luigi.)
Orinccio, Luigi
(Miner, ca.1925, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, 5 children.);
(See also: Orincci, Luigi.)
Ouchi, Ladini
(Russian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
33, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, in
the Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.) |
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Palulinsh, Andy
(Lithuanian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a mine car, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, Feb. 11,
1916.)
Pana, Dominick
(See: Panei, Dominick.)
Panei, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Scraper ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
26 or Age 30, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Pana, Dominick.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Paoli, Giovani
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 27, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Parkin, William
(Miner, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1918 . Certificate issued
1918.)
Pascuto, Tony
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1910, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, married,
wife Maria Pascuto, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed by being run over by a mine slack larry, at the Ernest Mines,
January 13, 1910. Outside the Ernest Mines.);
(The family moved to New York after Tony's death.);
(This miner could also be Tony Pascuzzi.);
(See also: Pascuzzi, Tony.)
Pascuzzi, Carman
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Thumb crushed between a mine car wheel and a sprag, in the Ernest
No. 2 Mine, January 10, 1918.)
Pascuzzi, Tony
(Italian Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(See: Pascuto, Tony.);
(These two men could be the same man.)
Pass, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Cutter ca.1907, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Killed. He was cutting at the face of the room with the cutting machine
when a large piece of roof fell away from a slip, and he was caught under
it, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, February 2, 1907.)
Pati, Philip
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 24, married, wife Mary
Pati, age 37.)
Patterson, Frederick D. "Fred"
(Miner, ca.1915, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examinations for Assistant Mine Foreman and Fire Boss, ca.1915.
Certificates issued 1915.)
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
Patterson, Gabriel
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.);
(Passed his Examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
Patterson, James N.
(Miner, ca.1909, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade ca.1909. Certificate
issued ca.1909.)
Patwine, Jim
(Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Pauli, Antonio
(Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Pearce, Jack Edwin
(Miner, ca.1943, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pease, Everett
(Miner, ca.1930's-1950's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Died in the early 1980's.)
Pease, George
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pease, Russell "Buck"
(Miner, ca.1930's-1950's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Russell Pease was a man of small stature but in his day you could tell he
was strong as of mule. In his hand loading of coal days, it was said he was
so strong that while shaking people's hands he could make blood come out
the ends of their fingers.);
(Died in the late 1990's.)
Pecori, Louis
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pelgon, Tony
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1915, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
25, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of slate at the face of a room, in the Ernest No.
4 Mine, June 30, 1915.)
Perduck, M.
(Hungarian Miner, Rockman ca.1915, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
45, married.);
(Injured. Back severely injured by a fall of slate near the face of an entry,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Nov. 26, 1915.)
Persoponco, Steph
(See: Porsiponce, Stephen.)
Peterson, John
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1917. Certificate issued ca.1917.)
Petrosky, William
(Polish Miner, Coal Loader ca.1914, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31,
single.);
(Injured. Thumb and finger blown off by explosion of blasting cap while trying
to pick the glycerine out of it, at face of room, in an Ernest Mine, June
11, 1914.)
Petrus, Basil
(Hungarian Miner, ca.1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, from Uogyorasha,
Buez Co, Hungary, married, wife Elizabeth Molnar Petrus, from Kowaroc', Ung,
Hungary.)
Philips, Pete
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 24, married, wife Margaret
Philips, age 20, 2 children.)
Piconloro, Leonardo
(See: Pilomoro, Leonardo.)
Pilomoro, Leonardo
(Miner, ca.1920, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 49, 3 children.);
(See also: Piconloro, Leonardo.)
Pina, John
(Miner, ca.1925-1945, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pino, Frank
(Miner, ca.1906, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Frank Pino, a miner, was shot in the back by the Coal & Iron Police,
during the Ernest Mine Riot, June 8, 1906, but, according to witnesses, he
had walked, on foot, "the whole distance from the center of the riot in Ernest
to Creekside, where he lay hovering between life and death for six weeks.")
Pluto, Matthew
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Polanski, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1914, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 43, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by being caught between a coal pillar and mine
cars that left the track on the haulage road, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, September
19, 1914.)
Policarpo, Pubba
(Austrian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 26, married.);
(Injured. Injured by mine cars on the side track, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
July 10, 1908.)
Polinsky, Frank
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pompia, George
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Poolinsky, Frank
(Miner, ca.1927-1955, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Porsiponco, Stephen
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married, wife Susie
Porsiponco, age 30, 5 children.); (See also: Persoponco, Steph.)
Potts, Archie A.
(American Miner, Cager ca.1913, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29,
married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured between hoisting cage and shaft timbers, in
the Ernest No 4 Mine, May 15, 1913.)
Pucci, Frank
(Italian Miner, Shot Firer ca.1917, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
33, single.);
(Injured. Nose fractured, eye injured and severe burns on the body
by an explosion of "Coalite" blasting powder at the face of a room, in the
Ernest No. 4 Mine, June 11, 1917.)
Puzzani, Antonio
(Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 28,
single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.) |
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Raimindi, Abaldo
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 43, 8 children.);
(See also: Raimondi, Ubaldo.)
Raimondi, Ubaldo
(See: Raimindi, Abaldo.)
Rapie, Charles
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of coal at the face of a pillar, in the Ernest
No. 3 Mine, Sept. 29, 1916.)
Reed, John
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, Jefferson &
Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Ernest No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 & No.
4 Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Reed, John Thomas
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 48, married, wife Elizabeth
Reed, 2 children.)
Reed, William
(English Miner, Superintendent ca.1905, of the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Burned by an explosion of gas, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine,
May 15, 1905.)
(Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, ca.1913, of the Ernest
Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Jefferson & Clearfield
Coal & Iron Company.)
Reeves, James
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1914, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 56, married.);
(Injured. Foot, back and shoulder badly bruised by a fall of coal at the
face of a room, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, December 24, 1914.)
Reitch, John
(Italian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1918, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 34, single.);
(Injured. Finger taken off by the rope of mining machine at the face of a
room, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, Nov. 20, 1918.)
Rellic, George
(Russian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
24, single.);
(Injured. Burned by an explosion of gas near face of a heading, in the Ernest
No. 4 Mine, December 8, 1908.)
Renden, Frank
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Injured. Leg and foot fractured by a fall of coal while scraping after puncher
mining machine in a cross-cut of a room pillar, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
March 16, 1912.)
Reolphy, Santos
(Italian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1915, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Foot crushed by a fall of bone coal at the face of a room, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, July 27, 1915.)
Resinger, Herman
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Revie, James W.
(American Miner, Slatepicker ca.1911, Ernest Mine Tipple, Indiana Co.,
PA.);
(Injured. Leg fractured below the knee by falling on the tipple floor. Outside,
at the Ernest Tipple, October 26, 1911.)
Rhoads, John
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Richard, Austin R.
(Miner, ca.1933-1960, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Rickor, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 25, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of his room, in the
Ernest No. 2 Mine, May 26, 1908.)
Righetti, Ernesto
(Miner, ca.1920, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, 1 child.)
Riley, Vincent T.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Rinkus, William
(Miner, ca.1940's-1960's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Romoli, Mario "Romeo"
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Ross, John
(Italian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 22,
married.);
(Injured. Overcome by after-damp after an explosion, while trying to make
his way outof the mine, Ernest No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February
5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Ross, Massino
(Italian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 24,
single.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, February 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Rossi, Arthur
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Ruddock, David G.
(Miner, ca.1913, ca.1915, ca.1916, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1913. Certificate issued 1913.);
(Passed examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1915. Certificate issued
1915.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1916.
Certificate issued ca.1916.)
Ruzzini, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 24, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.) |
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Saiani, Emilio
(Miner, ca.1907- ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Saldera, Joseph
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 28 or Age 29, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Salvari, Joe.)
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Salimleni, Cesare
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 44, married, wife Louisa
Salimleni, age 41, 6 children.)
Salvari, Joe
(See: Saldera, Joseph.)
Sameloe, John
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 41, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, Feb. 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Schloder, Lawrence
(German Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 42, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured and one tendon severed by a fall of roof at the face
of a room, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, May 18, 1918.)
Schmidt, Mark
(American Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 36.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Semetkoskey, Theodore Frank
(Miner, ca.1930-1953, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Helen
Yetsina Semetkoskey, 6 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured in a mining accident in the Ernest No. 1 Mine,
Jan. 29, 1953.);
(Born Sept. 12, 1904, at Ramey, Pa., a son of the late Theodore and Anna
Orlasky Semetkoskey, he had resided at Ernest for 21 years.);
(Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, PA.)
Senesski, Andrew
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
24, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a electric wire. He was crossing between an
empty trip of mine cars on the heading and he struck his back against the
wire and was shocked so severely that he died soon afterwards. The
accident would not have happened had he waited, as the motorman told him
to do, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, June 23, 1906.)
Severyn, Antonio
(Miner, ca.1922, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 48, 7 children.)
Shaffer, J. T.
(Miner, ca.1906, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1906. Certificate
issued ca.1906.)
Shantie, James "Jimmie"
(Italian Miner, Motorman’s Assistant ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana
Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured. Hand crushed. Caught between a mine car and a mine motor, in the
Ernest No. 1 Mine, Jan.15, 1918.)
Shell, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 31, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by fall of coal at face of room, in the Ernest No. 2
Mine, October 29, 1909.)
Sherlock, George
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 33, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, Feb. 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.)
Shimskie, Paul
(See: Shinskie, Paul.)
Shimskie, Maft
(Slavonian Miner, Spragger ca.1917, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
20, single.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured by a fall of slate on the haulage road, in
the Ernest No. 3 Mine, March 6, 1917.)
Shinskie, Paul
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 47, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, Feb. 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.);
(See also: Shimskie, Paul.)
Skecko, Demo
(Italian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1906, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Killed. Killed by electric wire. The motor was off the track at the
mouth of Skecko's room, having run into an empty mine car that he had left
off the track at that point. He was climbing between the motor and
first loaded mine car and came in contact with the trolley wire and was shocked
so badly that he died in a few minutes, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Dec. 18,
1906. Accident was due to his own carelessness.)
Skehan, Patrick J.
(Miner, ca.1911, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman. Certificate issued
ca.1911.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade. Certificate issued
ca.1912.)
Skipoola, John
(Austrian Miner, Employee ca.1907, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
25, married.);
(Injured. Burned on face and hands in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, October 6, 1907.
The door on a crosscut had been left open and a small quantity of gas had
collected in a cavity in the roof and these men going in for a rail jack
ignited it. With Joe Creevanski.)
Skoff, Gilbert
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Slomiany, John
(Miner, ca.1928, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Mary Urban
Slomiany.)
Smith, Blair W.
(Miner, ca.1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, Curtin
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, John
(Polish Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 40,
married.);
(Injured. Leg crushed by fall of slate at face of a heading, in the Ernest
No. 1 Mine, September 14, 1910.)
Smith, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 42, married, wife Mary
Smith, age 22, 8 children.)
Smith, Michael J.
(Miner, ca.1928- ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, Paul A.
(Miner, ca.1928-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1919-1941, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, William C.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Socol, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1924, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of gas, in the Ernest Mine, Sept.,
1924.)
Spara, Angelo
(Italian Miner, Motorman ca.1913, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
28, single.);
(Injured. Shoulder crushed and dislocated between the top of an electric
locomotive and the mine roof on an entry, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, May 25,
1913.)
Spence, Clair
(Miner, ca.1934-?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Spence, Clarence
(Miner, ca.1924-1958, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Spence, Leonard
(Miner, ca.1944-1945, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Spence, Robert B.
(Miner, ca.1930's-1954, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Spence, Silas W.
(Miner, ca.1934-1971, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Spondike, George
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(See also: Spondyke, George.)
Spondike, George
(Hungarian Miner Boy, Laborer ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Arm broken at elbow by falling off a mine car. Outside of the Ernest
No. 1 Mine, Sept.20, 1918.);
(Possibly the son of George Spondike or Spondyke.)
Spondyke, George
(Slavonian Miner, Pick ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 48,
married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally burned by explosion of gas and overcome by after-damp, Ernest
No. 2 Mine Explosion of 1910, Feb. 5, 1910.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster of Feb. 5, 1910.);
(See also: Spondike, George.)
Stahman, Clyde
(Miner, ca.1934-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Stangonik, Frank
(Russian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Killed. Killed by coming in contact with an electric wire, in the Ernest
No. 4 Mine, May 19, 1905. In pushing a loaded mine car out of his room
he pushed it too far on to the heading, and it trying to push it back he
came in contact with the live trolley wire.)
Stanko, George
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, from Nagy Zalaiska, Ung Co., married,
wife Maria Fejedelem Stanko. from Tololyan, Zemplen Co.)
Stets, Andy
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed in a mining accident, in the Ernest Mines, April 26,
1963.);
(Andy Stets entered the mines at age 14 to support his family.)
Stets, John
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Stets, Joseph
(Miner, A Boss in the Mine, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Stocehi, Close
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 35, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Stosko, Peter
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured and back injured by a fall of coal at the face of
a room, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Sept. 12, 1916.)
Strandquest, Carl V.
(Swedish Miner, ca.1914, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed May 1914 his examination for Fire Boss. Certificate issued
ca.1914.);
(Swedish Miner, Fire Boss ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
33, single.);
(See also: Strandquist, Carl.)
Strandquest, John O.
(Miner, ca.1913, ca.1914, ca.1915, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed May 1913 examination for Fire Boss. Certificate issued 1913.);
(Passed May 1914 examination for Assistant Mine Foreman. Certificate issued
ca.1914.);
(Passed examination for Mine Foreman First Grade. Certificate issued 1915.)
Strandquist, Oscar
(Swedish Miner, Motorman ca.1911, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
28, married.);
(Injured. Ribs broken and spine injured by being caught between top of electric
locomotive and mine roof on entry, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, March 18,
1911.)
Strandquist, Carl
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30 or
Age 35, married or single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Strandquest, Carl V.)
Streams, William
(American Miner, Machinist ca.1915, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
50, married.);
(Killed. Killed by being crushed between a pillar and the mine motor frame
while riding on electric locomotive on the main entry about one-half mile
from mouth of mine, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, March 8, 1915. The locomotive
ran off the track.)
Sullivan, Michael
(Miner, Foreman ca.1905, Ernest No. 2 Mine.)
Swanlek, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1928-1950, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Swanson, Edward
(Miner, ca.1907, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA);
(Passed examination for Mine Foreman, Second Grade, ca.1907. Certificate
issued ca.1907.) |
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Taggart, Paul
(American Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 30, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Tartaglioni, Francisco
(Italian Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, single.);
(born in Italy.)
Telk, Bruno
(Miner, ca.1931-1964, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Telk, Mark
(Miner, ca.1910-1948, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Telk, Joe
(Miner, ca.1937-1946, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Telk, Tony
(Miner, ca.1903-1904, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Tennex, Joseph
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Tibia fractured by stepping into a hole and falling.
Outside the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Aug. 21, 1916.)
Thorton, Charles W.
(Miner, ca.1940's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Toccifondi, Bruno
(Miner, ca.1924-1957, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Tognitti, Bruno
(Miner, ca.1916-1918, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Tomasina, Nicholas
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1909, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 28, single.);
(Killed. Killed by mine cars on a heading, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, February
3, 1909.)
Tomb, David R.
(Miner, ca.1906-1907, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Tondo, Baldassi
(Italian Miner, ca.1915, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31,
single.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of leg by fall of coal at face of entry, in the
Ernest No. 1 Mine, Oct.30, 1915.)
Tortella, Guido
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Tote, Steve
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 47, single.);
(Injured. Hernia, caused by pushing a mine car, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
April 19, 1918.)
Totin, Mike
(Miner, ca.1919, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 40, 10 children.)
Tovis, Stephen
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married, wife Mary
Tovis, age 27, 4 children.)
Trunzo, Frank
(Miner, ca.1913, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 28, married, wife Rosie
Trunzo, age 25, 3 children.)
Truse, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 30 or Age 40, married, 4 childen.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Turnbull, James
(Miner, ca.1903- ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Turnbull, Wilson
(Miner, ca.1920- ?, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.) |
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Urgas, Andy
(Hungarian Miner, ca.1909, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 41,
married.);
(Injured. Body squeezed between a mine car and the mine roof on a heading,
in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, March 20, 1909.)
Uvena, A. S.
(Miner, ca.1920-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Uvena, Frank, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1931-1941, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Uvena, Frank, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1903-1937, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Uvena, John
(Miner, ca.1930-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Uvena, Mike
(Miner, ca.1930-1940, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.) |
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Valercuski, Ignally
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Vallei, Francesco
(Miner, ca.1914, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married, wife Maria
Vallei, age 31, 5 children.)
Valtri, Nick
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
63, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate at the face of a room, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, August 1, 1912.)
Vasil, John
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Vassanelli, Fred
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Vay, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1918, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1918. Certificate issued 1918.)
Velteski, Ignots
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 42, married, 6 children.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Velteski, Walter
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
22, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Verner, Jim
(Italian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 23,
single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by being caught between a loaded trip of mine cars,
October 3, 1910. Outside of the Ernest No. 3 Mine.)
Victoria, Carnotti
(Austrian Miner, Dumper ca.1911, Ernest Tipple, Indiana Co., PA, Age 46,
married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured below the knee by the sheet iron of the screen falling
on it. Outside at the Ernest Tipple, November 28, 1911.)
Vitello, John
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Ernest No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of leg. Caught be a fall of roof at the face
of a pillar, in the Ernest No. 1 Mine, July 19, 1918. Possibly with John
Mintelow.)
Voscip, Paul
(Miner, ca.1911, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, from Javoreces Lisko Co.,
Galacia, married, wife Catharina Dzindza Voscip, from Luch, Lisko Co. Austria
Galacia.) |
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Walazimki, Anthony
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
28, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of rock, in the Ernest No. 4 Mine, November
23, 1906. Due to his carelessness.)
Walker, Albert R.
(Miner, ca.1924-1962, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Walker, Edward
(Scotch Miner, Employee ca.1908, Ernest No. 4 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
21, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by the cage at the foot of the mine shaft of the
Ernest No. 4 Mine, October 22, 1908. When the cage started up the shaft he
jumped on the timbers on which the cage rested and started to shovel off
some coal that was on the timbers. The engine, however, made a back stroke
and the cage, which was about twenty-four feet up the shaft, fell back, catching
Walker against the timbers. He was badly crushed and died one hour later.)
Warino, George
(Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916. );
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Watkins, Morgan
(Miner, ca.1911, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1911. Certificate
issued ca.1911.)
Watshaco, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, ca.1910, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31,
married.);
(Injured. Fracture and dislocation of vertebrae by a fall of rock at the
face of a heading, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, December 10, 1910. A pot hole
fell out of the roof.)
Watson, Andrew
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1910, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(June 1910 - Suit was entered in the Indiana County Court against Andrew
Watson, Fire Boss at Ernest No. 2 Mine of the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal
and Iron Company, for neglect of duty. At the hearing before the Hon. S.J.
Telford, Judge of the Indiana County court, the defendant appeared and admitted
the fact of official delinquency charged against him. The Court found that
on May 30, 1910, the defendant had signed a report, certifying that he had
made an examination of the mine as his duty required him to do, without in
fact having made any such examination. The Court directed the Clerk of Court
to notify the Examining Board of the Twelfth Bituminous District of the finding,
and that said Board be instructed to withdraw the certificate of the defendant
until the first day of March, 1912. With John O’Hara.)
Watson, Arthur
(Miner, ca.1930-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Watson, John
(Miner, ca.1910, Ernest, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1910. Certificate issued ca.1910.)
Wesley, Martin B.
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Whinnie, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1916. Certificate issued ca.1916.)
Whinnie, William
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman ca.1916. Certificate
issued ca.1916.)
White, Malvin
(Miner, ca.1920's, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Wilden, Samuel
(Miner, ca.1915, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed examination for Fire Boss ca.1915. Certificate issued 1915.);
(Passed his Examination for Mine Foreman, First Grade, ca.1917. Received
his certificate ca.1917.)
Willish, Tony
(Russian Miner, Scraper ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
38, single.);
(Injured. Hands and face burned by explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest
No.2 Mine, Feb. 11, 1916.);
(See also: Wilish, Tony.);
(Survived the Explosion and fire damp.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Wilson, David
(Miner, ca.1917, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married, wife Isabella
Wilson, age 39, 3 children.)
Wilson, Harry A.
(Miner, ca.1912, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1912. Certificate issued
ca.1912.)
Wisilosky, John Frank
(Miner, ca.1948, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.):
(Injured. Seriously injured yesterday afternoon while working in the
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company's Ernest mine, according to a company
official. The miner received a fracture of both legs, in the Ernest Mine,
July 19, 1948. Requiring the amputation of the right leg, below the knee.);
(Born - October 12, 1885, Carnegie, PA; Died- October 28, 1949, Connellsville,
PA.)
Wolfgang, Ken
(Miner, ca.1935-1965, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Wuzenski, Peter
(Polish Miner, Coal Loader ca.1914, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
32, single.);
(Injured. Back broken by a fall of coal at the face of a heading, in the
Ernest No. 3 Mine, March 19, 1914.) |
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Yanity, Pete
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Yanni, Joe
(Miner, ca.1916, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 38, married, wife Rosa
Yanni, age 28, 1 child.)
Yard, Daniel
(Miner, ca. ? , Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Yargoes, Thomas
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
40, married.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of thigh by a fall of roof on his room roadway
when a mine car knocked out a mine post, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Feb. 13,
1913.)
Yates, Charles
(Italian Miner, Employee ca.1907, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
27, single.);
(Injured. Foot crushed between a mine motor and mine cars on a heading, in
the Ernest No. 2 Mine, July 25, 1907.)
Yeslovich, Joe
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Helen Yeslovich.)
Yohonn, Peter
(German Miner, ca.1914, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 21,
married.);
(Injured. Simple fracture of forearm and head lacerated by a fall of coal
at the face of a heading, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, March 16, 1914.) |
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Zacherl, Clarence
(Miner, ca.1928-1954, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Zamferino, Adolph
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
25, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate at the face of a room,
in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Jan. 29, 1913.)
Zasgily, John
(Slavonian Miner, Spragger ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Killed. Killed by an explosion of fire damp, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine,
Feb. 11, 1916.);
(Ernest No. 2 Mine Disaster Feb. 11, 1916.)
Zbignewich, Adam, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1907-1949, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Zbur, Nick
(Miner, ca.1928-1958, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Zellman, Frank E. "Zeke"
(Russian / Polish Miner, ca.1916 - 1965, Ernest Mines, married.);
(Lived at Coal Company House No. 124, Ernest, PA.);
(Supplemented his miners income by collecting garbage from the homes in Ernest
from 1940 to 1958 for .25/week per house.);
(b. ca.1903 - d. ca.1983.)
Zemmski, Stanley
(Lithuanian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Ernest No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA,
Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Finger cut off, in the Ernest No. 3 Mine, May 8, 1909. Caught between
two mine motors on a heading.)
Zentner, Mr. "Zip"
(Miner, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A member of the Ernest R. & P. Baseball Team.)
Zizins, Tony
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Ernest No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co.,
PA, Age 33, single.);
(Injured. Rib broken lung punctured and shoulders bruised between mine
cars on an entry, in the Ernest No. 2 Mine, Oct. 24, 1916.)
Zuara, George
(Miner, ca.1030-1933, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Zuara, Paul
(Miner, ca.1930-1933, Ernest Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
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