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Coal Miners Memorial Waterman Mines, Waterman & Tide, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA


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Coal Miners Memorial
Tide No. 1 Mine,
Tide No. 2 Mine,

Tide,
Center Twp.,
Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Tide Mines, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Jan. 19, 2010

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Tide Mines


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

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
TIDE MINES
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[ B ]
Banco, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Loader ca.1915, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured. Shoulder blade broken by fall of coal at face of pillar, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, January 19, 1915.)
Belloli, Edwardo
(Miner, ca.1940's, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Lived in Coy, PA.)
Blyth [Blythe], W. S.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Tide No. 1 Mine & Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Tide Coal Mining Company.)
Blythe, W. S.
(See: Blyth, W. S. )
Bord, Joseph
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured.  Back broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, April 14, 1916.)
Butsco, George
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married, wife Mary Hubick Butsco.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Davis, Harry
(Miner, ca.1948-1950, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Demeter, Steve
(Miner, ca.1930-1950, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Dienes, Mike
(Miner, ca.1934-1974, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Donalson, James
(American Miner, ca.1926, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in United States, married, wife Calra Henry Donalson, born in United States.)
Dudash, Mike
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ E ]
Evanko, John P.
(Miner, ca.1947-1948, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Also worked at the Ernest Mines, and Lucerne Mines.)
[ F ]
Fedinick, Stanley
(Miner, ca.1949-1950, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Flanko, Jno.
(Austrian Miner, ca.1922, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married, wife Pauline Bongak Flanko, born in Austria.)
Flinko, Michael
(Miner, ca.1914, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Pauline Bardzak Flinko.)
Fodar, Joe
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 47, married.);
(Injured. Leg bruised by falling on rail while handling cars, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, January 25, 1918.)
[ G ]
Gaborsky, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1925, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Greasger, Frank
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner, ca.1916, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married, 2 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, Feb. 5, 1916.  Died in the hospital Feb. 18, 1916.)
Guy, John
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., Pa,  Age 35, single.);
(Injured. Calf of leg injured by a mine car at the face of an entry, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, January 14, 1918.)
[ H ]
Hoollihan, Harry
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1915, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Rib fractured by running his motor through a closed door on the haulage road, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, September 25, 1915.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jobe, Ernest Robert
(Miner, ca.1916, Tide Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 33, married, wife Daisie Alice Ickes Jobe, 4 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured in a mining accident at the Tide Mine.  Died in the Indiana Hospital on July 26, 1916, from peritonitis, after an illness of a few days.  Enterred at Homer City Cemetery.  [from the "Indiana Evening Gazette, July 1916.].)
Johnson, Frank
(Swedish Miner, Roadman ca.1915, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, single.);
(Injured. Ribs fractured while riding on top of a mine car loaded with rails on the haulage road, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, December 18, 1915.)
[ K ]
Kinder, E. E.
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 51, married.);
(Injured.  Ankle fractured by a fall of roof at the face of a room, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, Oct. 2, 1916.)
Kinder, Velmar
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1925, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 25, born in Jefferson Co., PA);
(Killed.  Run over by a mine motor in the Tide Mine, July 30, 1925.);
(b. June 9, 1900 - d. July 30, 1925.)
King, Lowry Johnston
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Alice King.);
(Moved to Oakfield, NY after a heart attack in ca.1951.);
(b. Dec. 17, 1905 - d. 1971)
Koliser, John
(Miner, ca.1924, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Mary Benso Koliser.)
Kopoe, John
(Austrian Miner, ca.1929, Tide Mines, Age 41.);
(Killed.  Suffered a broken neck falling down stairs, Nov. 21, 1929.)
[ L ]
[ M ]
Mattio, James
(Miner, ca.1930-1940's, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mihalik, John
(Slavonian Miner, Laborer ca.1918, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by mine cars on the tipple. Outside of the Tide No. 1 Mine, October 10, 1918.)
[ N ]
Novak, Alex
(Miner, ca.1927-1929, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Novak, Anthony
(Miner, ca.1936-1951, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Novak, Onufrey
(Miner, ca.1920-1953, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Novak, Peter
(Miner, ca.1931-1951, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Novak, Stanley
(Miner, ca.1946-1950, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ O ]
Obreczian, Louis
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ondo, Andrew J.
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.);
(Injured.  Lost an eye in a mining accident, in the Tide Mines.  Andrew J. Ondo also worked in the Waterman No. 2 Mine, and various other mines in the area.)
Oss, Joseph
(Italian Miner, ca.1914, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a mine car on a room roadway, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, August 29, 1914.)
[ P ]
Poole, Paul
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pozik, August
(Miner, ca.1930-1953, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Praiz, Paul
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1918, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Leg badly bruised by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, January 24, 1918.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Robinson, L. W. , Jr.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Tide Coal Mining Company, Tide No. 1 Mine & Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ S ]
Safferce, Casper
(Austrian Miner, ca.1930, Tide Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 53.)
(Killed. Death was a suicide by dynamite. Dr. M. M. Davis, coroner, Priest, interred. Went into the water closet at Coal Company House No. 40, Tide, PA and placed a number of sticks of dynamite against his stomach putting same off blowing him to pieces. At the Tide Mines, April 14, 1930.  Buried at Lucerne Cemetery,  May 4, 1930.)
Shook, John
(Miner, ca.1931, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Elizabeth Mester Shook.)
Sipos, Barney
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Sipos, Paul
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Siscro, Frank
(Italian Miner, Track-Helper ca.1915, Tide No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured. Head cut and rib broken by fall of slate on the main haulage road, in the Tide No. 2 Mine, July 19, 1915.)
Smith, Joseph A.
(Miner, ca.1940's, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, children.);
(Lived in Coy, PA.)
Stancula, Joe
(Hungarian Miner, ca.1926, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Hungary, married, wife Mary Shudick Stancula, born in Hungary.)
Stewart, James
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1917, Tide No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured.  Compound fracture of the leg below the knee by a mine car on the haulage road, in the Tide No. 1 Mine, Feb. 17, 1917.)
Sudol, Pete
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Tanner, Harry
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Mae Moore Tanner, 3 children.);
(Worked in the Tide Mines until ca.1946, moved to the Brownstown Mine, Armstrong Co., in ca.1946.);
(b.Dec. 2, 1900- d. 1949.)
[ U ]
Uker, Joseph
(Miner, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Urasko, Frank
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 45, born in Austria.);
(Killed.  Killed when he came in contact with an electric wire, in the Tide Mine, Oct. 16, 1923.)
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