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Coal Miners Memorial
Waterman No. 1 Mine,
Waterman No. 2 Mine (Tide Mine),
Waterman & Tide,
Center Twp.,
Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Aug. 23, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Waterman Mines

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Waterman Mines, Waterman, 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
WATERMAN MINES
[ A ]
Adamsky, John
(Miner, ca.1948-1951, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Albright, Robert L.
(Miner, ca.1942-1950, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ashman, Alex
(Miner, ca.1943-1951, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ashman, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1940-1952, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ashman, Paul
(Miner, ca.1937-1941, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Beltz, Carl
(Miner, ca.1928, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Marie Stiver Beltz.)
Betton, John
(Miner, ca.1918, Waterman, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss. Certificate issued 1918.)
Beveridge, Robert
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Brush Creek Coal Mining Company.)
Brink, James P.
(American Miner, Scraper ca.1914, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Toe taken off by the mining machine chain at the face of a room, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, February 28, 1914.)
Bulwich, George
(Austrian Miner, ca.1924, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married.)
Burns, Clarles
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
[ C ]
Campo, Thomas
(Italian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Italy, married.)
Chapman, Ralph C.
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Compobenedetto, Tancredi
(Miner, ca.1921, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, 5 children.);
(See also: Crampobenedetto, Caniredi.)
Crampobenedetto, Caniredi
(See: Compobenedetto, Tancredi.)
[ D ]
Demyan, John
(Miner, ca.1914, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Anne Senyitko Demyan.)
Dobrenich, Joseph Paul
(Miner, ca.1920, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, 3 children.)
Drosky, Andy
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Fritchman, F. M.
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, ca.1916, ca.1917, Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ G ]
Gidock, Martin
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married.)
Gonda, John
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Griffith, William S.
(Miner, ca.1915, Waterman, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman. Certificate issued 1915.)
[ H ]
Haggerty, Andrew
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Hirko, Michael
(Miner, ca.1914, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jaki, Bob
(Hungarian Miner, Loader ca.1915, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of bone coal at the face of a pillar, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, March 16, 1915.)
Johnson, William, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1940's-1952, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Jones, Morton E.
(Miner, ca.1915, Waterman, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Mine Foreman First Grade. Certificate issued 1915.)
[ K ]
Kishlock, Paul, Sr.
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kislak, Paul, Sr.
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kraft, Philip
(American Miner, ca.1928, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Della Murray Kraft.)
Krisko, Joseph
(Austrian Miner, ca.1922, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married, wife Francis Younkin Keisko, born in Austria,)
[ L ]
Lantuck, Mick
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 59, born in Austria.);
(b. ca.1863 - d. Oct. 20, 1923.)
Loughney, P. A.
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lunchick, Annie
(See: Lunchick, Mike;  wife of Mike Lunchick.)
Lunchick, Mike
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria, married, wife Annie Lunchick, born in Austria.)
[ M ]
Mascotte, Alix
(Miner, ca.1922, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Mattio, John
(Miner, ca.1930's-1950's, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mellinger, Louis O.
(Miner, ca.1915, Waterman, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his examinations for Mine Foreman Second Grade and Assistant Mine Foreman. Certificates issued 1915.)
Miller, Mike
(Lithuanian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured.  Rib fractured.  Struck by a mine car at an entrance to a room, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Jan. 14, 1916.)
Mizerak, Andy
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mondy, Paul
(American Miner, Car Handler ca.1918, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Hip crushed. While riding on side of a mine car the car derailed and caught him against rib of an entry, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, February 9, 1918.)
Moranne, Mike
(Austrian Miner, ca.1922, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Austria.)
Mytrysak, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1933-1957, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mytrysak, Mike
(Miner, ca.1937-1946, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Mytrysak, Paul
(Miner, Pumper ca.1917-1942, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ N ]
Nebiolo, Giuseppi
(Miner, ca.1920, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 35, married, wife Luigia Nebiolo, age 35, 4 children.)
Nook, Andy
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 49, married.);
(Injured.  Ribs fractured and leg contused by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, June 28, 1917.)
Nuck, Andy
(Slavonian Miner, Rockman ca.1917, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 50, married.);
(Injured.  Instep severely bruised by a fall of slate on an entry, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, May 12, 1917.)
[ O ]
Odrohosky, John
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ondo, Andrew J.
(Miner, ca.1937, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married.)
Oplanick, Michael
(Miner, ca.1917-1956, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ P ]
Patterson, Norman
(Miner, ca.1925-1970, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Paulette, Egene
(Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Pavalko, Mike
(Miner, ca.1924, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Peroli, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1924, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Maria Pesci Peroli.)
Pesci, Maria
(See: Peroli, Joseph;  wife of Joseph Peroli.)
Pizer, Harry Matthew
(Miner, ca.1946, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA, Age 23.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident in the Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Sept. 24, 1946.  He was shunting the loaded cars, he had just dropped one car down the track when someone released another car above him where he fell and was crushed between two mine flats. He suffered an injury to the back and internal injuries to the hips and pelvis.);
(b. March 10, 1923 - d. Sept. 24, 1946.);
(He enlisted in the army February 27, 1943 and was honorably discharged January 17, 1946 when he became employed at the Waterman No.2 Mine in Tide. He was killed in Sept. 1946.);
(buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Indiana. Pa.)
Pizer, Samuel Garland
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Charlotte Lillian Tanner Pizer.)
Plugar, Stanly
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured.  Face, Arms and eyes burned and thigh bruised.  He fired two shots in an entry and when one shot went off he returned and the second shot exploded before he could get away, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, June 14, 1917.)
Popp, John
(Miner, ca.1920's-1943, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rado, Mike, Sr.
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Reid, James T.
(Miner, ca.1930's-1938, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Rhodes, Clarence M.
(American Miner, Larry Runner ca.1917, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31, married, 2 children.);
(Killed.  Instantly Killed.  Body was found on the railroad track that ran underneath the larry track. It is supposed that he fell from the larry to the tracks below.  Outside the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Aug. 8, 1917.)
Rice, Mark
(Miner, ca.1929, Waterman Mines, married, wife Annie Blystone Rice.)
[ S ]
Sabatos, John F.
(See: Sabastos, John.)
Sabastos, John
(Miner, ca.1916, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 41, married, wife Mary Sabastos, age 42, 3 children.)
Sancewich, Joe
(Miner, ca.1921, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married, wife Katie Sancewich, age 26, 1 child.)
Savage, Michael
(Miner, ca.1915-1927, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Schrader, Alex
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Sebatoski, Enick
(Miner, ca.1920's, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Senyitko, Anne
(See: Demyan, John;  wife of John Demyan.)
Shimmel, John
(Miner, ca.1936-1955, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Shimmel, Mike
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Sidor, Pietr "Peter"
(Miner, ca.1920, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, 6 children.)
Spiaggi, Joseph
(Italian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, born in Italy, married, wife Mrs. Mordifry Spiaggi, born in Italy.)
Stamper, H. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Brush Creek Coal Mining Company.)
Stern, John
(Miner, ca.1936, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Ruby Stern.)
Stiles, Clair V.
(Miner, ca.1944-1954, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Stuart, C. W.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Indiana Co., PA, for Brush Creek Coal Mining Company.)
Summary, Joseph
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Szarfran, Stanley
(Austrian Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Thomas, Alvin
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Trausi, Amelio B.
(Miner, ca.1929-1955, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Trausi, Vando
(Miner, ca.1932-1955, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.)
Trauzzi, Louis
(Miner, ca.1922- ? , Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Trauzzi, Peter
(Miner, ca.1927- ? , Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ U ]
Ulitz, Peter
(Russian Miner, Scraper ca.1917, Waterman No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured.  Rib fractured and back bruised.  Caught between a coal cutting machine and the mine roof while riding the machine out of a room, in the Waterman No. 1 Mine, Feb. 6, 1917.)
Uncapher, John Loughry
(Miner, ca.1917, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Passed his Examination for Fire Boss, ca.1917.  Received his Certificate ca.1917.)
[ V ]
Varcholik, Dimitrius
(Miner, ca.1914, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, from Smerecin, Krosno, Galacia, married, wife Anna Litvin Varcholik, from Bianzapatan, Zemplen, Galacia.)
Vinsik, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1923, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ W ]
Wahalic, Joe, Jr.
(Miner, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA.)
Wojcik, Stanislaw
(Miner, ca.1917, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29, 3 children.)
Wojton, Wincenty
(Miner, ca.1915, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 31, married, wife Mary Wojton, age 23, 3 children.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yates, Harold
(Miner, Waterman No. 2 Mine, Tide, Indiana Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Waterman No. 2 Mine Rescue Team.)
Younkin, Francis
(See: Keisko, Joseph;  wife of Joseph Keisko.)
[ Z ]
Zorock, Mack
(See: Zovak, Mack.)
Zovak, Mack
(Miner, ca.1919, Waterman Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 24, 2 children.);
(See also: Zorock, Mack.)

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