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Coal Miners Memorial
Listie Mine,

Listie,
Somerset Twp.,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Feb. 26, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Listie Mine


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Listie Mine, Listie, Somerset Twp., Somerset 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.

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
LISTIE MINE
[ A ]
[ B ]
Brydon, John C.
(General Superintendent, ca.1904, ca.1905, Somerset Coal Company, Somerset, PA, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA.)
[ C ]
Chaball, Frank
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 35, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of rock, in the Listie Mine, Feb. 27, 1905.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gawalla, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Listie Mine, March 17, 1906.  He was put in a place to clean it up and make safe to re-start.  He found a piece of rock that he wished to take down, but could not.  He then drilled a hole in it, ready to blow it down, but before the shot was fired the rock fell on him.)
[ H ]
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Lyons, F. F.
(Superintendent, ca.1905, ca.1906, of the Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, for Somerset Coal Company, Somerset, PA.)
Lyons, F. S.
(General Superintendent, ca.1906, Somerset Coal Company, Somerset, PA, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA.)
[ M ]
[ N ]
Nied, E. J.
(Superintendent, ca.1904, of the Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, for the Somerset Coal Company, Somerset, PA.)
[ O ]
[ P ]
Pappist, Peter
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured.  Leg broken between the ankle and the knee by a fall of coal, in the Listie Mine, April 2, 1904.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
[ S ]
Soyack, Paul
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 41, married.);
(Injured.  Hand badly cut.  He was caught between the brake and a prop, in running a mine car out of his room, in the Listie Mine, April 11, 1906.)
[ T ]
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Wargo, Andy
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured.  Injured across the chest by a fall of mine roof, in the Listie Mine, July 6, 1904.)
Will, Robert S.
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1905, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 35, single.);
(Killed.  Killed by being caught in the fan.  While he was crawing through it started up and he was squeezed to death, in the Listie Mine, May 25, 1905.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]
Zebula, Joe
(Polish Miner Pick Miner ca.1904, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken between the knee and ankle by a fall of coal, in the Lislie Mine, March 26, 1904.)
Zunsiani, Flavia
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Listie Mine, Somerset Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured between the knee and ankle by a fall of draw slate, in the Listie Mine, Nov. 14, 1904.)
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