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Coal Miners Memorial
Bertha Mine,

Bertha,
Burgettstown,
Washington County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Nov. 26, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Bertha Mine


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Bertha Mine, Bertha, Burgettstown, Washington 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
BERTHA MINE
[ A ]
Antons, William
(Greek Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured.  Thumb severely bruised by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, Dec. 4, 1916.)
[ B ]
Babbish, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 46, single.);
(Injured.  Stomach sprained while assisting to replace a derailed mine car on the track, in the Bertha Mine, July 31, 1917.)
Bookman, John
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 43, married.);
(Injured.  Compound fracture of the leg by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, July 21, 1916.)
[ C ]
Cobert, John
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 41, married.);
(Injured.  Back injured by a fall of roof on a room road, in the Bertha Mine, Dec. 14, 1916.)
[ D ]
Diargo, James
(Italian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured.  Back injured by a fall of slate at the face of a room.  He was loading a mine car with coal and failed to set post under the slate, in the Bertha Mine, June 13, 1917.)
Dolinisky, John
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 54, married.);
(Injured.  Knee fractured by a fall of coal at the face of a room while pulling down loose coal, in the Bertha Mine, Sept. 12, 1917.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Fuller, Joseph
(Austrian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 29, married.);
(Injured.  Toe cut off and foot bruised. While assisting to replace a derailed mine car on the track, it slipped and fell on his foot, in the Bertha Mine, April 5, 1916.)
[ G ]
Gibson, Frank K.
(American Miner, Engineer ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured.  Caught between two loaded mine cars on the tipple.  Outside the Bertha Mine, July 12, 1916.)
Gillen, Robert
(American Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured.  Side of head cut and bruised.  Caught by the cutting bits of a mining machine.  While repairing a cutterhead on the mining machine his partner turned on the power, in the Bertha Mine, July 5, 1916.)
[ H ]
Hillen, Simon
(American Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 22, married.);
(Injured.  Hand and fingers bruised by a falling jack-pipe used on the rear end of a mining machine at the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, Aug. 16, 1916.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Linstakis, Mike
(Greek Miner, Coal Loader ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured.  Leg bruised.  Caught between a loaded mine car and a room pillar at the room curve off an entry, in the Bertha Mine, June 12, 1916.)
[ M ]
Mabula, John
(Bohemian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Back and ribs injured by a fall of roof on an entry, in the Bertha Mine, Dec. 5, 1916.)
Manawshes, Joseph
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured.  Foot bruised by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, Sept. 19, 1916.)
Martinsa, John
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 37, married.);
(Injured.  Hand badly bruised.  Caught between a mine car and the roof on an entry, in the Bertha Mine, Sept. 7, 1916.)
McCoy, William L.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, for Bertha Coal Company.)
Menis, Frederick
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured.  Toe fractured and foot otherwise injured.  While pulling a loaded mine car out of a room he slipped and fell in front of the mine car which passed over his foot, in the Bertha Mine, Nov. 5, 1917.)
Mikula, Frank
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 53, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured by a fall of slate at the face of a room while loading a mine car with coal, in the Bertha Mine, Jan. 22, 1917.)
[ N ]
Nattie, Nick
(Greek Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured. Rib fractured.  Caught between empty mine car and a loade mine car on a side track, in the Betha Mine, Oct. 24, 1916.)
Nick, Frank
(Greek Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 42, single.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured.  Caught between two empty mine cars in a room, in the Bertha Mine, March 31, 1917.)
[ O ]
[ P ]
Patrachis, Andrew
(Greek Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured.  Arm badly bruised by a fall of slate at the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, Sept. 2, 1916.)
Phillips, Alexander
(American Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured by a fall of slate at the face of a room while loading a mine car with coal, in the Bertha Mine, June 25, 1917.)
Polantic, Frank
(Russian Miner, machine Miner ca.1917, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured.  Ribs and finger fractured by a fall of coal at th eface of a room while shearing coal, in the Bertha Mine, May 14, 1917.)
Polauchisk, Frank
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 36, single.);
(Injured.  Hand bruised and finger nails squeezed off while assisting to replace a derailed mine car.  He was placing a piece of rail under the front end of the mine car, which was up, when it slipped, and his hand was caught between the rail and the bottom of the mine car, in the Bertha Mine, Aug. 12, 1916.)
Poliso, Sam
(Greek Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 30, single.);
(Injured.  Arm lacerated.  Caught between low part of roof and a loaded mine car, in the Bertha Mine, Aug. 29, 1916.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Roboskey, William, Jr.
(Polish Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured.  Foot badly bruised by a fall of slate the face of a room, in the Bertha Mine, Sept. 5, 1916.)
Roman, Steve
(Russian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Wrist fractured.  Caught between a mine car and an entry pillar on an entry, in the Bertha Mine, June 13, 1916.);
Roman, Steve
(Russian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured.  Thigh fractured.  Struck by a pit post that fell off a loaded mine car of posts when it collided with another mine car, in the Bertha Mine, Aug. 26, 1916.)
[ S ]
Sarrisk, Andy
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 28, single.);
(Injured.  Hand fractured and bruised by a fall of coal at the face of a room while taking down coal, in the Bertha Mine, May 4, 1916.)
Sasko, Joseph
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured.  Hand cut and bruised by a fall of coal at the face of a room while taking down coal, in the Bertha Mine, May 4, 1916.)
Seaton, George Edward
(Black Miner [Mulatto], Mule Driver ca.1920, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 24.)
Seaton, George
(Black Miner, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, married.);
(Father of George Edward Seaton.)
Stewart, J. E.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Bertha Coal Company, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ T ]
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yarusky, Frank
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1916, Bertha Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 54, single.);
(Injured.  Hand severely bruised.  He was putting slate back into the gob and a piece broke in his hand, in the Bertha Mine, Nov. 1, 1916.)
[ Z ]
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