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Abbot, Justus
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Champion Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age
57, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate, in the Champion Mine, Nov.
3, 1906.) |
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Barnes, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1893, Champion Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Champion Mine,
July, 1893.);
(Dr. Laross, of this place and Dr. Cullinam, of Willow Grove, yesterday held
a post mortem examination of the body of a man named Barnes, who was hurt
a few days ago at Champion mines by a fall of slate, the object being to
determine the immediate cause of death. The found that peritonitis caused
death, brought on by the injuries gotten in the mine. [from the
"McDonald Outlook," McDonald, PA, July, 1893.].)
Biscon, John
(Irish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Champion Mine, Age 55, single.);
(Injured. Rib broken and back injured by a fall of slate, in the Champion
Mine, Jan. 17, 1900.)
Blackburn, O. A.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1903, for Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal & Coke Company, Champion Mine.) |
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Cairns, Andrew
(Irish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Champion Mine, Age 56, married, 1
child.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Champion Mine,
Nov. 11, 1905.) |
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Davis, John
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Champion Mine, Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Squeezed across thighs by a fall of slate, in the Champion
Mine, Sept. 11, 1905.)
Dixon, Virgil
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Champion Mine, for Champion Gas Coal Company.) |
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Golmictz, John
(Employee of the Champion Mine Company Store, he drove truck and later became
the butcher.);
(He also worked at the Crescent Mine Company Store.);
(Moved to the Waverly Mine, Smithton, as the Company Store Manager, ca.1943.) |
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Jacobs, Albert
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Champion Mine, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Foot bruised by a fall of slate, in the Champion Mine, June 22,
1905.) |
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Keefer, W. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1904, ca.1905, Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburg, PA, Champion Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Kurtz, J. Fred
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Champion Gas Coal Company, Champion
Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
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Marshall, Ernest
(Superintendent, ca. 1916, of the Champion Mine, for Champion Gas Coal Company.)
Mathison, James
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Champion Mine, Age 50, married.);
(Injured. Back and leg injured by a fall of slate, in the Champion
Mine, Oct. 13, 1906.)
Minford, William
(Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, of the Champion Mine,
Washington Co., PA, for Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company,
Pittsburg, PA.) |
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Rahnke, Herman
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Champion Mine, Age 57, married, 7 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed at about eight o'clock Wednesday Morning in the
Champion Mine, by a fall of slate. The unfortunate man was bailing water
at the time the accident occured, and his son-in-law Otto Schultz, was working
with him and we are told was in the act of setting a post to make the slate
more secure, when a "pot" of the treacherous stuff fell out without the slightest
warning, striking both men, killing Rahnke and injuring Schultz, in the Champion
Mine, Mar. 3, 1909.);
(Rahnke Herman lived at Long Branch.);
(Interment at Mt. Tabor Cemetery.);
[Source: Roscoe Ledger, Friday March 5, 1909.]
Roberts, G. W.
(Superintendent, ca.1898, of the Champion Mine, Washington Co., PA, for T.
J. Wood Company.) |
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Safako, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Champion Mine, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Bruised about the face, left arm and leg by a fall of coal
and slate, in the Champion Mine, July 5, 1904.)
Schultz, Otto
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Champion Mine, married.);
(Injured. Broken and badly crushed ankle and was otherwise injured,
he was bailing water at the time the accident occured, and his father-in-law
Herman Rahnke, was working with him and we are told was in the act of setting
a post to make the slate more secure, when a "pot" of the treacherous stuff
fell out without the slightest warning, striking both men, killing Rahnke
and injuring Schultz, in the Champion Mine, Mar. 3, 1909.);
(Son-in-law of Herman Rahnke.)
Sendrick, Adam
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1917, Champion Mine, Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Compound fracture of leg. He was caught in the tail
chain of a horse which he was driving on the haulage road, in the Champion
Mine, Dec. 18, 1917.) |
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Walker, Isaac
(English Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Champion Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate, in the Champion Mine, Jan.
11, 1906.)
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