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Coal Miners Memorial
Agnes Mine,
Marianna Mine,
Marianna No. 58 Mine,
Rachel Mine,

Marianna,
Bethlehem Twp.,
Washington County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Nov. 3, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Marianna Mines


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Marianna Mines, Marianna, Bethlehem Twp., 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
MARIANNA MINES
[ A ]
Ackers, George
(Black Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 30, married, wife Mrs. Bennett Ackers.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Death was due to suffocation.);
(Mrs. Ackers was the former Miss Bennett of Centerville, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Anderson, George Philip
(Miner, ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1917.  Certificate issued ca.1917.)
Asrey, Bunerain
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.   Identified by Mine Check Number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ B ]
Beck, Guy
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 37, married, 6 children.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof and timer on the main passageway.  A derailed mine car struck the legs of some cross timber, causing a geberal collapse of the roof and timber at that point, in the Marianna Mine, June 14, 1917.)
Bennett, Mr.
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Death due to Suffocation. Lived in Centerville, PA.)
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Borns, Owen
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Burned about head and face, left arm broken.. Identified by Mine Check No. 896 on coal company books. Lived at Marianna, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Bosewitch, Alex
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Identified by his friends);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Brindle, Paul
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured.  Ankle fractured.  Caught between a mine car and a mining machine, in the Marianna Mine, April 4, 1908.)
[ C ]
Ciatt, Richard
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.  Also, he wore a diamond ring and a gold ring.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Clem, Benjamin
(American Miner, Cager ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured.  Hip fractured.  Caught between a mine car and the face of an entry, in the Marianna Mine, March 21, 1908.)
Collins, Archie
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, for Union Coal & Coke Company.)
Conigloc, Guorino
(Italian Miner, Ash Wheeler, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured.  Part of foot cut off by being caught in a mechanical stoker in the boiler room.  He put his foot on the stoker to warm it.  Outside the Marianna Mine, Feb. 7, 1917.)
[ D ]
Donlin, Pat
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Identified by his friends.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Donesty, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Leg broken.  Death was due to suffocation. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ E ]
Eckenrode, Milt
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 35.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Identified by tattoo name on arm and also Mine Check number on coal company books. Lived at Marianna, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Egon, Frank
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 30.);
(Killed. Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Death was by suffocation.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gray, Richard E., Sr.
(Miner, Marianna No. 58 Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Harmuth, George Anthony
(Miner, Assistant Mine Foreman ca.1957, Marianna Mine, Washingtobn Co., PA, Age 43, married.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and dust, in the Marianna Mine, ca.1957.);
(Lived in Canonsburg, PA.)
Henderson, James
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, married, several children.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Body badly mutilated, head blown off.  Lived at Ellsworth, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Howe, Tom
(American Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 30, married, 3 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by being run over by a mine car on a cross entry while attempting to apply the brake, in the Marianna Mine, March 31, 1917.)
[ I ]
Ivill, John
(Miner, Assistant Machine Boss ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Death resulted from suffocation.);
(John Ivill, was married on Nov. 4, 1908, resided in Monongahela, PA. Cousin of John H. Jones.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ J ]
Joedsky, John
(Minr, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Skull crushed. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ K ]
Kelly, William
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured, ankle dislocated and body injured.  Run over by an air locomotive on the main passageway.  He jumped off the moving locomotive to turn a switch, struck his head against the roof and fell in front of the motor, in the Marianna Mine, Oct. 20, 1917.)
Kozar, Martin
(Austrian Miner, Laborer ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 44, married.);
(Injured.  Leg cut off.  Caught between mine cars in a chute between two cross entries.  He was riding on the front of the mine car, which collided with another mine car, in the Marianna Mine, Aug. 21, 1917.)
[ L ]
Lannoss, George
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated, head blown off.  Identified by a paper found in his pocket.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Lapine, Mike
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Face burned, death due to suffocation. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ M ]
Meehan, H. J.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Union Coal & Coke Company, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Petrick, William
(Croatian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1942, Marianna No. 58 Mine, Industrial Colleries, subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Washington Co., PA, Age 33, married, wife Helen Petrick, 4 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Marianna No. 58 Mine, Dec., 1942.  He was pinned for five hours, being dug out by his brothers. Died Dec. 21, 1942.);
(Born in Tuhelj, Yugoslavia.)
[ Q ]
Qualiero, Doninick
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Identified by tattooed name under arm and also Mine Check No. 215 on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ R ]
Roalock, Joe
(Hungarian Miner, Brakeman ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured.  Compound fracture of arm.  Caught between the mine roof and an air tank of compressed air locomotive on the main passageway while riding on the front end of the locomotive, in the Marianna Mine, Feb. 27, 1917.)
Rudlich, Stephen
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 26.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident, in the Marianna Mine, June 23, 1910. Interred in the Monongahela City Cemetery. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)
[ S ]
Sablish, Antony
(Austrian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 44, married.);
(Injured.  Thigh Fractured.  Struck by a runaway mine car on an entry, in the Marianna Mine, April 10, 1908.)
Samtum, Sam
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed. Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Slovinsho, Mike
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books. Lived at Marianna, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Surguvitch, Peter
(Austrian Miner, Timberman ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 37, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof on a cross entry while knocking out a cross bar, in the Marianna Mine, May 28, 1917.)
[ T ]
Tahaney, Charles
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Skull crushed, leg broken. Identified by receipt in purse.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Tebery, Frank
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washingtton Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Leg broken, head crushed, upper portion of body burned. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Tedroff, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed. Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Thompson, Henry
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 48, married, 8 children.);
(Killed. Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.   Lived in Marianna, PA.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Toorse, Alec
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908. Identified by Mine Check number on coal company books.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ U ]
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated, leg torn off, head blown to atoms, body burned, and clothes torn off.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated, head crushed.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated, literally torn to pieces, nothing but a portion of the trunk left.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Body badly mutilated, literally torn to pieces, nothing but a portion of the trunk left.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Hands burned.  Death due to suffocation.  No Mine Check number for identification.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, known as "Donegal," Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Death resulted from a fractured skull. Resided at the Galiagher boarding house, Marianna, PA. );
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Portion of the trunk left, one leg, and a portion of his head.  All clothing torn from the body.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
Unidentified Miner
(Foreigner Miner, Pick Miner ca.1908, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in an explosion of gas and coal dust, in the Marianna Mine, Nov. 28, 1908.  Both legs broken, body badly burned.  No Mine Check number for identification.);
(Marianna Mine Disaster of Nov. 28, 1908.)
[ V ]
Vorbomitz, Peter
(Austrian Miner, Company Man ca.1917, Marianna Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 49, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured by a fall of coal while cutting timber on middle of the road, in the Marianna Mine, Feb. 17, 1917.)
[ W ]
Wedas, Thomas
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1910, Marianna Mine, Washingtgon Co., PA, Age 21.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident, in the Marianna Mine, Sept. 14, 1910. Interred in the St. Mary's Cemetery. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]

Bunerain Asrey, identified by check.

Henry Thompson, aged 48, married; leaves wife and 8 children; lived in Marianna.

Alex Bosewitch, foreigner, identified by friend.

46 Unidentified men, mostly foreigners

[from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

29) Edward Roy, 28, Mon. City, died 6/12/97 by coal fall in Monongahela Mine, Int. Mon. City. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

30) James Dzamba, 38, died 6/23/10 in Monongahela Mine, Int. Ellsworth. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

31) Meshic Heywood, 56, Mon. City, died 6/28/00 in Monongahela Mine, Int. in Mon. City. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

32) Washington Claughton, 35, Mon. City, died 5/14/96 in Monongahela Mine, Int. Mon. City. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

33) John Covey, 51, Mon. City, died 7/2/01 in Monongahela Mine, Int. St. Mary's. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

36) Lou Hinman, 37, Mon. City, died 3/25/95 in Jones Mine, Int. Mon. City. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

37) Angele Brescianelli, 48, Watson, died 8/24/96 in Watson Mine, Int. St. Mary's. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

45) George Marin Kovich, 31, Cokeburg, Married, Austrian, Miner, crushed by fall of stone at Cokeburg Mine 9/7/15, Int. at Charleroi.  [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)

(16) Unidentified body, with both legs broken, and badly burned.

(17) Unidentified body, disemboweled, left leg torn off, arm broken, top

of head blown off.

(18) Unidentified, both legs broken. Death due to suffocation.

(19) Unidentified, disemboweled, head blown off, one foot gone.

(21) Unidentified body, badly burned.

(22) Unidentified American, crushed about the head; check number 19.

(26) Unidentified foreigner, disemboweled, leg broken, check number 179.

(29) Unidentified.

(30) Unidentified.

(31) Unidentified.

(32) Unidentified.

(33) Unidentified.

(35) Unidentified.

(37) Unidentified.

(38) Unidentified.

(40) Unidentified.

(41) Unidentified.

(43) Unidentified.

(47) Unidentified.

(48) Unidentified.

In addition to these there have been brought up 12 unidentified bodies.


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