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Akers, M. N.
(Coal & Iron Police, Sergeant ca.1929, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington
Co., PA. [from the "Brownsville Telegraph," Brownsville, PA, Oct.
21, 1929.].)
Armstrong, J. M.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Montour No. 1
Mine, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
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Bastine, Paulen
(French Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
Age 46, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof while making a fall on
pillar work. Special attention was not given to this work as required by
the law, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, Dec. 4, 1916.)
Bennett, Adrian
(French Miner Boy, Machine Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington
Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured. Ankle fractured. He jumped out of a moving man trip
and fell under the mine cars on parting, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, Nov.
8, 1917.)
Berri, Agelo
(Italian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 28, single.);
(Killed. Electrocuted. He had just finished cutting a room when
he touched the brush holder of the machine. The scraper connected the
positive wire of the cable to the negative side of the zeel, which charged
the brush holder, in the Montour No. 2 Mine, July 20, 1917.)
Blackledge, Harry
(Superintenent, ca.1917, of the Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, for
Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA.)
Bock, John
(Slavonian Miner, Michine Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 47, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of coal while drilling a hole
near the face of a pillar, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, Jan. 4, 1917.)
Burns, Howard
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington
Co., PA, for Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA.)
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Cadamore, James
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 56, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Fatally injured. He was hauling water at night with
a water box and mule. The mule kicked him off the front end of the
water car on an entry and the car ran over him. He was found under
the car by the fire boss while making his first round, in the Montour No.
1 Mine, Sept. 12, 1916. He died Sept. 15, 1916.)
Cham, John
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Montour No.1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 24, single.);
(Injured. Great toe and foot injured between mine cars on an entry
when another driver ran into his trip, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, Nov. 30,
1917.)
Childres, Herbert
(Black Miner, ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 27.);
(Arrested by the Coal & Iron Police in a near riot at Montour No. 1,
Southview, Washington Co., PA, Oct. 20, 1929. [from the Brownsville Telegraph,
Oct. 21, 1929.].)
Cooper, William
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 32, single.);
(Injured. Hips badly squeezed between a mine car and a rib on the narrow
side of an entry, in the Montour No. 2 Mine, July 17, 1917.)
Costelli, Joseph
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
Age 26, single.);
(Injured. Pelvic bone fractured by a fall of slate at th eface of a
pillar, in the Montour No. 2 Mine, Jan. 19, 1917.)
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Donaldson, Thomas
(Coal & Iron Police, Private ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington
Co., PA. [from the Brownsville Telegraph, Oct. 21, 1929.].)
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Gardner, Albert
(American Miner, Brakeman ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Seriously injured in groin when empty mine cars were wrecked
at a side track switch, in the Montour No. 2 Mine, July 21, 1917.)
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Kalm, Matt
(Austrian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 39, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured. Struck by a post that was knocked out
by a fall of slate at the face of a room, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, June
22, 1917.)
Kieis, John
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 39, single.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of coal while setting mine posts
at the face of a pillar, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, Jan. 20, 1917.)
Kovac, Paul
(Austrian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 37, married.);
(Injured. Pelvic bone fractured. Squeezed between mine cars, in the
Montour No.1 Mine, Sept. 21, 1917.)
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Lehrue, Peter
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured. Injured internally by a fall of coal while cutting a rib,
in the Montour No. 2 Mine, Feb. 23, 1917.)
Lucas, J. B.
(Coal & Iron Police, Private ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington
Co., PA.);
(Injured. Injured in a near riot at Montour No. 1, Southview, Washington
Co., PA, Oct. 20, 1929.[from the Brownsville Telegraph, Oct. 21, 1929.].) |
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Ramoski, John
(Polish Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 25, single.);
(Injured. Foot cut off when he slipped from the frame of the machine
into the moving chain at the face of an entry, in the Montour No. 1 Mine,
May 18, 1917.)
Rora, Martin
(Austrian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of roof while drawing mine posts
at the face of a pillar, in the Montour No. 2 Mine, March 20, 1917.)
Rotan, Herbert
(Black Miner, ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 45.);
(Arrested by the Coal & Iron Police in a near riot at Montour No. 1,
Southview, Washington Co., PA, Oct. 20, 1929.[from the Brownsville Telegraph,
Oct. 21, 1929.].)
Roussell, Jules B.
(French Miner, Manager of the Federal Supply Company ca.1905, Montour No.
2 Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
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Schayes, Gregory
(Belgian Miner, Company Man ca.1917, Montour No.1 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
Age 52, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof from a side entry. He started
to remove a fall without examining the place, when a large flake from the
side fell and caught him, in the Montour No. 1 Mine, July 26, 1917.)
Schluederberg, George W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Montour No. 1
& No. 2 Mines, Washington Co., PA.)
Smith, Howard
(Black Miner, ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 42.);
(Arrested by the Coal & Iron Police in a near riot at Montour No. 1,
Southview, Washington Co., PA, Oct. 20, 1929.[from the Brownsville Telegraph,
Oct. 21, 1929.].)
Steinheiser, George
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
for Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA.)
Stokes, James
(Miner, ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, married, 3
children.);
(Lived in Hawk Run, PA.)
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Williams, Frank
(American Miner, Motorman ca.1917, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA,
Age 30, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed. He was running a motor around a curve
on the face entry with the trolley pole ahead and across, when it left the
wire and caught the rib side and pinned him against the controller, in the
Montour No. 1 Mine, July 9, 1917.)
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Yablonsky, Stanley
(Russian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Montour No. 2 Mine, Washington Co.,
PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of slate at the face of an entry,
in the Montour No. 2 Mine, Nov. 14, 1917.)
Young, William "Straw Hat"
(Black Miner, ca.1929, Montour No. 1 Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 40.);
(Killed. Killed by the Coal & Iron Police in a near riot at Montour
No. 1, Southview, Washington Co., PA, Oct. 20, 1929.[from the "Brownsville
Telegraph," Brownsville, PA, Oct. 21, 1929.].)
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