Casualty List Vulcan Mine 1896-1918, New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado Contributed by Donna L Drummond Donated to the Archives Nov, 1998 See the USGenWeb Notice at the bottom of the file. Vulcan Mine Explosions Copied by Donna L Drummond List of Vulcan Mine Explosion Victims: 1896, 1913, 1918. Names of the 49 Miners who lost their lives in the Vulcan Mine explosion February 18, 1896. Undertakers in charge were a Mr. Dougan, also Capt. J. C. Johnson, who was employed by Louis Schwartz. Newspaper list. Last body to be recovered, 15 March 1896. Vulcan Mine. Operated by Coryell Mine leasing Company, Charles Meerdink, Superintendent. List of miners killed December 16, 1913, in coal mine explosion. Vulcan Coal Mine explosion, New Castle. Three men killed in explosion of November 4, 1918. --------------------------------------- ADDISON, Thomas. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried New Castle. AYIEZ, Raimond. (or Allier or Frenchy). Buiral in New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. BALDIS, Alphonz. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. BARTH, Bert. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. BAXTER, Wallace. Explosion of February 18, 1896. BECKER, Peter. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New Castle Cemetery. BELLM, Milton. Killed November 4, 1918. BONTO, Lee. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. BONTO, Marion. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. BRUEGGER, Christ. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. CARNEY, Tom. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. CHOWCHETTI, Baptisto. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. CINOTTI Louis. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. COOK, Fred. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. COTTLE, Robert Jr. Aged: 17 years. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Body shipped out. COUGHLIN, John. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. CRAWFORD, Clint. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. CRAWFORD, L. L. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. CISPKA, a. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. DAVIS, Ben I. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. DAVIS, Cradoc. Killed November 4, 1918. DAVIS, David P. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. His father came from Landovary, Wales to visit his grave, later. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. DORE, Able Jr. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. DORE, Jospeh. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New castle Cemetery. DORE, Willie. Aged 14. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. FAERGNO, James. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. FARRIN, Joe. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. FLOSSERO, Rafael. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. FUCHINO, l. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. FUNKE, Emil. Aged: 14. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Body shipped out for burial. FUNKE, John. Assistant Pit Boss. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Body shipped out for burial. GLEESE, Gabriel. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. GUMBARD, John. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New castle Cemetery. HAGGERTY, William. Last body recovered from the mine, 15 March 1896. Burial at New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. HARRISON, James. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Pit boss. Body shipped out for burial. ICE, Robert M. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Shipped to Divide Creek, Colorado. JENKINS, John H. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Body shipped out. JOHNSON, Arvid. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. JONES, Sampson. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Body shipped out for burial. KALONSKY, Stanley. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. LA BRANCH, Joe. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. LARRIGAN, Thomas. Fire Boss. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. The Larrigans buried a baby here a very short time before the explosion. Graves are in the xtreme northwest corner of Cemetery. MARTINO, Antonio. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. MATTEVI, , August. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. MC CANN, Frank. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MC CLAIN, Joe E. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MC GOURTY, Frank. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. MEESE, William. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MERCHANT, Charles. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New Castle Cemetery. MONAPELLI, Gabriel. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. MONAPELLI, Joe. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MONAPELLI, Tony. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MONAPELLI, Vincenza. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. MORRIS, Dan. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. MURPHEY, Norman. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. NORTON, Addie. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. OBESTER, Frank. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. OBESTER, Gale. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. OTENO, Joe. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New castle Cemetery. OTTEN, John. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. OZELLA, Domenico. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New Castle, Colorado. PETRICO, Angelo. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. PETRICO, Antonio. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. PRECLA, Phillip. Burial in New castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. REED, D. D. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. ROLANDO, Andrea. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. ROSS, Nick (or PALUM). Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New Castle Cemetery. RODANSKY, Fred. Austrain. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. ROZETTA, Dominic. Italian, had a sister: Mrs. Perochette. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried at New Castle. RUSSA, Frank. Burial in New Castle Cemetery. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. SCAIFE, Alex. Body shipped out. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. SCAIFE, John. (no record as to burial, body recovered.) Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. SHEARER, William. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. SIGMUND, Fred. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial New Castle Cemetery. SIMONSIC, Frank. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. SMITH, George. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. STEIGER, Robert. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. No record of burial service, but assume buried here. STRANG, E. H. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. STARBUCK, Lester. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. TALLMADGE, Dave Killed Dec. 16, 1913. TAPPORRA, Antonio. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New castle Cemetery. TAPPORRA, Peter. Italian. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial at New castle Cemetery. WALTERS, Lou. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. WEBB, William. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Burial New Castle Cemetery. WELCH, Ed. Trip runner. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. Buried in New Castle Cemetery. WENDALL, Ralph. Mine explosion of February 18, 1896. WILKES, Robert. Killed November 4, 1918. WOODS, H. G. Killed Dec. 16, 1913. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, this data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.