Obituary of John HALLAR, Macoupin County Illinois 22 March 1998
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Name of Deceased: HALLAR, John
Name of Newspaper: Staunton Star Times
Date of Obituary: 16 Feb 1917 
Obituary: JOHN HALLAR KILLED IN MINE NO. 7 John HALLAR who arrived
five years ago from Croatia, Austria and was employed in Mine No. 7 of the
Consolidated Coal Co., met a tragic death by a fall of clod and slate Thursday
at 4:45 p.m. Coroner Frank SAWYER of Sawyerville was notified of the accident
and held he inquest Friday, Feb. 9 between the hours of 11 am and 2:30 p.m. The
jury was composed of Henry W. FRITZ, foreman, W. B. ASCHBACHER, Wm. 
BOYAN, T. C. SCHROEDER, John E. SHARP and Oliver BUTLER. After a
thorough investigation they returned the verdict: "we, the undersigned, on oath
do find that John HALLAR came to his death by a fall of clod and slate in first
left entry off seventh left entry east of right side of entry in No 7 mine of the
Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Mo. situated northeast of the City of
Staunton, Ill. on Feb. 8, 1917 at 4:45 p.m. The jury took the testimony of three 
witnesses, one of them John LEE, being an eyewitness to the accident. He testified
in substance: I am living in Staunton, worked with......[continued on another page
..a few sentences missing] largest pieces of fallen slate, stated on clod had been
marked as dangerous by Geo. BOWICKIC and date, Feb. 2, 1917 and cross
could still be plainly seen. Mr. HALLAR was born in December 1882 in Croatia,
Austria, was over 34 years old, since five years in America and single. The funeral 
took place Saturday. At 9 a.m. a requiem high mass was celebrated at St. Michael's
church by Rev. Father J. A. DUBAL and then the funeral procession in which the
lodge of the Druztvo Sveti Juraj of which the deceased was a member took a
________ place wended its way through Main street to the Catholic Cemetery.
His parents are dead, but there are still two sisters living in his former home in Austria.


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