Marshall County IL Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Michael October 6, 1899
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
October 6, 1899, Michael Thomas, miner, single, aged 24 years, was severely 
crushed about the body by a fall of roof at the face of his working room, in the 
Wenona Coal Company’s mine, Wenona, Marshall county. He died three hours after the 
accident, from the injuries sustained. The rock, or mass of roof, that caused this 
accident, would weigh about one ton, it was round in shape, about 6 feet in 
diameter, and about 10 inches thick at the center, being quite thin at the edges. 
It was at the road-head. Thomas was in the act of loading a car with coal when the 
mass fell. The rock had evidently been loosened by a blast in the brushing, fired 
the evening previous, and deceased had been careless in not taking it down.

Additional Comments:
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900, Also 
the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; David Ross, 
Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros, State Printers; 1901

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