Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....Smith, John C March 13, 1900
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
March 13, 1900, John C. Smith, miner, aged 40 years, married, leaves a widow and 
six children, two of them old enough to work in the mine, was killed instantly by 
a fall of roof at his working place in the Coal Valley Mining Company’s Shaft No. 
2, Sherrard, Mercer county. Deceased had holed his working place into an abandoned 
room and was taking off the opening coal, when a false rock fell, killing him 
instantly. The rock was about six feet square, with an average thickness of eight 
inches. Smith was working alone at the time of the accident, and his body was not 
discovered until quitting time, in the evening, the miners working near him 
thinking he had gone to a new room he was to occupy on the following day.

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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