Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Lofy, Nicholas September 24, 1895
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Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1896
Nicholas Lofy, aged 56 years, widower, left five children, one dependent, 
occupation miner, was killed at 5:05 p. m., September 24, 1895, at the mine of the 
Black Diamond Coal Company, Iles Junction, Sangamon county. He had fired two shots 
and was firing the third when an explosion occurred, killing him instantly. A 
miner who worked in the next room was showing him a light from behind a loaded 
car; he stated that when Mr. Lofy put his lamp to the squib that he did not leave 
it as soon as it ignited and that he apparently lighted the squib near the powder 
and not at the extreme end of the match.

Additional Comments:
Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, Coal in Illinois, 
1896, Containing the Thirteenth Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines; 
George A Schilling, Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros., State Printers; 
1897

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