Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Scheibner, John Herman October 25, 1916
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Illinois State Journal, October 26, 1916
Aged Resident is Called by Death.

John Herman Scheibner loses his life in a mine accident.

John Herman Scheibner, aged 71 years, well-known local coal operator, was 
seriously injured yesterday afternoon and died within a half an hour from 
injuries received when he was caught in the flight of a coal conveyor at the 
Springfield Co-operative coal mines, Eleventh and Ridgley streets.  The 
accident occurred at 2 o’clock.  The injured man was hurried to Springfield 
hospital, where he died at 2:40 o’clock.

The coal conveyor is an automatic conveyance which carries coal from the pit to 
the wagon.  Scheibner was feeding the coal to this conveyor when in some way 
his clothes were caught in a piece of machinery of the conveyor and his left 
leg and knee was badly crushed, the injuries of which caused his death.

The dead man was well known in Springfield, especially in German circles.  He 
was president of the Springfield Co-operative Coal company.  He was born in 
Oeltsnitz Erzgelbirg, Saxony, Germany, December 13, 1844.  He came to this 
country in 1868.  He stayed in Pennsylvania two years, where he became 
acquainted with the mining business.  In 1870 he came to Springfield and has 
resided here ever since.  In 1875 the Springfield Co-operative Coal company was 
organized here with Scheibner at its head.  They sank their first shaft in that 
year.

The decedent is survived by his wife, Bertha, and one brother, Carl, residing 
in Germany.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.  The inquest will be held today.

Additional Comments:
A biography can be found in Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of 
Sangamon County Volume II.  He was married to Beta Schmidt

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