Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Vancil, James February 26, 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 July 15, 2012, 12:48 am Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1896 James Vancil, aged 47 years, married, miner, was killed at 1:10 p. m., February 26, 1896, in a room at the mine of the Sugar Creek Coal Company, Auburn, Sangamon county. At the time of the accident he was loading a pit-___ when a piece of top coal weighing about 1,000 pounds fell on him, killing him instantly. He left a widow and eight children, six of whom are dependents. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/sangamon/obits/v/vancil986nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb