Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Wilkinson, David November 10, 1899 ************************************************ 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 14, 2012, 8:57 pm Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900 November 10, 1899, David Wilkinson, miner, aged 29 years, single, lost his life in the Riverton Coal Co’s No. 2 mine, at Riverton. He was struck by coal flying from a blast in the room next to where he was working. The shot blew through the coal pillar which was left between the rooms. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/sangamon/obits/w/wilkinso894nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb