St. Clair County IL Archives Obituaries.....Limburger, John August 23, 1895 ************************************************ 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, 12:12 am Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1896 August 23, 1895, John Limburger, aged 50 years, miner, employed by the Chicago and Kansas City Coal Company at their mine in Petersburg. On the morning of the 23d of August, while being lowered into the mine, the engineer lost control of the engine, causing the cage to strike the bottom with such force that his knee was dislocated and the bone of his foot broken. He was removed to Springfield, where he died September 30. He left a widow and three children. 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/stclair/obits/l/limburge963nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb