Vermilion County IL Archives Obituaries.....Roos, John October 21, 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, 2:49 pm Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900 John Roos, aged 45 years, married, was killed in Kelly’s mine No. 20, October 21, 1899, in room No. 46, seventh south, east side, by flying coal. Deceased had already fired two other shots and had returned to light the third one, when he failed to get far enough away and the coal was thrown out with such force as to severely injure him, from which he died shortly after. He was a Russian, and had a family in the old country. 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/vermilion/obits/r/roos336ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb