Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....John STEELE, 1931
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"Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, Fri 9 Jan 1931: "
Lonaconing, Md., Jan 9-John Street (sic) Instantly Killed-John Steele, 23, unmarried, son 
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steele, Beechwood, near here, was instantly killed by a fall of 
slate at 8 o'clock Thursday while at work in the Klondyke Mine, No. 17, Consolidation Coal 
Company. Mr. Steele was working with his brother and two other miners who were uninjured. 
He was badly crushed about the head. His body was removed from the debris in a short time. 
Steele's father was working in another part of the mine. An investigation of the mishap 
was made by State Mine Inspector Frank W. Powers, Frostburg. The young miner was a member 
of the Junior Order United American Mechanics and the First Methodist Episcopal Church. 
He sang in the church choir. Besides his parents he is survived by the following brothers 
and sisters: Robert, Andrew, Evelyn, Thomas, Claude, Elizabeth, Leonard, Stewart, Govan 
and Nova Steele, Mrs. Stanley Lancaster, Lonaconing and Mrs. Margaret Johnson, Pekin."



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