Cambria County PA Archives News.....Dougherty Brothers Killed in Mine June 8, 1872
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 November 18, 2023, 2:13 pm

The Cambria Freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) June 8, 1872
Fatal Coal Mine Accident.- Dougherty Brothers the Victims. 
On Tuesday last, two brothers named William and Patrick Dougherty met with a
terrible accident, resulting from a fall of slate in the coal mine of Messrs. Lemmon
& Bradley at Gallitzin, whereby the former was killed instantly and the latter so
severely injured that he died the same night. It seems that they had gone to work in
the mine about 8 o'clock, a. m., no other person being with them, and somewhere
about the middle of the afternoon Mr. Thos. Plunkett entered the mine for some
purpose and was horrified to find the two unfortunate men partially buried beneath a
mass of slate. Finding that he could do nothing without assistance, Mr. P. hastened
to give the alarm, but when the party returned and succeeded in extricating the
victims, it was only to discover that one of them was dead and the other beyond the
hope of human aid. They were both unmarried , aged respectively about 45 and 55
years, and with an aged sister, kept house at what is known as the Foot of Plane 5.
They were both industrious, inoffensive men, moral and religious, and as such were
much esteemed by all who knew them. Their remains were interred in the Catholic
cemetery at Summitville on Thursday morning. Peace to their ashes and rest to their
souls.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/newspapers/doughert1162gnw.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/

File size: 1.9 Kb