Misc: Northumberland County: 1876 Mine Fatalities Transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Suzanne Cesari USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Coal Mining Fatalities for Northumberland County reported by the Department of Mines for the year 1876. Fatal Accidents: NO. 1. Robert Evans, killed at Brookside Colliery, February 26, 1876, by a premature discharge of a blast. NO. 2. Jacob Rikert, killed at North Side Colliery. February 1876 (no date mentioned) struck by coal. NO. 3. Samuel Wenkle, killed at Cameron Colliery, March 11, 1876. Suffocation by smoke from explosion. NO. 4. Michael Minehan, killed at Continental Colliery March 24, 1876. Killed by an explosion. NO. 5. Ernest Lex, killed at Bast Colliery by a premature explosion of a blast while working in return airway. Killed on May 6, 1876, NO. 6. Mike Hennefy, killed at Enterprise Colliery May 16, 1876. Killed by explosion. NO. 7. William Taylor, fatally injured at Hickory Swamp while making cartridge on May 16, and died on June 1, 1876. NO. 8. Edward Walters, killed at Cameron Colliery, July 16, 1876. Killed by premature discharge of blast while tampering a hole. Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12. Daniel Malloy, Thomas Daley, Thomas Monahan, and John Vernon Killed at continental colliery on December 21, 1876 by explosion of 4 kegs of powder. Explosions of Carburated Hydrogen Gas NO. 1. Pat Muldowney, fatally injured at Lykens Valley Slope October 7, 1876 and died on the 14th. Fall of Coal NO. 1. Pat Dougherty, killed at Monitor Colliery, April 3, 1876. NO. 2. Andrew Yokoski, killed at Burnside Colliery, April 26, 1876. NO. 3. Martin Manning, Killed at Stewartville Colliery, May 24, 1876. NO. 4. John Blair, killed at Morton Colliery, June 23, 1876. No. 5. Daniel Carroll, killed at Cameron Colliery, July 6, 1876. NO. 6. John Straub, killed at Merriam Colliery, August 11, 1876. NO. 7. William Cheese, killed at Brookside Colliery, September 11, 1876. NO. 8. Charles McGillan, killed at Big Mine Run (no date given). NO. 9. Peter Bobber, killed at Luke Fiddler Colliery, October 7, 1876. NO. 10. George Turner, killed at Mt. Carmel Shaft, November 29, 1876. NO. 11. Vincent Adgaski, killed at Burnside Colliery, October 17, 1876. Falls of Roof NO. 1. Samuel Jones, killed at Luke Fidler Colliery, April 12, 1876. No. 2. John Clouser, killed at Williamstown Colliery, June 1, 1876. NO. 3. Ben Row, killed at Mt. Carmel Shaft, November 15, 1876. Crushed by Mine Cars NO. 1. Constantine Mishler, killed at Monitor Colliery, July 31, 1876. NO. 2. James Wood, killed at Monitor Colliery, April 11, 1876. Miscellaneous Underground NO. 1. James Brooks, found dead in a chute at Bear Valley Colliery, May 12, 1876. NO. 2. John Clark, killed at Tunnel Colliery, April 20, 1876, buried in coal. NO. 3. John Garrety, killed at Continental Colliery, November 4, 1876. Killed in cave in. NO. 4. Mike Farrell, fatally injured at Henry Clay Shaft No. 1. November 6, 1876, by being struck by the hoisting bucket. NO. 5, James Stephenson, killed at Tunnel Colliery