Vitals: Deaths: Northumberland County, PA: Mine Deaths for the year 1883 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Suzanne Cesari USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Date Name Age Married ChildrenColliery Nature of Accident 27-Aug "Ambrosavage, Dominic" 23 S 0 Enterprise Killed by fall of top rock 31-Dec "Betterman, Henry" 14 S 0 West Brookside Crushed under locamotive 10-May "Burkuskie, Matthew" 33 S 0 Cameron Explosion of powder keg 28-Jul "Colihan, Peter" 39 M 4 Continental Killed by fall of coal 20-Aug "Cook, Sampson" 46 M 6 Cameron Killed by fall of top slate 13-Sep "Cook, Thomas" 51 S 0 Short Mountain Killed by fall of slate 30-Apr "Coyle, Andrew" 19 S 0 Keystone Killed by gas explosion 8-Mar "Cray, Andrew" 38 M 6 Tunnel Killed by suffocation of carburated hydrogen gas 6-Jul "Delvol, Alfred" 28 M 2 Cameron Killed by fall of coal 15-Sep "Dewalt, John Jr" 14 S 0 Williamstown Run over by dirt dumper 16-Feb "Donahue, John" 15 S 0 Luke Fidler Crushed between mine cars 22-Mar "Eckert, Frank" 52 M 8 Logan Killed by fall of coal 5-May "Flemming, Martin" 22 S 0 Pennsylvania Killed by a fall of top-rock. 29-May "Gallagher, Daniel" 48 M 8 Lancaster Crushed between mine car and shute 5-Jan "Garragh, Thomas" 33 S 0 Bast Colliery Killed by premature blast 6-Dec "Gower, Ernst" 33 M 2 Cameron While riding a loaded gun boat 13-Feb "Grosnoskie, William" 31 S 0 Logan Killed same accident as Muscovitch. 17-Aug "Haas, Elias" 29 M 5 Peerless Killed by fall of top slate 19-May "Heim, Richard" 27 S 0 Cameron Gas Explosion 10-Sep Hepler. Alfred 17 S 0 Williamstown Run over by mine car 22-Jun "Higgins, John" 16 S 0 Cameron Explosion of dualin powder and caps 27-Apr "Hoffman, Maracel" 14 S 0 Henry Clay Struck in head by pulley 21-Aug "James, William" 50 M 4 Williamstown Killed by fall of top slate 7-Nov "Kassimer, Hentz" 37 M 0 Short Mountain Found dead 24-Nov "Keller, Rudolph" 56 M 4 Monitor Killed by fall of coal 3-Dec "Kennedy, Michael" 17 S 0 Big Mine Run Struck by flying debris 5-May "Kolinkavich, Stanny" 26 M 1 Enterprise Run over by loaded mine car 26-Apr "Krebs, Louis" 42 M 5 West Brookside Run over by loaded mine car 22-Aug "Lewis, Richard" 56 M 1 Luke Fidler Killed by premature blast 12-Apr "Long, Arthur" 14 S 0 Mt Carmel shaft Struck and thrown against low-side gangway rib 10-Sep "Long, Odius" 15 S 0 Big Mountain Crushed under inside counter chute 12-Jun "McAndrew, Patrick" 46 M 2 Preston No. 2 Killed by fall of coal 18-Dec "McCoy,Thomas" 50 M 4 Big Mine Run Killed by fall of top slate 10-Mar "McLaughlin, James" 41 M 1 Black Diamond Killed by fall of coal 8-Nov "Mieskie, Lewis" 24 M 0 Enterprise Crushed between loaded mine car and gangway rib 23-May "Moreshall, Stanislaw" 32 M 3 Luke Fidler Burned by explosion 20-Aug "Morgan, Emanuel" 24 S 0 West Brookside Killed by fall of top slate 30-Aug "Muldowney, William" 42 M 3 Big Mine Run Killed by falll of top coal 7-Feb "Muscovitch, Theophilus 38 M 1 Logan Killed by fall of coal 24-Nov "Neavin, James" 21 S 0 Locust Spring Killed by fall of top rock 30-Mar "Noble, John" 27 S 0 Locust Spring Scalded by steam boiler 26-Sep "O'Neil, John" 20 S 0 Merriam Killed by fall of coal 1-Nov "Parnell, William" 32 M 9 Williamstown Killed by fall of top rock 27-Feb "Paul, Joseph" 28 M 1 Gordon Killed by rush of coal and dirt 13-Jun "Pendergast, Thomas" 21 S 0 Locust Gap Crushed bewteen loaded mine cars 17-Jun "Proctor, Richard" 42 M 8 Merriam Head crushed between slope timber 30-Apr "Regan, Patrick" 37 M 6 Keystone Killed by gas explosion 19-Jul "Rhoads, John A Logan" 14 S 0 Hickory Ridge Caught in rolls 17-Sep "Row, Andrew Martin" 18 S 0 Williamstown Run over by loaded mine car 27-Feb "Rowe, John" 20 S 0 Mt Carmel shaft Crushed between mine car and sideway 15-Mar "Ruddy, Thomas" 19 S 0 Centralia Crushed between top of dirt-dumper and slope plane stringer. 2-Mar "Runkle, John" 37 M 4 Cameron Killed by foul air 6-Oct "Sheeran, John" 15 S 0 Ashland Kicked in stomache by mule 11-May "Shively, George" 17 S 0 Short Mountain Crushed between top of loaded mine car and shute 31-Jan "Smith, John" 49 M 8 Centralia Caught in cogs of counter screen line shaft wheel under breaker 27-Jul "Sopka, George" 24 S 0 Pennsylvania Killed by a fall of top-rock. 21-Apr "Straw, John O" 11 S 0 Big Mine Run Killed by gangway car falling on him 2-Jul "Thomas, Andrew" 27 M 2 Excelsior Killed by fall of slate 18-Sep "Tyeck, Thomas" 14 S 0 Henry Clay Run over by dirt dumper 2-May "Tyler, Charles" 39 M 4 Keystone "Same accident as Coyle, Welker, Regan, and Tyler. Killed by gas" 23-Oct "Viglodolskie, Michael" 46 M 6 Henry Clay Killed by fall of top coal 9-Oct "Wagner, Elmer" 19 S 0 West Brookside Killed by fall of coal and slate 30-Apr "Welker, August" 22 S 0 Keystone Killed by gas explosion