Vitals: Northumberland County: Mine Deaths for the year 1913 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. Combination of the following Districts: Fifteenth Anthracite District Northumberland County Mount Carmel, Pa, February 26, 1914 Hon. James E Roderick, Chief of Department of Mines: Sir: I have the honor of transmitting herewith my annual report as Inspector of Mines for the Fifteenth Anthracite District, for the year ending December 31, 1913. Respectfully yours, Bejamin I Evans, Inspector Sixteenth Anthracite District Northumberland County Shamokin, Pa, February 24, 1914 Hon. James E Roderick, Chief of Department of Mines: Sir: I have the honor of transmitting herewith my annual report as Inspector of Mines for the Fifteenth Anthracite District, for the year ending December 31, 1913. Respectfully yours, P.J. Friel, Inspector Date, Name, Nationality, Occupation, Age, Married, Widows, Children, Colliery, Nature of Accident 15-Apr Adams, Michael, Lithuanian, Miner, 39, M, 1, 0, Locust Spring, Killed by fall of coal at face of breast 18-Jan Arzenie, Jaco, Russian, Labor, 38, S, 0, 0, Richards, Killed by bar running through his body 31-Jan Bartko, John, Russian, Laborer, 18, S, 0, 0, Buck Ridge, Killed by explosion of dynamite in tunnel. It exploded while being thawed. 11-Jan Basavage, Joseph, Polish, Miner, 46, M, 1, 5, Pennsylvania, Killed by fall of slate while robbing pillars 8-Nov Bolitskie, Wasil, Russian, Ashman, 28, S, 0, 0, Enterprise, Killed by falling from elevated chute to railroad 10-Apr Bondura, Mike, Polish, Laborer, 63, M, 1, 0, Hickory Ridge, Fatally injured by being squeezed between mine cars 8-Apr Boyd, Robert, American, Timberman, 43, M, 1, 0, Cameron, Killed by fall of rock on gangway 12-May Boyle, Patrick, Irish, Bottom Man, 58, M, 1, 0, Locust Spring, Killed by car on slope 7-Aug Broskie, Joseph, Polish, Miner, 31, M, 1, 3, Henry Clay, Killed by suffocation of gas. 16-May Checoskie, Andrew, Polish, Laborer, 29, M, 1, 0, Stirling, Killed by fall of coal at face of gangway. 20-Dec Chulkila, Paul, Lithuanian, Miner, 28, S, 0, 0, Scott, Killed by car on slope 18-Apr Cominskie, Jake, Austrian, Miner, 29, M, 1, 0, Greenough, Killed by car. He fell under car and was run over. 19-May Cona, Enoch, Russian, Miner, 24, M, 1, 0, Henry Clay, Fatally injured by premature blast at face of breast 25-Sep Dominick, Fred, IItalian, Miner, 28, S, 0, 0, Stirling, Killed by fall of coal at face of breast 23-Jul Dougherty, Miles, American, Car Loader, 19, S, 0, 0, Bear Valley, Killed by railroad car running over him under breaker. 27-Feb Fleming, John, American, Bottom Man, 21, S, 0, 0, North Franklin, Killed between mine cars at bottom of slope while coupling them. 18-Apr Foley, Thomas, American, Driver, 18, S, 0, 0, Greenough, Killed by fall of slate on gangway 14-Apr Glassick, Joseph, Polish, Miner, 42, M, 1, 5, Stirling, Fatally injured by premature blast at face of work 25-Aug Hand, Zacharias, American, Laborer, 65, M, 1, 0, Katherine, Killed by being struck by ash dumper under breaker. 2-Dec Hutsco, George, Austrian, Miner, 26, M, 1, 1, Greenough, Killed by fall of coal at face of breast 4-Nov Jones, Arthur, Welsh, Miner, 34, M, 1, 4, Bear Valley, Killed by fall of timber and coal when car jumped track and knocked out set of timber 25-Oct Jones, Samuel, American, Topman, 21, S, 0, 0, Hickory Swamp, Killed by beingt caught between prop and mine car that jumped the treack at top of inside slope 21-Jul Kolshefskie, Peter, Polish, Miner, 57, M, 1, 0, Alaska, Killed by blast 28-Jul Lovell, Richard, American, Miner, 26, S, 0, 0, Locust Spring, Killed by fall of slate on gangway 18-Dec Luke, Mike, Austrian, Miner, 35, M, 1, 3, Cameron, Killed by falling under mine car while riding up the slope on the spreader chain. 30-Jul Luskuskie,Adam, Polish, Miner, 27, M, 1, 2, Cameron, Killed by falling down breast 11-Dec Mickalofskie, Frank, Lithuanian, Miner, 34, S, 0, 0, Reliance, Killed by explosion of dynamite 3-Nov Moran, Martin, Irish, Laborer, 38, S, 0, 0, Natalie, Killed between prop and car on slope 28-May Morgan, Henry, American, Laborer, 28, S, 0, 0, Reliance, Killed by car on slope 26-Aug Murray, John, American, Miner, 47, M, 1, 2, Cameron, Killed by falling down breast 6-Feb Nankeille, Edward, American, Laborer, 31, M, 1, 1, Hickory Ridge, Killed by fall of slate at face while robbing pillars 23-Sep Paul, Bert, Polish, Miner, 33, M, 1, 3, Pennsylvania, Fatally burned by gas in old breast 15-Feb Phillipi, Philip, Russian, Laborer, 32, S, 0, 0, Colbert, Killed by fall of top coal at face of breast. 10-Apr Rainer, Harry, American, Miner, 21, S, 0, 0, Locust Spring, Killed by fall of coal at face of breast 7-Jun Sadusky, George, Slavonian, Brattleman, 38, M, 1, 0, Scott, Killed by the fumes of an explosion of dynamite in heading 25-Jul Sardell, Tony, Italian, Miner, 58, M, 1, 0, Natalie, Killed by prop falling on him on gangway 24-Sep Serna, Angelo, Italian, Miner, 21, M, 1, 0, Pennsylvania, Killed by being smothered by gas at face of breast 27-Jan Shipshack, Theodore, American, Spragger, 17, S, 0, 0, Reliance, Fatally injured between cars on gangway while trying to couple them 22-Apr Snyder, Tim, American, Car Loader, 17, S, 0, 0, Locust Spring, Killed by car. He fell under car and was run over. 29-Apr Splane, Jerome, American, Miner, 52, M, 1, 5, Greenough, Killed by fall of slate at face of pillar 23-Sep Sullisavage, Stanley, Lithuanian, Laborer, 27, S, 0, 0, Luke Fidler, Killed by fall of top coal at face of gangway. 2-Jun Vengle, William, Polish, Miner, 24, S, 0, 0, Enterprise, Killed by being suffocated by white damp on gangway 5-Apr Verage, Harry, Russian, Miner, 45, S, 0, 0, Corbin, Killed by fall of coal at face of breast 7-Jun Worgus, Stephen, Magyar, Laborer, 24, S, 0, 0, Scott, Killed by the fumes of an explosion of dynamite in heading 14-Oct Yenconis, Alex, Polish, Miner, 36, S, 0, 0, Buck Ridge, Fatally burned by explosion of gas at face of breast 17-Dec Zarcofskie, Joseph, Polish, Laborer, 22, S, 0, 0, Corbin, Killed by fall of top slate at face of breast 8-May Zdunick, John, Polish, Repariman, 30, M, 1, 0, Scott, Killed by fall of slate in breast