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Affelder, W. L.
(General Superintendent, ca.1914, Bessemer Coke Company, Duquesne Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA.) |
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Bonock, Frank
(Miner, ca.1905, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Boro, Lewis
(Miner, ca.1919, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Injured. Cut and otherwise injured about the head. When Gas
from Breaking Gas Main is sucked into the Duquesne Mine, resulting in an
explosion. Escaping gas from a broken ten-inch main of the Peoples
Natural Gas company, drawn into the Duquesne mine of the Bradenville Coal
and Coke Company, Oct. 8, 1919.);
(Lived in Bradenville, PA, [from "The Latrobe Bulletin," Latrobe,
PA, Oct. 8, 1919..) |
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Devalers, Donala [Donoto]
(Italian Miner, Outside Laborer ca.1903, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, Age 37, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Instantly killed; run over by railroad cars on the coke siding,
outside the Duquesne Mines, April 2, 1903.)
Dorn, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1919, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 38.);
(Injured. Lacerations about head and face, not serious. When
Gas from Breaking Gas Main is sucked into the Duquesne Mine, resulting in
an explosion. Escaping gas from a broken ten-inch main of the Peoples
Natural Gas company, drawn into the Duquesne mine of the Bradenville Coal
and Coke Company, Oct. 8, 1919.);
(Lived in Latrobe, PA, [from "The Latrobe Bulletin," Latrobe, PA,
Oct. 8, 1919..) |
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Fitzgerald, Peter
(Irish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
41, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by fall of slate in No. 6 room off No. 12
dip entry, in the Duquesne Mine, Nov. 13, 1903.) |
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[ H ]
Humphreys, G. L.
(Superintendent, ca.1904, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for
Bessemer Coke Company.) |
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[ J ]
James, Mark
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1892, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Jones, John
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1905, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 22, married.);
(Injured. Skull fractured, kicked by a mule, in the Duquesne Mine,
Feb. 9, 1905.) |
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Kelly, A. B.
(Superintendent, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1914, for
Bessemer Coke Company.)
Kovach, George
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 37, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of coal at the face of a coal pillar,
in the Duquesne Mine, Jan. 14, 1907.) |
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Martin, R. L., Jr.
(General Superintendent, ca.1904, Bessemer Coke Company, Duquesne Mine,
Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Martin, R. L., Sr.
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1905, ca.1909, Bessemer Coke Company,
Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Mazurie, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Head and nose injured by fall of roof at the face of a coal
pillar, in the Duquesne Mine, Oct. 18, 1907.)
Meagher, Richard
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1898, St. Clair Slope Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
McAlroy, Robert
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1889, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
McDonald, John J.
(Superintendent, ca.1903, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for
Bessemer Coke Company.)
McGoldrick, Bernard
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 26, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate, in the Duquesne Mine, Jan.
18, 1904.) |
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Pittman, C. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1905, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for
Bessemer Coal Company.)
Polka, Jackson
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 28, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate, in the Duquesne Mine,
Feb. 25, 1905.);
(February 25, 1905, Jackson Polka, miner, was instantly killed by a fall
of slate in the Duquesne Mine. The accident occurred in a pillar workings
where he was mining out a small "stump" of coal after being warned by Frank
Bonock and James Polo who worked with him that it was extremely dangerous
to remove it.)
Polo, James
(Miner, ca.1905, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.) |
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Rubechock, Peter
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 22, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by fall of slate, in the Duquesne Mine, Dec.
30, 1904.) |
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Sessie, Mr.
(Superintendent, ca.1919, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for
the Bradenville Coal & Coke Company.)
Siko, John
(Miner, ca.1919, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 60, married, 8
children.);
(Killed. Killed by the force of the explosion. When Gas from Breaking
Gas Main is sucked into the Duquesne Mine, resulting in an explosion.
Escaping gas from a broken ten-inch main of the Peoples Natural Gas
company, drawn into the Duquesne mine of the Bradenville Coal and Coke Company,
Oct. 8, 1919.);
(Lived in Snydertown, PA, [from "The Latrobe Bulletin," Latrobe, PA,
Oct. 8, 1919.].);
(See also: Soyka, John.)
Smith, J. C.
(Superintendent, of the Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1909,
1910, for Bessemer Coke Company.)
Soyka, John
(See: Siko, John.) |
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Vrable, Thomas
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 45, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by fall of roof, in the Duquesne Mine, Dec.
20, 1905. Died on Dec. 23, 1905.) |
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Wanalas, Albert
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
30, married.);
(Injured. Hip dislocated by fall of coal, in the Duquesne Mine, May
14, 1904.)
Watkins, David
(Miner, ca.1919, Duquesne Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 35.);
(Injured. Fracture of the right leg, sustained either by falling, while
running, or by the force of the explosion. When Gas from Breaking
Gas Main is sucked into the Duquesne Mine, resulting in an explosion.
Escaping gas from a broken ten-inch main of the Peoples Natural Gas
company, drawn into the Duquesne mine of the Bradenville Coal and Coke Company,
Oct. 8, 1919.);
(Lived in Bradenville, PA, [from "The Latrobe Bulletin," Latrobe,
PA, Oct. 8, 1919.].) |
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