> The following was taken from "50th Anniversary Year 1907-1957 Mine Disaster" commerative pamphlet. > > This is the first of three classifications. > > "In any event, upwards of 358 miners certainly lost their lives in the tragedy of December 6, 1907. the vast majority of the victims were Roman Catholics who had migrated to this country, chiefly from Italy and Poland. The official listing classifies the Polish dead as Austrian, Hungarians and Russians. Technically speaking, this three-fold classification is correct, inasmuch as Poland at the time still was partitioned among those three powers. Actually, however, there were few miners of Strictly Austrian, Hungarian or Russian stock among the deceased" > > "The official tally, moreover, classifies 85 of the victims as native Americans. Of this total, 11 are certainly known to have been Catholics of Irish descent, one of Polish extraction and one of German descent. The remains of the Irish-American dead were interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in nearby Clarksburg: the two Polish-American and German-American casualties (identified by double asterisks) were buried in Mt Calvary Cemetery at Monongah." > > Following are the names of this first group of deceased miners, the asterisk indicating those among them who were of the Catholic Faith: > > Bice, Carl > > Bice, William H > > Charlton, Robert > > Cooper, Fred > > Cooper, Fay > > Cox, William R > > Davis, G. L > > Donlin, Thomas * > > Duffy, Thomas > > Evans, Harry > > Evans, William > > Farmer, Charles > > Farmer, Richard > > Fletcher, James > > Fluharty, Jahu > > Ford, Floyd > > Gannon, Thomas > > Halm, John W > > Harris, George > > Herman, John > > Herndon, E V > > Highland, Patrick* > > Hinerman, Lon > > Honaker, C B > > Joiner, Gilbert > > Jonakin, Calvin > > Jones, John > > Kelley, Sam > > Kerns, Patrick* > > Killeen, Thomas* > > Loughney, Patrick* > > Layne, L D > > Layne, Adam > > Lyden, Timothy* > > McDonough, Patrick* > > McGraw, John T* > > McKain, Charles* > > McQueen, Rippen > > Martin, Henry* > > Martin, Scott > > Miller, Albert > > Miller, James W > > Moon, James > > Moon, Frank > > Moore, L L > > Morris, Andy H > > Morris, C E > > Morris, William > > Morris, Cecil > > Morris, Marion > > Mort, John H > > Mort, Charles D > > Noland, Sam > > Perkins, W M > > Preston, John > > Pyles, Homer > > Reese, Hugh > > Regulski, John** > > Riggins, David > > Ringer, John ** > > Ringler, T O > > Rogers, Fred > > Ryalls, K D > > Santee, David V > > Seese, Harry > > Severe, Beth > > Severe, Jesse > > Shroyer, Frank > > Sloan, Dennia > > Sloan, Scott > > Snodgrass, F E > > Snodgrass, George > > Soles, Michael > > Spragg, Leslie* > > Stealey, Will > > Thompson, Sam > > Trader, Harold > > Walls, William > > Watkins, J A > > Watkins, Jesse > > Watkins, Milroy > > Willey, George > > Wise, Charles D > > Young, Harry > > I have no further information on the casualties listed above. > > Pat Dailey > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Good luck in whatever you decide to do. You deserve the best!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~