1888 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the 1st Anthracite District, comprising of parts of Lackawanna Co, plus, Forest City borough (Susquehanna Co.) (from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1888) NOTE: most of the printing in this book is completely legible. However, some letters, in some words, appear faint to non-existent. Where a letter in a person's name is in doubt, a lowercase alpha will be used; where a character is completely illegible, an asterisk will be used. 1/6 THOMAS CARNEY, footman, 18, Olyphant 2, Olyphant boro Lackawanna 1/7 MICHAEL CULLEN, miner, 48, married 7 orphans, Spencers, Dunmore boro 1/16 THOMAS ROGAN, miner, 40, married 1 orphan, Olyphant 2, Olyphant boro 1/23 WILLIAM BREZEE, laborer, 45, marr 3 orphans, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 1/26 JOHN HARVILICK, laborer, 26, marr 1 orphan, Archbald, Lackawanna twp 2/10 JAMES KLINE, miner, 45, married 4 orphans, Leggetts Creek, Scranton 2/16 THOMAS MCHUGH, miner, 43, married 5 orphans, Central, Scranton 3/1 CHARLES DERMOTT, laborer, 24, married, Powderly, Carbondale city 3/3 PATRICK MCNALLY, laborer, 45, Hampton colliery, Lackawanna twp 3/3 ROBERT WILLIAMS, laborer, 27, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 3/9 CHARLES CARROLL, miner, 27, married 1 orphan, Von Storch, Scranton 3/13 RICHARD HENWOOD, shaft sinker, 30, marr 1 orphan, Glenwood, Jermyn twp 3/13 PETER STEELEY, shaft sinker, 3, single, Glenwood, Jermyn borough 3/24 JOHN JENKINS, laborer, 32, Holden colliery, Lackawanna twp 3/29 CHARLES DILLON, miner, 59, married, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 3/30 WM. R THOMAS, miner, 60, Dolph colliery, Winton Boro, Lackawanna Co 3/30 NICHOLAS MONEETA, laborer, 30, married 1 orphan, Dolph, Winton Boro 3/30 PATRICK RUDDY, driver 16, Spencers colliery, Dunmore borough 4/3 DANIEL THOMAS, driver, 16, Diamond Tripp, Scranton 4/7 WILLIAM LANGMAN, laborer, 69, Edgarton breaker, Jermyn borough 4/23 ELIAS JONES, laborer, 26, married 2 orphans, Hyde Park, Scranton 4/24 JOHN TURNBULL, driver, 15, No. 1 shaft Forest City, Susquehanna Co 5/1 MARTIN MILLETT, laborer, 45, marr 1 orphan, Gypsey Grove #4, Dunmore 5/4 HENRY WHITE, miner, 23, Eddy Creek colliery, Olyphant borough 5/23 MICHAEL GANGHAN, driver, 16, Manville colliery, Scranton 5/23 OWEN OWENS, miner, 50, widower 2 orphans, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 5/25 THOMAS P JONES, door boy, 14, Taylor colliery, Lackawanna twp 6/6 MARTIN DOUGHERTY, miner, 45, marr 4 orphans, White Oak tunnel, Archbald 6/15 LEWIS R JENKINS, miner, 51, marr 8 orphans, Bellevue slope, Lackawanna 6/19 JOHN SMITH, driver, 16, Grassy Island D & H Coal Co, Olyphant boro 6/22 JOHN PURCELL, miner, 44, married 1 orphan, Pancoast, Dickson City 7/9 PATRICK JORDAN, miner, 30, marr 4 orphans, Wilson Creek tunnel, Fell 7/10 CHARLES MOON, culm dump driver, 13, Jermyn #1, Jermyn borough 7/25 FRITZ MELLICK, driver, 18, Mount Pleasant colliery, Scranton 7/26 LEOPOLD NEDJANISKEY, miner, 31, Simpson colliery, Fell twp 7/28 ANDREW VISGOR, laborer, 30, Dickson colliery, Scranton 7/28 WILLIAM HARTSHORN, miner, 50, married 7 orphans, Marvine, Scranton 8/1 IVOR WILLIAMS, door boy, 16, Oxford colliery, Scranton 8/1 JAMES CASTICKS, laborer, 26, Forest City slope, Susquehanna Co 8/7 DARBY WALSH, miner, 35, married 2 orphans, Lackawanna Coal Co, Blakely 8/17 JOHN MORRIS, driver, 17, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 8/2* PATRICK MURRAY, laborer, 27, Diamond shaft 2, Scranton 8/22 JOHN JONES, driver, 17, Taylor breaker, Lackawanna twp 8/23 HARRY TONKINS, miner, 24, married 2 orphans, Wilson Creek, Fell twp 8/27 ANTHONY SMYTH, miner, 28, National colliery, Scranton 8/28 JOHN MERINCHOK, laborer, 22, S V White colliery, Winton boro 9/10 PATRICK CONNELLY, driver, 17, Taylor, Lackawanna twp 9/11 WM. T JONES, miner, 34, married, Grassy Island D & H CC, Olyphant boro 9/13 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, miner 34, marr 4 orphans, Pancoast, Dickson City 9/15 DOLPH HAZEN, laborer, 19, Marshwood, Dickson City boro 9/17 ADAM GEISS, laborer, 18, Capouse colliery, Scranton 9/25 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, miner, 56, married 6 orphans, Brisbin, Scranton 9/26 REESE DAVIS, driver, 15, Holden colliery, Lackawanna twp 9/27 JOHN MURPHY, driver, 15, Eddy Creek colliery, Olyphant borough 9/27 MARTIN MAHOBY, culm man, 51, married 5 orphans, Grassy Island D & H CC 9/27 CHRISTIAN GABRIAL, culm man, 48, married, Grassy Island D & H Coal Co. 9/27 JOHN O. MALLEY, driver, 16, Dolph, Winton borough 10/8 ANTHONY LISAZUS, laborer, 22, Glenwood, Jermyn borough 10/10 FREDERICK HAWKINS, miner, 38, married 4 orphans, Capouse, Scranton 10/15 PATRICK O. NEIL, outside driver, 15, Hyde Park colliery, Scranton 10/17 MICHAEL SCOTT, driver, 18, Jermyn 4, Dickson City borough 10/23 IGNATIUS SRACRYNSKI, laborer, 21, Hampton, Lackawanna twp 11/2 ANDREW KURUCZ, miner, 30, Forest City slope, Susquehanna Co 11/8 PATRICK CORCORAN, laborer, 2*, Shaft 4 Penna C Co, Dunmore borough 11/12 PATRICK HART, miner, 57, married 7 orphans, Central, Scranton 11/13 HENRY RICHARDS, slate-picker, 13, Capouse, Scranton 11/13 CHARLES TOOLIN, laborer, 18, White Oak #5 drift, Archbald borough 11/20 OWEN CAVANAGH, miner, 52, married 7 orphans, Midland Tunnel Coal bank 11/6 EDWARD CONNELLY, laborer, 20, Taylor Drift mine, Lackawanna twp 12/4 MICHAEL HEFFRON, laborer, 40, married 4 orphans, Powderly Slope mines 12/14 THOMAS FERGUSSON, miner, 35, married 1 orphan, Mount Pleasant slope 12/15 HUGH STONE, miner, 40, married 6 orphans, Eddy Creek mines, Olyphant 12/20 JOHN SHERIDAN, miner, 41, married 7 orphans, Hampton mines Lackawanna 12/27 JOHN KEOUGH, driver, 16, Pine Brook mines, Scranton Ed, Phoenix