The following article was found in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Record, 2 Nov 1895, Page 2. If anyone is interested in receiving a copy of this obituary, please send me your mailing address. (Doesn't contain much specific information, but someone may be looking for him.) (Instead of submitting this to any specific Mailing List, I am submitting it to the General list in the hopes that it will be seen by a more diverse group.) "Daniel J. Jones, fire boss in the Red Ash colliery No. 1, was instantly killed yesterday by a trip of runaway cars. Jones was engaged in doing work on the slope after a trip of loaded cars had passed him, but before the cars reached the top the rope broke and the cars dashed down the incline and he could not reach a place of safety. "Mr. Jones was one of the best known residents on the Heights, and was a man of sterling character and fine literary attainments. He had followed mining from his youth and was thoroughly practical in all its branches. He has been a resident of this city for over a quarter of a century, coming here when a boy with his parents, who are now deceased, from Rhandirmwyn, Wales. He was 39 years of age and leaves a wife and four children. He was an active member of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. "He leaves several brothers - Morgan N. Jones, South Meade street; William D. Jones, bookkeeper for the Red Ash colliery; and a sister, Mrs. James V. James, all of this city. "The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and Rev. J.O. Jones will officiate. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery. Deceased was a member of Prospect Rock Lodge, 460, K. of P. [Knights of Phythias], which will attend in a body." Nancy Cook ncook@heery.com Pasadena, MD, USA