1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

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INSPECTORS OF MINES.
Table of Injuries— Continued.
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Date.
Names of the
injured persons.
Names of the
collieries.
Remarks.
June 10. Philip Orgle Boston Run Foot crushed by a wagon.
10, George Wright. Koh-i-noor Arms badly burned by explosion of gas.
10 John Boyle Oak Dale
Seriously crushed by a fall of coal.
10 John Philips Oak Dale ^. . Seriously crushed by a fall of coal.
10 Wm. Roberts . . Tunnel
E3 r es injured by a premature blast.
14 Dan. Holmback, Luke Fidler Legs broken by a fall of coal.
14 Frank Deibler. Big Mountain. . . Body crushed by a runaway wagon.
18 A. Gallagher, boy Colorado Legs broken in gettingon moving wagon.
20 James Lander. Beechwood Eyesinjured by kick of mule in the slope.
20 William Davis. Big Lick
Mortally burned by an explosion of gas.
26 John Thomas.. Big Lick Mortally turned by an explosion of gas.
20 A miner
Girard
Severely injured by explosion of a boiler
20 Michael Mulvey, Malvern Foot crushed ; run over by a wagon.
20 Thomas Hanson, Knickerbocker. . Head crushed by a blast.
20 Ebsnezer Davis, Brookside Foot crushed by a fall of coal.
20 James Lankin. Franklin
Severely burned by an explosion of gas
20
miner
Franklin
Severely burned by an explosion of gas
20 A miner Franklin
Severely burned by an explosion of gas.
20 John Roach East Mine shaft, Legs broken 1)3' a fall of rocks.
20 Wm. Pitkits .... Taemont
Foot injured by a fall of coal.
20
miner
L. Rauch Creek, Badly burned by fire-damp, gas.
20
miner
L. Rauch Creek, Badly burned by fire-damp, gas.
20
la borer
L. Rauch Creek,
j burned by fire-damp, gas.
20 A boy
L. Rauch Creek,; Badly burned by fire-damp, gas.
26 Isaac Bevan, 13, Lehigh, No. 3. . .
injured by a fall of coal ; did i
same day.
27 Patrick Shields, Eagle Hill slope,! Eyes destroyed by a piece of coal.
28 James Casey. Locust Dale
i crushed by the wagon and rope.
30 Dan'l Campbell, Taylorville Injured by an explosion of gas.
30 Lewis Jones.. Oak Dale Seriously injured by a fall of c al.
30 Geo. Radford, Sr Hickory shaft.. . Head severely injured bydiscuarge of a
blast.
30
Hickory shaft. . . Severely injured by discharge of blast.
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Aug. l
Geo. Radford, Jr
46 persons.
Anthony Devitt,
J. Scheppe
Dan. O'Connell,
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Frank Detinger,
Patrick M'Cue..
C. M'Cullough..
Peter Halvey..
Wm. Thomas. .
Lewis Wilde
Bartly Murphy,
George Jones . .
William Durkin,
Robert Thomas.
Wm. Shadel....
John Witrell. . .
James Clemson,
Thomas Yonng,
17 persons.
John Cummings
Percival Boltz..
Thomas Tracy .
David Powell..
James Powell . .
Maize & Lewis. . Head injured ; caught between wagons.
Wm. Penn injured by falling
! off a trestle.
Bear Run Hand crushed by a fall of coal.
Gir'd Mammoth, Leg and foot crushed ; run over bj'a dirt
wagon.
Shenandoah city Fingers cut while spraging wagons.
St. Clair shaft. . . Leg crushed ; run over by a wagon.
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Preston, No. 3. Severely burned by an explosion of gas.
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Preston, No. 3.. . Slightly burned by an explosion of gas
Preston, No. 3. . . Slightly burned by an explosion of gas .
East Franklin...: Arm broken.
Heckscherville, Thigh broken by a fall of coal.
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Beechwood injured by a blast; died 21st.
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Brookside injured by a blast.
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Brookside Severely injured by a blast.
Greenwood and arm injured
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by a fall of coal.
Hill & Harris . . . Severely injured under a wagon.
Williamstown . . Head severely cut by a fall of coal.
Hickory shaft .. . Head and hands injured in the drum
while in motion.
Hickory shaft. . . Head and hands injured while fixing fch«
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spiders.
Primrose Severely injured by a fall of gang-waj
rocks.
Koh-i-noor Severely injured by a fall of slate and
top rocks.
Koh-i-noor injured by a fall of slate and
top rocks.