14-Year-Old Children Killed in Anthracite Mines from 1899-1913
Year | Date | Last Name | First Name | Age | Occupation | Mine/Operation | Cause of Death |
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1905 | 03/29 | Allen | Edward | 14 | slate picker | Hammond | killed by machinery |
1906 | 12/07 | Betska | John | 14 | slate picker | North Franklin | killed by cars |
1899 | 10/18 | Bevan | Frederick | 14 | door boy | Parrish | car ran over him |
1902 | 11/12 | Bierwick | Charles | 14 | slate picker | Mountain Lake | killed by breaker machinery |
1908 | 08/13 | Bilko | John | 14 | slate picker | Northwest | struck by piece of hopper |
1904 | 09/01 | Boland | Francis | 14 | slate picker | Prospect Breaker | killed by machinery |
1901 | 12/27 | Boylan | John | 14 | slate picker | Henry Clay | caught in machinery |
1903 | 02/21 | Breaskie | William | 14 | laborer | Ellangowan | killed in breaker |
1901 | 12/13 | Brogan | John | 14 | driver | Laws Shaft | killed by cars |
1900 | 06/30 | Cauley | Michael | 14 | loader | Richardson | killed by cars |
1899 | 04/05 | Clark | John | 14 | door boy | Old Forge No. 2 | fell under a car |
1903 | 08/17 | Comyock | John | 14 | slate picker | Enterprise | killed by breaker machinery |
1913 | 02/10 | Coyne | Joe | 14 | slate picker | Greenwood | killed by cars |
1910 | 04/14 | Edwards | Willard | 14 | slate picker | Dodge | killed by machinery |
1904 | 06/24 | Euradine | Arthur | 14 | slate picker | Central | killed by breaker machinery |
1903 | 02/19 | Fairfield | W. J. | 14 | driver | Gypsy Grove | fell down shaft |
1906 | 07/13 | Fetcheo | Frank | 14 | slate picker | Storrs No. 1 | drowned |
1905 | 05/05 | Foggarty | Joseph | 14 | chute tender | Green Ridge Breaker | smothered in coal pockets |
1903 | 12/15 | Frantz | Abe | 14 | slate picker | Roberts | killed by machinery |
1901 | 12/04 | Fry | Charles | 14 | chute tender | Hickory Ridge | fell on rolling shaft |
1901 | 12/07 | Gallagher | Frank | 14 | slate picker | Highland No. 2 | killed by cars |
1908 | 08/08 | Gentle | Nicholas | 14 | slate picker | Nag Aug | killed by machinery |
1902 | 02/26 | Gibbon | Thomas | 14 | door boy | Stanton No. 7 | killed by cars |
1905 | 05/18 | Gillespie | Frank | 14 | slate picker | White Oak | killed by small locomotive |
1913 | 10/02 | Giultz | Frank | 14 | slate picker | Newcastle | suffocated in breaker |
1899 | 10/13 | Graham | Joseph | 14 | slate picker | Cayuga Breaker | smothered by coal |
1899 | 10/23 | Hope | William | 14 | door boy | Nottingham | explosion of gas |
1900 | 08/14 | Hubler | William | 14 | slate picker | Lytle | fell into scraper line |
1903 | 08/13 | Humbury | Merl | 14 | slate picker | Lykens | killed by breaker machinery |
1905 | 02/27 | Jefferies | David | 14 | bell boy | Avoca Breaker | killed by machinery |
1906 | 10/11 | Jordan | James | 14 | slate picker | Brisbin | killed by machinery |
1899 | 06/06 | Kane | John | 14 | door boy | Pennsylvania No. 5 | squeezed between cars & door |
1910 | 05/24 | Kanyack | Mike | 14 | jig runner | Jeddo No. 4 | killed by cars |
1899 | 05/15 | Kitchen | George | 14 | door boy | Buttonwood | fall of rock |
1907 | 07/18 | Kozlowskie | Pius | 14 | slate picker | Kehley's Run | killed by machinery |
1899 | 07/08 | Kuscavich | John | 14 | slate picker | Stevens Breaker | fell from roof of breaker |
1907 | 07/22 | Langan | William | 14 | slate picker | Fernwood Breaker | killed by falling |
1902 | 03/05 | Lee | Andrew | 14 | slate picker | Jermyn | killed by machinery |
1899 | 12/08 | Locoshaki | John | 14 | door boy | Delaware Shaft | caught between cage & cribbing |
1901 | 08/30 | Markle | Jacob | 14 | scraper feeder | Hickory Ridge | caught in scraper line |
1899 | 01/23 | Matthews | Joseph | 14 | flag boy | Bear Valley | caught between wagon & top rock |
1901 | 08/30 | McCormick | James | 14 | door boy | Kohinoor | fell down shaft |
1901 | 04/18 | McGarvey | John | 14 | slate picker | Spring Mountain | killed by car |
1909 | 11/03 | Morelock | Joseph | 14 | slate picker | Stevens Breaker | killed by machinery |
1908 | 11/16 | Novak | Wadik | 14 | slate picker | No. 6 | killed by machinery |
1900 | 06/26 | Rowett | Howard | 14 | slate picker | Louise Breaker | run over by cars |
1909 | 07/09 | Russler | Roland | 14 | Coal Brook | killed by cars | |
1905 | 07/22 | Saymon | Felix | 14 | slate picker | Oak Hill | smothered in coal pocket |
1900 | 07/23 | Shiner | Andrew | 14 | slate picker | Eckley | caught between car & timber |
1901 | 03/15 | Simmers | John | 14 | door boy | Alden | fell down shaft |
1901 | 01/12 | Sliker | James | 14 | slate picker | West End | killed by breaker machinery |
1899 | 12/06 | Smith | Albert | 14 | oiler | Highland No. 5 | caught between cars |
1906 | 06/29 | Sweeney | John | 14 | slate picker | Plymouth No. 3 | killed by electricity |
1899 | 09/16 | Taylor | John | 14 | door boy | Pancoast | run over by car |
1906 | 11/07 | Unafare | George | 14 | slate picker | Wolf Creek | killed by machinery |
1900 | 07/17 | Uncanchey | Joseph | 14 | slate picker | Indian Ridge | fell into breaker machinery |
1902 | 02/20 | Wall | John | 14 | slate picker | Lansford No. 4 | killed in breaker machinery |
1900 | 02/09 | Walsh | William | 14 | driver | Nay Aug Slope | fell under cars |
1906 | 10/30 | Ward | John | 14 | slate picker | Ellangowan | killed by machinery |
1905 | 12/05 | Ward | Michael | 14 | slate picker | Mt. Jessup | killed by machinery |
1908 | 11/02 | Weber | William | 14 | slate picker | Bear Valley | killed by machinery |
Source: Pennsylvania Anthracite Mine Accidents, 1899-1913 | Excel File Download |
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