Kohinoor Colliery Explosion

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R. Heckscher and Company
Kohinoor Colliery Explosion

Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
May 24, 1882
No. Killed - 5

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Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners' Memorial
Location: 40° 49.414′ N, 76° 12.111′ W.
Marker is in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. Marker is at the intersection of East Wahington Street and Ringtown Blvd (PA 924 on East Wahington Street. Marker is in this post office area: Shenandoah PA 17976
Photographed by Don Morfe
Source: The Historical Marker Database

Terrible Explosion Kills 5
Janesville Daily Gazette, Wisconsin
May 25, 1882

Shenandoah, Pa., May 24. -- A terrible explosion occurred this afternoon at R. Heckscher and Company's Kohinoor Colliery. Five miners have been taken out dead.

Those killed include:

Martin and James Mulhall (father and son)
James McDonald, a door boy
John P. Stratt, a Polish laborer
Samuel Hugo, driver

Fatally injured:

John Lee, the fire boss
Matty Latentynnowicz, a Polander

See 1882 Anthracite Fatalities for the official list of the deceased.

R. Heckscher and CompanyKohinoor Colliery Explosion

R. Heckscher and Company
Kohinoor Colliery Explosion