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Midvale Coal Company
Maffett Slope Fire

Midvale, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
October 1, 1898
No. Killed - 5

Sunday Morning Leader, October 2, 1898
(Transcript taken from microfilm record of the "Sunday Morning Leader," October 2, 1898, courtesy of the Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

See also:	Midvale No. 4 Mine Explosion, Jan. 3, 1931
	Midvale Powered Haulage Accident, Dec. 19, 1895

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Lewiston Daily Journal, Oct. 3, 1898
Sunday Morning Leader, Oct. 2, 1898

Five men lost their lives by suffocation caused by the timber in the intake airway taking fire.

The deceased:

Peter Creek, miner, age 45
Peter Crowle, laborer, age 38
Martin Simatovich, laborer, age 40
John Forinsky, miner, age 28
Joseph Toropski, miner, age 42

Source: 1898 Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Annual Report

Midvale Coal CompanyMaffett Slope Fire

Midvale Coal Company
Maffett Slope Fire