Williamstown – Two Injured in Mine Explosion, 1925
A premature explosion of dynamite, possibly caused by the accidental use of a tool which produced a spark, injured two Williamstown miners at the Big Lick Colliery. The Lykens Standard […]
Williamstown – Miner Suffers Broken Back in Rock Fall, 1925
The dangers of working in underground coal mining were reported in the Lykens Standard, August 28, 1925, when a Williamstown miner was buried under a rock fall following a pre-mature […]
James Spangler (1880-1925) – Victim of Mine Explosion
A colorized portrait of James R. Spangler, probably from around 1900. Spangler died as a result of a mining accident at Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens/Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following […]
Wiconisco – Man Burned at Briquet Plant, 1924
JAKE MILLER BURNED AT BRIQUET PLANT George Miller, better known as “Jake,” sustained severe burns of face, arms and legs Friday evening of last week while cleaning a dry culm […]
Wiconisco – Fire Destroys Briquet Plant, 1923
In May 1923, a second major fire occurred at the American Briquet Plant in Wiconisco, near Lykens. The first fire took place in 1919, one month after the plant had […]
Wiconisco – Major Fire Damage at New Briquet Plant, 1919
In 1919, about one month after the American Briquet Company opened a new plant at Wiconisco, near Lykens, a fire, believed to have been caused by defective wiring, broke out […]
Two Men Severely Burned at Short Mountain Colliery, 1924
TWO SEVERELY BURNED IN GAS EXPLOSION Otto Platzer of Main Street and George Kolva of Coaldale were severely burned in an explosion of gas in Short Mountain Colliery, Monday morning […]
Simon Evans Killed at Brookside Colliery, 1906
KILLED BY FALL OF COAL AT BROOKSIDE [Lykens Standard, 20 Jul 1906] Simon Evans of Tower City, aged 43 years, employed as a miner in breast 159, West Brookside Colliery, […]