Thomas J. Evans (1878-1941) – Lost Life in Mining Accident
LOSES LIFE IN WILLIAMSTOWN MINE ACCIDENT Thomas J. Evans, age 63 years, of Williamstown, lost his life when caught beneath a fall of coal in the Williamstown Colliery last Thursday […]
George U. Hopple (1899-1941) – Loses Life in Mine Accident
LOSES LIFE IN WILLIAMSTOWN MINE ACCIDENT George U. Hopple, 51, of Williamstown, was killed when caught by a fall of coal in the Williamstown mines of the Susquehanna Collieries Company […]
Joseph Sholley (1850-1935)
A portrait of Joseph Sholley (1850-1935), a coal miner of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________ From: “Who’s Who in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,” Lykens-Williams Valley History-Directory and Pictorial Review, by […]
Harold Noah Klinger (1913-1941) – Loses Life in Mine Accident
LOSES LIFE IN MINING ACCIDENT Funeral services for Harold N. Klinger, 28, of Hegins, were held from the residence, Sunday afternoon, Rev. Charles Brodell, and Rev. E. T. Sheets officiated. […]
Two Miners Lose Life in Accident, 1944
TWO MINERS LOSE LIVES IN ACCIDENT Two men lost their lives, and a third was injured when a car in which they were being hauled to the surface, fell to […]
Ronald “Skipper” Koppenhaver (1933-1947) – Drowned in Strip Mine Hole
BOY DROWNED IN MINE STRIPPING HOLE Ronald Koppenhaver, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Koppenhaver, of Keffers, drowned in a water-filled abandoned mine stripping hole at Keffers last Wednesday […]
Tower City – New Breaker at the Brookside Colliery, 1922
A 1922 photograph of the new coal breaker at the Brookside Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. […]
Williamstown – Summit Branch Breaker
An undated line drawing of the coal breaker of the Summit Branch Colliery at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]