A list of fatal mine accidents at the Williamstown Mines, 1885-1921, was provided in the Lykens-Williams Valley History, published in 1922. According to that book, names were included of employees who were from Williamstown and vicinity.
The list is presented below for researchers who wish to locate obituaries, news articles, and other information about the men and their families.
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4 July 1885 – Joe Lester
2 June 1885 – Sam Hamilton
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1 December 1886 – Ben Cain
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9 July 1892 – Frank McBride
29 November 1892 – Christ Kirtchoff
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3 March 1893 – William Temple
9 May 1893 – William Temple
9 May 1893 – Thomas Kinney
23 May 1893 – Harry Wiest
21 July 1893 – Charles McMullen
30 August 1893 – John Hess
30 August 1893 – William Speicker
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20 February 1894 – Levi Reed
17 March 1894 – William Hoffman
17 March 1894 – Nathan Jones
16 July 1894 – William Price
19 July 1894 – Joseph Roudebush
19 July 1894 – John Llewellyn
19 July 1894 – Martin Tait
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21 January 1895 – Harry Keiser
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14 February 1896 – Daniel Enders
23 July 1896 – James Shuttleworth
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8 November 1897 – Thomas Jones
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15 February 1898 –Thomas Pharl
3 August 1898 – W. W. Thompson
25 November 1898 – Thomas D. Jones
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25 March 1899 – Daniel Updegrove
14 April 1899 – George Warfield
30 August 1899 – Emanuel Lightner
21 September 1899 – Samuel Rehnard
23 November 1899 – Thomas Richardson
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23 March 1900 – William Kauffman
5 April 1900 – George Radel
5 April 1900 – F. Bowers
14 May 1900 – Levi Miller
12 July 1900 – William Punch
21 August 1900 – Wehry Noel
20 November 1900 – George Astog
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17 July 1901 – Charles Remanaco
26 September 1901 – Charles A. James
21 December 1901 – John Marungle
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11 March 1902 – Jerry Murry
11 March 1902 – John Hill
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21 March 1903 – John Finney
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25 May 1904 – M. Golden
25 May 1904 – George Radel
25 May 1904 – John Kinney
25 May 1904 – Aaron Koppenhaver
25 May 1904 – Torpets Koppenhaver
25 May 1904 – Albert Nau
25 May 1904 – Henry Frederic
25 May 1904 – Joseph Punch
25 May 1904 – Enoch Morgan
25 May 1904 – Albert James
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14 February 1905 – Robert Graham
15 March 1905 – Charles Buffington
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18 January 1906 – Theo Kirtchoff
31 December 1906 – Henry Noel
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12 January 1907 – Cyrus Miller
1 March 1907 – George Brokaes
19 July 1907 – Harry Harman
24 October 1907 – Benjamin Waffendon
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15 July 1908 – Arther Hawk
15 July 1908 – Charles Richart
15 July 1908 – John Wittle
15 July 1908 – John Riley
15 July 1908 – James Bowman
15 July 1908 – Michael Stachem
25 September 1908 – Claude Higgins
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19 January 1909 – Joseph Horwath
12 April 1909 – Jacob Miller
15 June 1909 – James Kander
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1 May 1911 – George Feadder
1 December 1911 – George Hess
9 December 1911 – William Bainbridge
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20 June 1913 – Charles Boniski
20 June 1913 – Felix Hadoe
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4 February 1914 – Erwin Etzweiler
17 February 1914 – John Crozier
17 February 1914 – Charles Roudenbush
10 March 1914 – John Welker
10 March 1914 – Harry Lynch
14 December 1914 – George Halloway
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13 October 1915 – Michael Schlet
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19 April 1916 – Joseph Olscabadge
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1 February 1918 – William Leitzel
1 July 1918 – Andrew Adams
14 April 1918 – George Kreiner
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15 January 1919 – Charles Barry
8 February 1919 – Edward Wommer
9 April 1919 – George Leavick
24 December 1919 – Arthur McNeal
29 December 1919 – Edward Donely
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3 March 1920 – James Woffendon
14 August 1920 – George Batdorf
24 August 1920 – George Kotz
30 November 1920 – John H. Haskin
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9 April 1921 – A. W. Koppenhaver
1921 – James Richardson
27 September 1921 – Sandy Frue
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The picture at the top of the post is from an undated photo post card entitled, “Setting Up Props to Support Roof of Mines, Pottsville, Pennsylvania.”
Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.