Virginia, AL Mine Explosion, Feb 1905 - List of Dead

OFFICIAL LIST OF ENTOMBED MEN: ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN IN ALL

Special to The Birmingham News

Bessemer, Ala. Feb 21. - "Following is a complete list of coal diggers
entombed in Virginia mine, as given by their check weighman, Tinning:

WHITES:
Sam Burchfield
John Gallegher
Fred Morgan, has wife and one child.
Charles McFalls
E. L. Cargo
Ross Stewart
D. Troulis
James Meekin, has wife and several children.
J. H. Dammer
Pat Meekin, son of above
W. M. Dickinson
Will Meeks
Barney Kiker, has wife and two children
W. A. Meeks
Ernest Hopkins
Robert Beal, has wife only
James Brown, has wife and one child
Fred Smedley
M. L. Turner, has wife and three children
S. T. Carter
Lee Hardeman
E. H. Bryant, has wife and one child.
Charles Crawley, has wife and eight children
Steve Crawley
J.C. Weaver
O. M. Parsons, has wife only
H. Meekin
W. W. Shoemaker
J. H. Pool
Sandy Nelson, has wife and two children
Harry Hughes
N. R. Pool
W. M. Wright
W. H. Donaldson, has wife and child
____ Pendley (boy)
J.D. Wells, has wife and four children
Richard Tidmore, has wife and four children
John Cohely, has wife
Ben Chastine, has wife and family
Peter Smith
G. L. Pendley, has wife and three children
____ Lawrence, has wife and four children
Joe Scott
Dave Harris, has wife and one child
Jerry Keel, has wife and two children
Kirby Powell, has wife and one child
Roly Bennett
Ira Powell, has wife and one child
Sam Slogett, has wife
Bert Slogett
R. E. Hassell, has wife and two children
Fred Wyatt
P.M. Stucky, has wife and four children
____ McDonald
Andy Nicholson
Luke Bailey, has wife and one child
Jim Jordan, has wife and one child
Bob Pearson
Walter McCoy, has wife and son

ITALIANS:
A. Lazarre
Tussel Last
L. Antonia
Roda Raffael
____ Tussey
Lonzi Eiro

Total Whites - sixty-five

NEGROES:
Levy Steale
W. M. Howard
Ike Cole
Jake Hooks
J. A. Starling
Jim Burton
Jim Huffman
General Hooks
John Grigsby
Isaac Hooks
John Dudley
Elisha Hale
Loyd Davis
Charles Burton
J. E. Durden
A. J. Jackson
Amos Brown
Wade Johnson
Sam Simpson
Primus Wyatt
W. Goings
Homer Dawson
Ivy Walker, has wife and two children
Dave Smith, has wife and two children
Steve turner, has wife and two children
Henry Turner
James Simpson

Total Negroes - twenty-seven

Following is a list of company men, that is, those employed by the company
by the day, including drivers, pumpers, trappers, etc.

WHITES:
John Brown, a driver boss, has wife and one child, a son who was in the mine with him.
Neil Brown, trapper
Charles Moreland
Tom Caldwell, has wife and family
Steve Hawkins
Will Green, pumper
Charles Pickett, chainer
M. J. Vance, has wife
John Nelson, driver

NEGROES:
Ike Benner
P. Toles
Bob Hall
Bess McCarthy
Dave Hall
Jackson Bowen

"Up to 12 o'clock today many bodies had been brought to this city and had
been prepared for burial by Kennedy Bros. undertakers, who were given the
contract to take care of and register the entire list of the ded. They have
been assisted by Moore Bros., Vermillion & Adams, and by the Z. R. Steen,
undertakers, but the entire list of bodies brought to Bessemer have passed
through Kennedy Bros hands, who will have a complete record of the
disposition of every body.

Below will be found a list of all bodies received here, together with the
place of burial, where instructions have been received.

WHITE
John Coheley, unknown
Fred Morgan, Adger
Tom Grigsby
Tolsey Veresto, Blocton
J. G. Tidmore, Pratt City
Henry Meachim, Pratt City
James Meachim, Pratt City
Charles A. Crawley, Pratt City
Steve Crawley, Pratt City
J. M. Brown, Ensley
Jerry Keel, Pratt City
Tom Caldwell, Pratt City
W. H. Donaldson, Valley Creek
Luke Bailey
Robert Pierson, Johns
Jesse Weaver
Walker Shumaker
J. E. Jordan, Gentry's Gap
Ed Bryant, McDonough, Ga
Will Dickson, Dolomite
Will Green, Sumter (Masonic)
J. M. Lawrence, Bibbville (Masonic)
Steve Hawkins, Blossburg
Sam Slogett, Adger
Bert Slogett, Adger
N. R. Pool, Valley Creek
J. H. Danner, Adger
John Pendley, Jr., Adger
Roda Raffael, Blocton
M. L. Turner, Tuskaloosa (Masonic)
George Pendley,Sr., Adger (Masonic)
J. L. Nelson, Pratt City
Ollin Pool, Valley Creek
Lanzi Ciro, Blocton
W. Alonza Meeks, Blockton
Will Meeks, Blockton
Fred Smedley, Whitwell, Tenn
Sandy Nelson, Pratt City
B. M. Chastine, Adger (Masonic)
A. Lancy, Blocton
Roland Bennett, Blocton
Thomas Cody, Adger
Charles Moreland, Adger
Robert Beals, Adger
Charles McFalls, Valley Creek
W. B. Wright
Sam Burchfield, Valley Creek
Pat McCoy, Pratt City
Walter McCoy
Lancy Antonio

NEGROES
Pearl Toles, Ravine, Ala

Ike Hooks, Pratt City
Sylvester McCarthy, Ravine
Dave Hall, Bessemer
Bob Hall, Bessemer
General Hooks, Pratt City
J. A. Sterling, Pratt City
unknown, Pratt City
Will Howard, Pratt City
John Dudley, Bessemer
Ira Walker, Cedar Hill
Sam Thorn, Cedar Hill
Oliver Houston, Cedar Hill
Amos Brown, Cedar Hill
A. J. Jackson, Cedar Hill
H. R. Johnson, Cedar Hill
Sam Simpson, Cedar Hill
Wade Jonson, Marion Junction
Jim Burton, Vances
Homer Dawson, Vances
Henry Stevenson, Vances
George Huffman, Sumter
Elisha Hale, Pratt City
Jim Huffman, Sumter

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL, 21 Feb 1905