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Jeddo, PA Coal Mine Accident, Oct 1910

Posted January 13th, 2008 by Linda Horton

Killed By Fall of Coal.

Joe Sodorak of Ridge street, was killed instantly yesterday in the Jeddo mines by a fall of coal. He was employed as a miner and was engaged in robbing when a sudden fall of coal occurred without warning striking him on the head. He was removed to his home on Ridge street. He is survived by a wife and one child. Funeral Thursday morning with interment in the Greek cemetery.

Wilkes Barre Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA 19 Oct 1910
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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