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Middleport, PA Mining Accident, Aug 1870

Posted April 22nd, 2008 by Stu Beitler

FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.

TWELVE MINERS PRECIPITATED DOWN A SHAFT 200 FEET.

Pottsville, Penn., Aug. 10. -- At 4 o'clock this afternoon a cage in the shaft of GLASSMIER & HINES, near Middleport, containing twelve miners, was precipitated to the bottom, 200 feet, by the giving way of the hoisting machinery. The following were killed:
THOMAS QUIGLEY.
GEORGE STOUCH.
JOHN ROPER.
JACOB KLINE.
DAVID JONES.
JOHN MATTHEWS.
Wounded:
JOHN McGURNLEY, terribly injured.
E. MANUELS, terribly injured.
HUGH McAUNLY, terribly injured.
ALBERT KOCH, terribly injured.
WILLIAM MATTHEWS, slightly injured.
PATRICK DAY, slightly injured.
Several hours elapsed before the bodies could be brought out of the shaft. A temporary cage had to be constructed to hoist the dead and mangled bodies to the surface.

The New York Times New York 1870-08-11
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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