Hungarian Age 38, married, 4 children. at the time of his death residence was listed in Jacobs Creek.
He was a Pick Miner working in the Darr coal Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, he was fatally injured by fall of slate in the Darr Mine on May 7, 1892.
The piece of slate which fell upon him would weight about 500 pounds, and was partly surrounded by a "Slip" or a natural separation from the surrounding atrata. The man had evidently not examined or sounded the slate, or he would have perceived that it was unsafe, but the probability is that he was not competent to detect the danger; this view of the matter being brought out by the condition of his room in general. The man died a little over two months after being injured.
The death certificate shows he died from exhaustion/ broken back. He was in West Penn Hospital 78 days, no parents names listed.
He was a Pick Miner working in the Darr coal Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, he was fatally injured by fall of slate in the Darr Mine on May 7, 1892.
The piece of slate which fell upon him would weight about 500 pounds, and was partly surrounded by a "Slip" or a natural separation from the surrounding atrata. The man had evidently not examined or sounded the slate, or he would have perceived that it was unsafe, but the probability is that he was not competent to detect the danger; this view of the matter being brought out by the condition of his room in general. The man died a little over two months after being injured.
The death certificate shows he died from exhaustion/ broken back. He was in West Penn Hospital 78 days, no parents names listed.
Hungarian Age 38, married, 4 children. at the time of his death residence was listed in Jacobs Creek.
He was a Pick Miner working in the Darr coal Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, he was fatally injured by fall of slate in the Darr Mine on May 7, 1892.
The piece of slate which fell upon him would weight about 500 pounds, and was partly surrounded by a "Slip" or a natural separation from the surrounding atrata. The man had evidently not examined or sounded the slate, or he would have perceived that it was unsafe, but the probability is that he was not competent to detect the danger; this view of the matter being brought out by the condition of his room in general. The man died a little over two months after being injured.
The death certificate shows he died from exhaustion/ broken back. He was in West Penn Hospital 78 days, no parents names listed.
He was a Pick Miner working in the Darr coal Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, he was fatally injured by fall of slate in the Darr Mine on May 7, 1892.
The piece of slate which fell upon him would weight about 500 pounds, and was partly surrounded by a "Slip" or a natural separation from the surrounding atrata. The man had evidently not examined or sounded the slate, or he would have perceived that it was unsafe, but the probability is that he was not competent to detect the danger; this view of the matter being brought out by the condition of his room in general. The man died a little over two months after being injured.
The death certificate shows he died from exhaustion/ broken back. He was in West Penn Hospital 78 days, no parents names listed.
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