The Leavenworth Times ~ Sunday, 15 Jul 1894
The Riverside Coal Mine, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was the scene of one of the most horrible of accidents to one person, and a life was cut off summarily at the post of duty. Tony Bukata, a top company man who attended to the carrying away of shale and dumping it out of the way, was the victim. Bukata had some message to send to the bottom of the mine. It was in writing. When the cage went up, it would be several feet above where he was standing. There was a short flight of steps that lead up to where he could be on the level of the cage as it went down. Bukata had started up the flight of steps to meet the cage as it came down. As he climbed the steps, his foot slipped causing him to fall to the timbers at the edge of the shaft's mouth and alight on his back, with his head projecting over the edge of the timbers. Before he could escape from his perilous position, the heavy cage struck his head. He died instantly.
Mr. Bukata was a native of Poland and had been in the America for about three years. Two sons are here with him and one worked in the bottom of the shaft. The deceased leaves a wife and six children in Poland. He is spoken of as an efficient man about the works, steady and peaceable in his habits.∼The Bukatas came from Galicia, a region of Central Europe. The village from which they immigrated from was Grzymalow which is the Polish spelling. The history of this area is complex. From 1366 to 1772 the village was in Poland. From 1772 until 1918, the time frame in which the Bukatas immigrated, it was a part of the Austrian Empire. From 1918 until 1939 the area was again Poland. From 1939 until 1991, except for the Nazi occupation from 1941-1944, the area was claimed by the Soviet Union. Since their collapse in 1991, Grzymalow is in Ukraine. The Bukata's ancestral village in present day is Hrymayliv, Ukraine, where a few Bukata family members live. The family has always considered themselves Polish.
The Riverside Coal Mine, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was the scene of one of the most horrible of accidents to one person, and a life was cut off summarily at the post of duty. Tony Bukata, a top company man who attended to the carrying away of shale and dumping it out of the way, was the victim. Bukata had some message to send to the bottom of the mine. It was in writing. When the cage went up, it would be several feet above where he was standing. There was a short flight of steps that lead up to where he could be on the level of the cage as it went down. Bukata had started up the flight of steps to meet the cage as it came down. As he climbed the steps, his foot slipped causing him to fall to the timbers at the edge of the shaft's mouth and alight on his back, with his head projecting over the edge of the timbers. Before he could escape from his perilous position, the heavy cage struck his head. He died instantly.
Mr. Bukata was a native of Poland and had been in the America for about three years. Two sons are here with him and one worked in the bottom of the shaft. The deceased leaves a wife and six children in Poland. He is spoken of as an efficient man about the works, steady and peaceable in his habits.∼The Bukatas came from Galicia, a region of Central Europe. The village from which they immigrated from was Grzymalow which is the Polish spelling. The history of this area is complex. From 1366 to 1772 the village was in Poland. From 1772 until 1918, the time frame in which the Bukatas immigrated, it was a part of the Austrian Empire. From 1918 until 1939 the area was again Poland. From 1939 until 1991, except for the Nazi occupation from 1941-1944, the area was claimed by the Soviet Union. Since their collapse in 1991, Grzymalow is in Ukraine. The Bukata's ancestral village in present day is Hrymayliv, Ukraine, where a few Bukata family members live. The family has always considered themselves Polish.
The Leavenworth Times ~ Sunday, 15 Jul 1894
The Riverside Coal Mine, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was the scene of one of the most horrible of accidents to one person, and a life was cut off summarily at the post of duty. Tony Bukata, a top company man who attended to the carrying away of shale and dumping it out of the way, was the victim. Bukata had some message to send to the bottom of the mine. It was in writing. When the cage went up, it would be several feet above where he was standing. There was a short flight of steps that lead up to where he could be on the level of the cage as it went down. Bukata had started up the flight of steps to meet the cage as it came down. As he climbed the steps, his foot slipped causing him to fall to the timbers at the edge of the shaft's mouth and alight on his back, with his head projecting over the edge of the timbers. Before he could escape from his perilous position, the heavy cage struck his head. He died instantly.
Mr. Bukata was a native of Poland and had been in the America for about three years. Two sons are here with him and one worked in the bottom of the shaft. The deceased leaves a wife and six children in Poland. He is spoken of as an efficient man about the works, steady and peaceable in his habits.∼The Bukatas came from Galicia, a region of Central Europe. The village from which they immigrated from was Grzymalow which is the Polish spelling. The history of this area is complex. From 1366 to 1772 the village was in Poland. From 1772 until 1918, the time frame in which the Bukatas immigrated, it was a part of the Austrian Empire. From 1918 until 1939 the area was again Poland. From 1939 until 1991, except for the Nazi occupation from 1941-1944, the area was claimed by the Soviet Union. Since their collapse in 1991, Grzymalow is in Ukraine. The Bukata's ancestral village in present day is Hrymayliv, Ukraine, where a few Bukata family members live. The family has always considered themselves Polish.
The Riverside Coal Mine, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was the scene of one of the most horrible of accidents to one person, and a life was cut off summarily at the post of duty. Tony Bukata, a top company man who attended to the carrying away of shale and dumping it out of the way, was the victim. Bukata had some message to send to the bottom of the mine. It was in writing. When the cage went up, it would be several feet above where he was standing. There was a short flight of steps that lead up to where he could be on the level of the cage as it went down. Bukata had started up the flight of steps to meet the cage as it came down. As he climbed the steps, his foot slipped causing him to fall to the timbers at the edge of the shaft's mouth and alight on his back, with his head projecting over the edge of the timbers. Before he could escape from his perilous position, the heavy cage struck his head. He died instantly.
Mr. Bukata was a native of Poland and had been in the America for about three years. Two sons are here with him and one worked in the bottom of the shaft. The deceased leaves a wife and six children in Poland. He is spoken of as an efficient man about the works, steady and peaceable in his habits.∼The Bukatas came from Galicia, a region of Central Europe. The village from which they immigrated from was Grzymalow which is the Polish spelling. The history of this area is complex. From 1366 to 1772 the village was in Poland. From 1772 until 1918, the time frame in which the Bukatas immigrated, it was a part of the Austrian Empire. From 1918 until 1939 the area was again Poland. From 1939 until 1991, except for the Nazi occupation from 1941-1944, the area was claimed by the Soviet Union. Since their collapse in 1991, Grzymalow is in Ukraine. The Bukata's ancestral village in present day is Hrymayliv, Ukraine, where a few Bukata family members live. The family has always considered themselves Polish.
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"umarl dnia" ~ Day of Death
"14 Lipiec 1894 " ~ 14 July 1894
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