Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Blair Hill Coal & Co
Mine Accident
February 3, 1904
CRUSHED IN A SHAFT.
Pilot Carried Cage and Inmates to Bottom of
Shaft.
Four Italians met an awful death at the Blair
Hill Coal and Coke Company’s works. Four miles
east of Brownsville, Pa.
ANTONIA MAZZO, DOMMICO CAPOZZA, CARMINO CAPOZZA
and CONSTANTINO BIANYO were part of the day
shift in the new air shaft and were going to
work at 7 a.m. They stepped into the big bucket
to be lowered 640 feet, but neglected to see
that the pilot, a heavy piece of wood and iron
was property released. The pilot weighted 400
pounds and was built to lower with the bucket to
keep it steady. The men had gone about 140 feet
when the pilot, which sunk in ice, crushed down
upon the men, hurling them to the bottom of the
shaft and crushing them there into an
unrecognizable mass. The men fell 500 feet.
The Indiana Democrat, Indiana, PA 3 Feb
1904
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