Roscoe,
Pennsylvania
Globe Mine Accident
January 26, 1916
Two Killed And Two Hurt In Heavy Fall Of Slate
And Stone
Assistant Mine Foreman MILLER And RAY DAVIS Meet
Death At Globe Mine
KEEGAN and HANNEN injured
Roscoe and Coal Center Men Caught Under Eight
Tons of Slate and Stone--MILLER Married But
Brief Time--All Men Well Known
Two men were killed and two others seriously
injured in a fall of about eight tons of slate
and stone at the Globe mine of the Vesta Coal
company near Roscoe at about 11:30 o’clock this
morning.
The Dead
JAMES P. MILLER,
aged 29, married. Assistant Mine Foreman.
RAY DAVIS ,
aged 31, married, leaves wife and three
children.
The Injured
GEORGE KEEGAN,
of Roscoe, injured seriously about the body.
Taken home.
GEORGE HANNEN,
OF Coal Center, injured seriously about the
body.
The fall occurred in an entry way of the mine
where MILLER
and others were working. MILLER himself was
caught under the full force of the fall of slate
and stone and his body crushed to a pulp.
DAVIS’ body was
not so much mangled. Both were instantly killed.
KEEGAN and
HANNEN were
near enough to get caught under the edge of the
fall, but did not suffer the worst consequences.
Fellow workmen, hearing the noise, rushed to the
scene and pulled the two injured men away.
Both
MILLER and
DAVIS were
well known. MILLER
was a brother-in-law of
JOHN CAIRNS, assistant mine
superintendent. He had been married but nine
months. He was a promising young man in mining
circles and popular.
DAVIS was employed as a day worker.
The
probable result of the injuries received by
KEEGAN and
HANNEN could
not be determined at once by the doctors called
into attendance. Of the two probably KEEGAN was
the worst hurt. It is not thought either will
die.
The Charleroi Mail, Charleroi, PA 26 Jan
1916
Globe Fatalities Proven To Have Been Accidental
JAMES P. MILLER and RAY DAVIS Inquest Held by
Coroner--Heavy Fall of Roofing Described
Purely accidental were the deaths of
JAMES P. MILLER,
mine foreman, and RAY
DAVIS a miner in the Globe mine of
the Vesta Coal company near Roscoe last
Wednesday. This was the verdict of the coroner’s
jury sitting in the inquest conducted by
JAMES T. HEFFRAN
at the undertaking rooms of
LAWRENCE P. FRYE
Monday evening.
Six witnesses were heard, their testimony
relating to the sort of work the two men were
doing and to the manner in which the heavy fall
of roofing occurred which caused their death.
The two men, with others were timbering the mine
when the roof fell. The jury which heard the
inquest was composed of
JOHN C. Mc KEAN,
foreman, ALLEN S.
MANSFIELD, R.C. ROBERTSON, F.O. BALDERSON,
SAMUEL PARDOE and LOGAN WINGETT.
It is now feared that
GEORGE KEEGAN of the two injured when
MILLER and
DAVIS were
killed, will not live, having a broken pelvic
bone. CHARLES HANNEN
will probably be brought home from the hospital
tomorrow.
The Charleroi Mail, Charleroi, PA 1 Feb 1916
Articles transcribed by Edna
Schlauch.
Thank you, Edna!
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