Carbon City, Carbon, Wyoming Mine Fatality Records for 1869 - 1901
Compiled by Nancy and Victor Anderson
Carbon Mine No. 1 in 1870 (Union Pacific Coal Company Employes' Magazine)
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Ball, Alfred
Death date: Oct. 19,1886
Mine: Carbon 6
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: Cem, AV#1 [Boom 10-21 & 30-1886], FM [CDL 10-24-1886; LWS 10-00-1886]
Notes: FM ["Bell," age 46], AV#1["Ball," sur. wife & dau.]
Boisen, Asmus
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Source: FM [Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
Boisen, Chris
Death date: Jan. 9, 1883
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: Cem, FM [CCJ 1-13-1883], AV#1, CCN
Notes: Cem [1843-1883], AV#1[sur. wife, 6 children]
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Christianson, Eric
Death date: Dec. 30, 1884
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: runaway cars
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [CCJ 1-3-1885], FM [cor., LWS 1-3-1885]
Conner, William
Death date: Nov. 21, 1889
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [Boom 11-22-1889, CCJ 11-23-1889], CCN, FM [LWS 11-21-1889]
Culleton, Thomas Perry
Death date: 1878
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA, family
Notes: His widow Maggie married David Nichols and his daughter Kate married Ezra Nichols, nephew of David, all pioneers of the upper Platte Valley.
Death date: Dec. 30, 1884
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: runaway cars
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [CCJ 1-3-1885], FM [cor., LWS 1-3-1885]
Conner, William
Death date: Nov. 21, 1889
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [Boom 11-22-1889, CCJ 11-23-1889], CCN, FM [LWS 11-21-1889]
Culleton, Thomas Perry
Death date: 1878
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA, family
Notes: His widow Maggie married David Nichols and his daughter Kate married Ezra Nichols, nephew of David, all pioneers of the upper Platte Valley.
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Daley, Morris
Death date: April 16, 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN
Notes: unemployed, only one source
Davis, Thomas R.
Death date: Jan. 21, 1880
Sources: CCJ 2-21-1880; LWS 1-31-1880
Burial: Lucas, Iowa, marked
Notes: listed as L.R. Davis in LWS
Dodds, Thomas J.
Death date: June 10, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fell under car
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM [cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK [English, age 34]
Donnelly, John
Death date: March 1885
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CCJ 3-14-1885]
Notes: only one source
Death date: April 16, 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN
Notes: unemployed, only one source
Davis, Thomas R.
Death date: Jan. 21, 1880
Sources: CCJ 2-21-1880; LWS 1-31-1880
Burial: Lucas, Iowa, marked
Notes: listed as L.R. Davis in LWS
Dodds, Thomas J.
Death date: June 10, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fell under car
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM [cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK [English, age 34]
Donnelly, John
Death date: March 1885
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CCJ 3-14-1885]
Notes: only one source
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Edwards, William H.
Death date: Oct. 19, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: CCN [Laramie]
Sources: CCN, DK, MIR
Notes: MIR [age 59, md., sur dau. & grddau.]
Death date: Oct. 19, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: CCN [Laramie]
Sources: CCN, DK, MIR
Notes: MIR [age 59, md., sur dau. & grddau.]
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Finnala, Oscar
Death date: Oct. 15, 1898
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [Cem, CML]
Notes: MM, CCA [marker now illegible]
Death date: Oct. 15, 1898
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [Cem, CML]
Notes: MM, CCA [marker now illegible]
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Haddix, John Isaac Jr.
Death date: Jan. 13, 1876
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: finger wound by rusty iron
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA family, LS1-15-1876, CCN
Notes: CCN [Died 1-13-1876, Carbon blood poisoning]
Harris, Jacob
Death date: March 1870
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Source: FM [ML]
Notes: MM, FM [age 26; listed CDL as Jacob Morris]
Hendrickson, John A.
Death date: Aug 2, 1893
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of Death: blasting accident
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN, AV#2 [CCJ 8-5-1893]
Notes: MM
Death date: Jan. 13, 1876
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: finger wound by rusty iron
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA family, LS1-15-1876, CCN
Notes: CCN [Died 1-13-1876, Carbon blood poisoning]
Harris, Jacob
Death date: March 1870
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Source: FM [ML]
Notes: MM, FM [age 26; listed CDL as Jacob Morris]
Hendrickson, John A.
Death date: Aug 2, 1893
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of Death: blasting accident
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN, AV#2 [CCJ 8-5-1893]
Notes: MM
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Isaac, William
Death date: 1875
Mine: # 1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM, CCN [d. 12-1-1875], CCA [LDS 12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Death date: 1875
Mine: # 1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM, CCN [d. 12-1-1875], CCA [LDS 12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
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Johnson, John
Death date: Nov. 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: DK, CCA [CCJ 11-12-1881]
Notes: CCA [killed raising a derrick]
Jones, Evor
Death date: Jan. 4, 1893
Mine: # 2 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, AV#1 [SS 1-12-1893], CCN
Notes: MM
Jones, John
Death date: April 1869
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [ML]
Notes: MM, FM [English, age 30]
Jones, Samuel
Death date: March 24,1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM, ECR, CCN
Notes: ECR [d. March 17, 1896, killed in mine]
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Kain, Martin
Death date: 1875
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, location unknown, wooden marker dislodged
Sources: FM [Annals, vol.8, #4], CCA [LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Kelly, Frank
Death date: Feb. 1871
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: Mine accident
Burial: #037, wooden marker "Kell," may be Frank or William Kelly
Source: CCN
Notes: CCN [weighmaster coal company, accident]
Death date: 1875
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, location unknown, wooden marker dislodged
Sources: FM [Annals, vol.8, #4], CCA [LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Kelly, Frank
Death date: Feb. 1871
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: Mine accident
Burial: #037, wooden marker "Kell," may be Frank or William Kelly
Source: CCN
Notes: CCN [weighmaster coal company, accident]
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Lakari, Matt
Death date: Sept. 22, 1894
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: AV#2, FM [CML]
Notes: AV#2[Laahaij, Matti]
Lassi, Gabriel Nestor
Death date: Feb. 4, 1901
Mine: #7 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Source: MIR [accident Carl Rassi], Eloheimo [p. 81, Gabriel Nestor Lassi]
Notes: Eloheimo [17 yrs. 17 days]
Leal, Gus
Death date: April 1882
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: DK
Notes: only one source
Death date: Sept. 22, 1894
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: AV#2, FM [CML]
Notes: AV#2[Laahaij, Matti]
Lassi, Gabriel Nestor
Death date: Feb. 4, 1901
Mine: #7 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Source: MIR [accident Carl Rassi], Eloheimo [p. 81, Gabriel Nestor Lassi]
Notes: Eloheimo [17 yrs. 17 days]
Leal, Gus
Death date: April 1882
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: DK
Notes: only one source
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Mack, Johnnie
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: FM [Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
McCourt, Arthur
Death date: Nov. 13, 1891
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: mine accident
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
McDermott
Death date: Nov. 23, 1877
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Myers, Thomas
Death date: Aug. 25, 1898
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: Cem, CCA [family], FM, CCN
Notes: CCN [d. Rock Springs Hospital]
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: FM [Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
McCourt, Arthur
Death date: Nov. 13, 1891
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: mine accident
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
McDermott
Death date: Nov. 23, 1877
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Myers, Thomas
Death date: Aug. 25, 1898
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: Cem, CCA [family], FM, CCN
Notes: CCN [d. Rock Springs Hospital]
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Nelson, Nels
Death date: May 27, 1890
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Nelson, W.N.
Death date: Jan. 5, 1874
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: CCN [Laramie]
Sources: CCN
Notes: CCN [age about 25], only one source
Death date: May 27, 1890
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Nelson, W.N.
Death date: Jan. 5, 1874
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: CCN [Laramie]
Sources: CCN
Notes: CCN [age about 25], only one source
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Palso, Andrew
Date of death: Jan. 15, 1889
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML, cor.]
Notes: MM
Peterson, John
Death date: Feb. 27, 1888
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML]
Notes: MM, FM [d. Denver], only one source
Date of death: Jan. 15, 1889
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML, cor.]
Notes: MM
Peterson, John
Death date: Feb. 27, 1888
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML]
Notes: MM, FM [d. Denver], only one source
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Reemer, Albert
Death date: Jan. 23, 1885
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: explosion
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [Boom 1-24-1885], CCA [CCJ 1-24-1885]
Notes: AV#2 ["getting coal for own use"]
Robinson
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CCJ 11-4-1898]
Notes: only one source
Runama, John
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML], MIR
Notes; FM [Finnish, age 40], MIR [m., 3 children]
Death date: Jan. 23, 1885
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: explosion
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2 [Boom 1-24-1885], CCA [CCJ 1-24-1885]
Notes: AV#2 ["getting coal for own use"]
Robinson
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CCJ 11-4-1898]
Notes: only one source
Runama, John
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [CML], MIR
Notes; FM [Finnish, age 40], MIR [m., 3 children]
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Stansfield, George
Death date: Jan 14, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM [cor.], AV#1, DK, MK, ECR
Notes: MM, MK [English, age 60
Death date: Jan 14, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, FM [cor.], AV#1, DK, MK, ECR
Notes: MM, MK [English, age 60
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Vollmert, John
Date of death: Dec. 14, 1872
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCN[DI12-21-1872], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Yesteryears":young German carpenter"]
Date of death: Dec. 14, 1872
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCN[DI12-21-1872], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Yesteryears":young German carpenter"]
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West, William
Death date: Nov. 26, 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: lung inflammation
Burial: Marked, Carbon
Sources: Cem, CAA family, AV#1 [CCJ 12-3-1881], FM, DK
Notes: AV#1 [d. lung inflammation from fire damp in mine]
Wright, William B.
Death date: April 23, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, ECR, FM [cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK [Scot, aged 23]
Death date: Nov. 26, 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: lung inflammation
Burial: Marked, Carbon
Sources: Cem, CAA family, AV#1 [CCJ 12-3-1881], FM, DK
Notes: AV#1 [d. lung inflammation from fire damp in mine]
Wright, William B.
Death date: April 23, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: Cem, ECR, FM [cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK [Scot, aged 23]
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Yoke, Matt
Death date: April 20, 1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock, crushed head
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [cor.], CCN, DK, CCA [PVL 4-23-1896]
Notes: CCN & DK [Yoki], FM [Finnish], CCA [also Laakaie]
Death date: April 20, 1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock, crushed head
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM [cor.], CCN, DK, CCA [PVL 4-23-1896]
Notes: CCN & DK [Yoki], FM [Finnish], CCA [also Laakaie]