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Grave Headstones for Hanna Miner Fatalities Buried Elsewhere than Hanna

Images and notes from Bob Leathers

Boney, John

John Boney was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
 He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
 He was the oldest known miner killed in any of the Hanna Basin mines.
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Clarkson, Robert and John

Robert and John Clarkson were killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion
of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. They were buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Davis, Thomas

Thomas Davis was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
 He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Dodds, Anthony

Anthony Dodds was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. 
​He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Griffith, Joseph

Joe Griffith was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna in 1942.
He was buried in the Medicine Bow cemetery.
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Hapgood, Alfred

Alfred Hapgood was killed in Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine June 30, 1903.
​He was buried in Laramie, Wyoming.
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Jones, John Deacon

John Deacon Jones was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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McKenna, Felix and George

Felix and George McKenna were killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna June 30, 1903.
​They were buried in Erie, Colorado. 
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Olivas, Steven

Steven Olivas was killed in Energy Development's Vanguard 2 mine in 1982.
​ He was buried in Laramie, Wyoming.

Parry, Ben

Ben Parry was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. 
​He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Reese, Henry

Henry Reese was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
​ He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Renfrow, Cordell Virgil

Cordell Renfrow was killed in Energy's Vanguard No. 2 mine in Hanna in 1982.
He was buried in Summerville, Missouri.
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Sheffield, Joseph

Joe Sheffield was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
​ He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Simonson, John

John Simonson was killed in Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 3 mine in Hanna in 1930.
​ He was buried in Lyons, Colorado.

Smith, James

James Smith was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Watson, James

James Watson was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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Warburton, Robert

Robert Warburton was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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While, James Sr., James Jr. and Job

James Sr., James Jr. and Job While were killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. They were buried in the Carbon cemetery.
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