Isak Hietamaki [Maki]: Killed in the June 30, 1903 Explosion
Exhibit by Sue Dean
Hello,
I just found your website and see that you are welcoming photos, etc., to add to the museum collection. I have attached a photo of one of the miners who was killed in the mine explosion on June 30, 1903. His name is Isak Sakius Hietamaki (Maki), and he is my great uncle, the brother of my maternal great grandfather who settled in Brule, Wisconsin. The photo is actually a picture of a small pin that I’ve inherited since my grandmother and mother have both passed. If you have somewhere that you could add his picture to his name in your collection, that would be wonderful. Thank you for all the time and attention you have devoted to remembering the people who lived and worked in Hanna. I hope to someday make a trip to the area and your museum.
I forgot to add in my previous email to you that the correct date of birth for Isak Sakius Hietamaki (Isak Maki) is May 30, 1875, and he was born in Yliharma, Finland.
Sue Dean,
North Branch, Minnesota
I just found your website and see that you are welcoming photos, etc., to add to the museum collection. I have attached a photo of one of the miners who was killed in the mine explosion on June 30, 1903. His name is Isak Sakius Hietamaki (Maki), and he is my great uncle, the brother of my maternal great grandfather who settled in Brule, Wisconsin. The photo is actually a picture of a small pin that I’ve inherited since my grandmother and mother have both passed. If you have somewhere that you could add his picture to his name in your collection, that would be wonderful. Thank you for all the time and attention you have devoted to remembering the people who lived and worked in Hanna. I hope to someday make a trip to the area and your museum.
I forgot to add in my previous email to you that the correct date of birth for Isak Sakius Hietamaki (Isak Maki) is May 30, 1875, and he was born in Yliharma, Finland.
Sue Dean,
North Branch, Minnesota
Isak Sakius Hietamaki (Maki),(Sue Dean)
Hanna Cemetery Record
Hietamaki, Isak Sakens (Inquest); Aka: Maki, Isaac S. H. (Monument); Maki Isaac S. (MIR); Maki, I. (MM)
Monument: "ISAAC S.H. MAKI; Killed in Hanna Mine Explosion June 30, 1903, Age, 27 years."
Note: Isaac, a Finnish miner, metal mine identification mine number #86, not married, was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was found at entry 17 dip, identified and removed from the mine on August 8, 1903 day 40 after the explosion. He was buried in Plot 193 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
Plot: 193
Born: 1876
Died: June 30, 1903
Age: 27
Monument: "ISAAC S.H. MAKI; Killed in Hanna Mine Explosion June 30, 1903, Age, 27 years."
Note: Isaac, a Finnish miner, metal mine identification mine number #86, not married, was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was found at entry 17 dip, identified and removed from the mine on August 8, 1903 day 40 after the explosion. He was buried in Plot 193 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
Plot: 193
Born: 1876
Died: June 30, 1903
Age: 27