Dukes, Joseph, Miner.
June 25, 1889, 8th District, Laurel Run No. 2 Colliery, Clearfield County.
Killed while undermining the “tight”, there was a slip that extended from the roof to floor on one side and a short crack on the other side, he had no sprags to the coal. Age 43. Married. Five orphans.
~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897, Volume I, Page 15
You can visit the memorial page for Joseph Dukes.
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