Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Dukes, Joseph - 1889

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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