Saturday, February 25, 2023

Helmann, John - 1888

Helmann, John, Miner.  Age 30.
August 4, 1888, 2nd District, South Side Miner Colliery, Westmoreland County.
Instantly killed by a fall of slate.  There was a boy fifteen years old that warned him about the slate ten minutes before he was killed, but it was of no use.

~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897 Vol. I, Page 2

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