Saturday, October 18, 2025

Ashcroft, Joseph - 1888

Ashcroft, Joseph, Miner
August 13, 1888, 8th District, Elizabeth No. 2 Colliery, Osceola, Centre County.
Was killed while undermining a breast of coal that was open at one side.  He had no sprag under it at the time.  Age 30.  Married.  One orphan.

~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897, Volume I, Page 7

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