Friday, October 10, 2025

Shrouinski, Andrew - 1888

Shrouinski, Andrew, Miner
December 18, 1888, 6th District, Mt. Vernon No. 4 Colliery, Cambria County.
This man went to work at 4:00 o'clock in the morning, and at 6:00 o'clock the man working next to him, when passing his room, heard him groaning.  He was killed by his own neglect in not spragging the coal.  Age 14.  Single.

~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897, Volume I, Page 5

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