Friday, November 7, 2025

Ek, Andrew - 1889

Ek, Andrew, Miner
August 27, 18889, 3rd District, Antrim No. 2 Colliery, Tioga County.
Killed by a fall of coal while undermining a breast near the outcrop.  The coroner was called and declared it unnecessary to hold an inquest under the circumstances.  Age 45.  He leaves a wife and five children in Sweden.

~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897, Volume I, Page 11

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