Saturday, November 1, 2025

Petras, Andrew - 1889

Petras, Andrew, Miner
December 31, 1889, 2nd District, Port Royal Colliery, Westmoreland County.
Petras was a Hungarian miner and had been mining coal for some years.  He was so severely injured by a fall of slate that his arm and leg had to be amputated, and he died on January 1, 1890.  an inquest was held on his body and a verdict of accidental death was rendered.  Age 45.  Married.  Two orphans.

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

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