Weir, Joseph, Miner
March 29, 1890, 1st District, Bunola Colliery, Allegheny County.
Killed by fall of coal and slate. Mr. Bird, the driver, gave the deceased a car about 10 o'clock on the day of the accident and told him that he would not load it until Monday. This was the last that any one saw him alive. Weir lived out in the county where he “kept batch” and no person missed him until the driver went in for his car on Monday morning and found his bucket and coat, and his car not loaded; the driver knew that there was something wrong, as the deceased was very punctual in filling his cars when he got an empty. Bird then informed the Mine Boss that there was something wrong in Weir's room as he could not find Weir, but the bucket and coat was there, so Messrs, Blower, Bird and Penn, the Roadsman, went in the room and examined it, and after a search the found Weir under the coal and slate, and from the condition of the body it was supposed that he was killed immediately after dinner on Saturday; the supposition is that he was bearing in at the time and slate fell on him. Inquest held and a verdict of accidental death rendered. Age 30. Single.
~ Deaths in the Bituminous Coal Districts 1888-1897, Volume I, Page 16
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