A list of fatal mine accidents at the East Brookside and West Brookside Mines, 1918-1921, was provided in the Lykens-Williams Valley History, published in 1922. According to that book, names were included of employees who were from Tower City, Reinerton, Johnstownand vicinity.
The list is presented below for researchers who wish to locate obituaries, news articles, and other information about the men and their families.
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2 October 1905 – John Gamper
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5 February 1906 – Charles Shadle
17 February 1906 – John F. Schneider
12 July 1906 – Simon Evans
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29 July 1907 – George Forney
20 November 1907 – Henry Perkins
10 December 1907 – Andrew Schneider
27 December 1907 – Anthony Demorichia
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11 February 1908 – Henry Savage
4 March 1908 – George Holdsmick
26 August 1908 – Edward Bechtel
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5 January 1909 – Daniel Hert
19 January 1909 – Paul Matty
9 March 1909 – Max Shumaker
19 October 1909 – William Bryer
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7 September 1910 – Anthony Washko
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30 January 1911 – John Brown
2 March 1911 – Daniel Shoffstall
13 April 1911 – Charles Mekson
17 April 1911 – William Shultz
28 Jun 1911 – Earl Bonawitz
11 October 1911 – Charles Jesabonus
2 December 1911 – John Ludwig
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27 October 1912 – Daniel Tobias
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18 March 1913 – Howard Bogar
16 June 1913 – George Shamper
2 August 1913 – John Louns
2 August 1913 – John Farrell
2 August 1913 – Daniel Farley
2 August 1913 – John Fessler
2 August 1913 – Henry Murphy
2 August 1913 – Daniel McGuiley
2 August 1913 – Harry Hand Sr.
2 August 1913 – Howard Hand
2 August 1913 – Thomas Beckney
2 August 1913 – Jacob Koppenhaver
2 August 1913 – Victor Zanoni
2 August 1913 – Egidis Lucchi
2 August 1913 – Richarda Federizzi
2 August 1913 – Antonis Opasici
2 August 1913 – Nicola DiPaslo
2 August 1913 – Nick Fandoupe
2 August 1913 – Carnune Decampion
2 August 1913 – Joseph Grazions
2 August 1913 – Alex Lesner
2 August 1913 – H. W. Schoffstall
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24 July 1914 – Milton Strohecker
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26 January 1915 – Harry Reiner
7 May 1915 – Harry Wagner
31 July 1915 – Solomon Zerby
15 December 1915 – Oscar Bettinger
16 December 1915 – Frank Crabb
21 December 1915 – John Tschubb
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14 March 1916 – Barney Koher
15 March 1916 – John Labord
6 July 1916 – Waladis Zerota
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3 January 1917 – Frank Troutman
7 July 1917 – William Buchanan
27 December 1917 – Henry Wert
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5 January 1918 – James Lupold
17 June 1918 – William Connors
13 July 1918 – William Adams
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21 January 1919 – Oscar Bender
23 January 1919 – Frank Ersenmacher
4 April 1919 – Harvey Brown
24 July 1919 – William G. R. Boyer
20 September 1919 – Samuel Demilko
20 December 1919 – Joseph Barrie
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23 June 1920 – James Beshel
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7 March 1921 – Frank Reed
20 June 1921 – George Thompson
15 September 1921 – Peter Kerher
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The picture at the top of the post is entitled “Miners from Around Williamstown.”
Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.