Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past
| The Keystone Courier (Connellsville,
PA) March 12 1880 An explosion of fire damp in a coal mine near Scranton, Friday, killed one man outright, and eight men still in the mine are supposed to have been killed by the foul air.
The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, PA) At Scranton, last Sunday morning, William Gorman was stabbed sixteen times and had his nose cut off by two desperadoes, Billy Burke and John Dougherty. He will probably die. Burke was arrested, but subsequently made his escape.
The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, PA) The frequency of mountain fires along the lines of railroads centering at Scranton and the danger of the fires to many valuable breakers and shops owned by the large companies have induced them to untie in the building and equipping of an ingeniously devised fire department train which can be started out on a very few minutes notice and run to the scene of danger.
The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, PA) The Scranton Republican gives this account of an act of heroism: On Monday afternoon as coal train No. 15, dawn by the engine "Isaac Bell," was nearing Oxford station on its way to Scranton, a little child was seen on the track about a hundred yards ahead. The train was traveling at its regular rate of speed, and it was out of question to stop it in time to save the child, who, regardless of its great danger, walked to meet and engine and appeared in high glee. Fortunately George Kennedy, the head brakeman, happened to be on the front of the locomotive. Nerving himself for a desperate leap, he jumped off and plucked the little one almost from under the wheels. He was a very proud man when he stood with the child safe and sound in his arms beside the track as the train thundered by. Such heroism deserved to be rewarded.
The Keystone Courier (Connellsville, PA)
Scranton by virtue of her 45,776 population, claims the third
place in the State cities, and says that it overtops Allegheny and Pittsburg,
considered as one city.
Daily Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, PA) Sudden Resignation Mr. Scranton Retires from the Management of the Lackawanna Coal Company Scranton, Sept. 13. The resignation of Mr. W. W. Scranton as general manager of the Lackawanna coal and iron company, of this place was presented Saturday, and has created much surprise and is the sensation of the hour. He was connected with the vast enterprise of the company from boyhood, stepping into his father's place shortly after his death. This will be the first time since the inception of the company that a Scranton has not had an influential voice in its management. There is a history behind all this that is not at this writing fully disclosed. Mr. C. F. Mattes is appointed manager in Mr. Scranton's place.
Daily Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, PA)
Killed in the Mine Scranton, Sept. 28 Lewis Williams, a miner employed at the Diamond colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company, was instantly killed by a fall of stone yesterday morning, shortly after beginning his week's work. The fatal mass, which weighed about five hundred pounds, descended from the roof of the chamber and crushed Mr. Williams to the floor. Deceased was a prominent member of the Welsch Baptist Church as well as an active worker in the Sunday school of that congregation. He was about fifty years old.
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The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania)
October 7 1880
A Terrible Fate
At the mine known as "Filer's Slope", near Scranton,
Pa., a painful accident resulted in the instant death of a miner named Felix
Slavin, and his assistant, John Dougherty, in the chamber where they were
at work. They were engaged in taking down a "skip", or loose piece of coal,
when a huge boulder, known in mining parlance as "a black sulphur clod" weighing
about three tons, descended upon them from the roof, killing both instantly,
and crushing them together into a shapeless mass. A miner named Finnerty,
working in an adjoining chamber, had been in a few minutes before the accident
and warned Slavin and Dougherty of their danger, but they replied that the
loose end was only "a little shell," and would not hurt anybody. When Finnerty
heard the crash he knew what happened, and ran to where the accident occurred.
To his horror he saw the miner and his assistant crushed by the "clod", their
feet sticking out from under it and still moving. He called to his comrades,
and a gang of men speedily congregated at the chamber and engaged in the
work or removing the boulder from the bodies. They found this a task occupying
several hours. When it was finally accomplished an Slavin and Dougherty were
exposed to view, they presented a horrible picture. Their heads were crushed
together, and they were disfigured beyond recognition. Stron miners, accustomed
to fearful accidents underground, were compelled to turn aside and shudder
as they contemplated the ghastly sight. ------------------------------
Indiana Weekly Messenger (Indiana, PA) A young married woman named Teets was found dead on Saturday in a wretched garret in Cedar street, Scraton, where she had died of hunger and neglect. Her baby, 2 days old, was discovered besdie the starved mother. Mrs. Teets hid her poverty from the neighbors, and several days ago cut off her hair, and sold it to buy food, while her worthless husband was carousing in a saloon. She had also sold off all her clothing to sustain life, and the only article of apparel found in her apartment was an old nightdress that was wrapped around her child.
Daily Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, PA) Preparations are under way to light the Cliff iron works of Scranton with the electric light. The light will have an intensity of 30,000 candle power.
The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, PA) Wesley Bradbury, who formerly resided in Tioga, is clerking in a dry goods store in Scranton, Pa.
Daily Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, PA) Accidentally Poisoned His Wife At Scranton Saturday night Charles Sickles accidently poisoned his wife by giving her carbolic acid instead of chlorate. She died in a few hours. Sickles has gone crazy on account of his fatal mistake.
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Daily Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, PA) Colonel W. N. Monies, a prominent citizen, ex-mayor of Scranton, ex-county treasurer of Lackawanna county and colonel in the late war, died at his home in Scranton yesterday.
Indiana Progress (Indiana, PA) Daniel O'Brien, aged one hundred and sixteen years, died a few days since in the poor house at Scranton.
Chester Daily Times (Chester, Pennsylvania) The officers of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Scranton are in a dilemma. A few evenings since, while the sweepers were cleaning out a parlor car attached to a train which had just arrived at Hopbottom, a basket was found containing a baby two days old. There was nothing to indicate its identity and an owner is greatly desired.
The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, PA) Sixty-five thousand quarts of strawberries were sold in Scranton this season.
Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
Train Runs Away
Scranton, Pa., April 16 – Three lives were
lost in a wreck on the Wyoming valley division of the Erie railroad at Rock
Junction, four miles east of here. A section of a coal train consisting of
15 loaded cars broke loose on the steep grade at Wimmers and ran back 11
miles, colliding with two locomotives which were drawing another coal train
up the steep grade at Rock Junction.
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