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Delagua Mine Disaster Nov 8, 1910
Colorado Springs Gazette Colorado 11-8-1910
SCORES ENTOMBED IN DELAGUA MINE.
50 TO 150 MAY BE DEAD -- SOUTHERN COLORADO COAL FIELDS SCENE OF ANOTHER TERRIBLE EXPLOSION -- FOUR MEN TAKEN OUT ALIVE AT MIDNIGHT AND HOPE EXISTS THAT MANY OTHERS MAY HAVE SURVIVED RUSHING RESCUE WORK.
Trinidad, Nov. 8. -- For the second time within a month this coal-mining section has been made to suffer probably great loss of life through an explosion in a coal mine. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, gas and dust, supposedly ignited by a fire within the No. 3 mine of the Victor American Fuel company at Delagua, 20 miles northwest of here, exploded with terrific force, wrecking the interior of the mine and cutting off the escape of miners, variously estimated between 50 and 150 in number.
Three men, working just outside the entrance, were instantly killed by timber crushing their bodies. These huge beams were hurled from the mine portal by the force of the explosion. The main slope of the mine was caved in for a distance of several hundred feet.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 8. -- At midnight four men were taken out of the mine uninjured. They were found in the remote entries more than a mile from the mouth of the mine. Hope for the safety of the others was strengthened by the escape of these four.
Trinidad, Nov. 8. -- Between 60 and 80 men are entombed in mine No. 3 of the Victor American Fuel company at Delagua as the result of the explosion about 3 o'clock this afternoon which wrecked the main entrance.
A large force of men is endeavoring to reach the imprisoned miners through mines Nos. 1 and 2.
FIfty men came out unharmed through mine No. 2 which is connected with the main mine No. 3 and according in reports to the mine offices they did not even know there had been an explosion in No. 2. If this report is true the explosion which badly caved in the entrance to No. 3, did not extend far into the mine and it is hoped therefore that the men far within the workings are unharmed.
It was at first reported that the mine had caught fire and every available man in the Victor-American company's employ was hurriedly notified to rush to No. 2 for rescue work. A corps of physicians was also gathered at Trinidad and is now on the scene. Only one wire and that controlled by the company runs in Delagua and beyond the fact that 50 men came out unhurt, no information has been given out as to the explosion.
It is known, however, that the normal working force of the three mines worked by the company is 275 men, of which a majority are employed in No. 3. But on account of this being election day it is believed the force was much reduced.
One report is that 3 men were killed and four others injured at the mouth of the mine when the explosion occurred. These men it is believed were engaged in rebuilding the tipple which was destroyed by fire not long ago.
Officials of the company left Denver for the mine this evening. The new government rescue car which has been in Denver for the last few days, was also rushed south this evening.
The known dead are:
BYRD JENNINGS.
MARTIN VALENTINE.
JAMES BENNETT.
They were working about the entrance at repairs along with several others. Several of the latter were painfully hurt but not fatally. The injured are:
JOHN JENNINGS, struck on head.
TOM JENNINGS, bruised about body.
PETER MARTINELLI, broken leg.
ANGELO SYLVESTER, fractured skull.
Many May Be Alive.
Old miners in this section are confident that many of the entombed men if not all are still alive, and utmost efforts are being put forth to reach them.
Among the first to enter the mine was A. E. THOMPSON, experienced in rescue work, who, protected with an oxygen helmet, penetrated the entire length of the main entry, starting from the rear of No. 2. He expressed the belief that the men were held prisoners in west entries Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of crosscut 2, north, which would place them about 5,000 feet from the main portal.
Summoned from all camps in this section, rescuers arrived every minute until more than 100 were on the ground by 7 o'clock. The Colorado Fuel and Iron company, which suffered the loss of nearly four score of its men and much property damage through the explosion in their Starkville mine last month, hurried its rescue car to the scene and also sent 75 of the most skillful underground workers in the company's employ. The car contained oxygen helmets and other equipment for rescue work, and within a short time after its arrival rescue parties were working with zeal, inspired by the hope that they would be able to reach the entombed men while they were still alive. It was confidently stated that unless insurmountable obstacles were encountered, such as great quantities of afterdamp or impenetrable blockades of wreckage, daylight would find the rescuers within reach of the men.
At midnight the appearance of four men from among the missing at the mouth of the mine caused great rejoicing and renewed efforts to reach the others inside.
At that hour excitement was at fever heat. Women and children pressed forward with eyes strained in the direction of the main entranceway and in their anxiety to get details from rescuers handicapped their work. A rope was drawn across the mine property several hundred feet from the entrance and armed guards stationed to keep away those who were not engaged in active rescue work.
Due To Dust And Gas.
That the explosion was due to dust and gas is not denied even by mine officials. Early in the afternoon reports came to officials that a fire had broken out in the workings. Superintendent WILLIAM LEWIS immediately ordered a fire fighting force consisting of Master Mechanic JAMES YOUNG and Pit Bosses JOHN FITZPATRICK and LLEWELLYN EVANS, and placing himself at the head entered the mine to combat the blaze.
Shortly afterward a rumbling of the earth followed by flames shooting from the mouth of the mine warned those outside of the explosion. The report was heard at Hastings four miles away. Familiar with the portent, miners at Hastings and other nearby camps began calling by telephone to ascertain the seat of the explosion.
Only one telegraph connects Delagua with the outside world and this is a company line. It was kept busy answering queries and calling men to assist in the rescue. Tonight what meager details reached this city came over this line and it was nearly midnight before anything like definite information could be had.
On the way to the scene tonight is the government rescue car, in charge of J. C. ROBERTS, a coal mining expert, who has worked in this camp. Traveling on the same train are company officials from Denver. The party was due to arrive here in the early hours of the morning.
Hugo Range Ledger November 12, 1910 Deadly Explosion at Trinidad Trinidad, Colo. Between 50 and 130 miners are entombed in the Delagua mine of the Victor-American Fuel Company, 22 miles north of Trinidad, as the result of a dust explosion in the workings. Every effort is being made to reach the imprisoned men and hope is held out that some will be rescued. Four men were killed outright and four others were injured at the entrance to the mine. The explosion occurred in what is known as the No. 3 entry. The men entombed were working in Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 entries west, and it is believed that the explosion occurred where the men were at work, about 2,500 feet in. Another crew of 42 men were working further back, and rushed to safety through No. 2 entry, when they heard or felt the shock of the explosion. The whole interior of the mine is wrecked, and the men, if any remain alive, are walled in behind hundreds of tons of fallen rock, debris and twisted timbers.
Telluride Journal November 10, 1910 Colorado Coal Mine Takes Death Toll Mines of Victor-American Fuel Company Wrecked by an Explosion and Thirty-Five Lives Are Known to Be Lost Others Are Reported As Missing Delagua, Colo., Nov. 9 Thirty-five men are known to have been killed in an explosion that wrecked a portion of Mine No. 3 of the Victor-American Fuel Company here yesterday. Nine men were rescued alive and sixteen are still believed to be in the mine. The dead are: William Lewis, mine superintendent; Willis Kilpatrick, outside foreman; Lewellyn Evans, pit boss; David Bell, motorman; Jas. J. Youngs, motor mechanic; Willis Evans, engineer of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., at Primero; Jas. Bennett, motorman; L. Martin, car tender; Bert Jennings, weight boss; Two unidentified men. Willis Evans, the young engineer of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, gave his life in the rescue of four miners who were taken out alive last night. Evans, who graduated from the Colorado School of Mines only two years ago, came to Delagua with a rescue car of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company yesterday afternoon. The bodies of the 35 men were found north of where the explosion originated at 11 oclock this morning. They are being brought out slowly over the debris, but are not yet identified.
Telluride Daily Journal November 10, 1910 Truth Leaks Out Regarding Number Killed By Explosion at Delagua Sixty-Four Dead Found in Mine of Victor American Fuel Company and Fears Are Expressed That List May Reach Eighty Bodies Badly Disfigured Delagua, Colo., Nov. 10 Nine more charred and mangled bodies were found in Number 3 mine of the Victor-American Fuel Company early this morning, bringing the list of dead to 64. It is now thought the list may reach 75 or 80. The long line of bodies in the temporary morgue grew fast this morning. Rescue parties penetrating to the chambers of the fourth north entry, where the explosion occurred found a mangled mass of charred and disfigured bodies a mile from the entrance, with the flesh charred from the bones and the limbs torn and mangled. The bodies last discovered were laid in a line, past which filed the relatives who peered under the rough canvas covering to identify them. The bodies of fifty dead had been removed from the mine at 10 oclock.
Telluride Daily Journal November 11, 1910 79 Known Dead in Explosion at Delagua Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 11 The known death toll of the Delagua mine disaster of last Tuesday has now reached the appalling total of 79, and all but nine bodies have been recovered, according to reports from the mine today. Seventy of the bodies, including that of Willis Evans, a young mining engineer who gave up his life to save the miners from suffocation, have been taken out. Those known to be still in the mine, include Superintendent Lewis, whose body is supposed to be deep beneath a great fall of rock. The rescue party is still exploring the wrecked caverns where there are evidence of lives having been snuffed out. Thirty-eight bodies have been sent here for burial, the remainder being in a morgue at the mine.
Hayden Routt County Republican November 18, 1910 Death List May Reach 60 Delagua, Colo. That the death list in the explosion Tuesday afternoon in the Victor American Fuel companys mine will reach fifty-one is shown by the revised figures given out by General Manager W. J. Murray Wednesday night. Thirty-five bodies have been recovered and eighteen men escaped alive. All hope of Superintendent William Lewis party of seven being alive has been abandoned. They had just started into the main entry to investigate the fire in the mine, which was indicated by smoke pouring out of the entry, when the explosion occurred. The death list may run as high as sixty, since there are ten names on the payrolls not accounted for. They are thought to be in Trinidad. The cause of the explosion is still a mystery. General Manager Murray thinks it was due to fire in an entry, but what caused the fire is unknown. Fire bosses think it may have been caused by a miner being careless with his lamp and setting fire to the canvas in that entry. State inspector J. D. Jones made a preliminary examination of the mine to determine whether it was a coal dust explosion. He found a little caking in the vein near where the fire started, but not enough to have been the cause of the explosion. The miners use the open style of lamp. The safety lamp is not used, the company officers say, because of the absence of gas.
Telluride Daily Journal November 14, 1910 Mine Victims Burial Held Up For Action of Coroners Jury Montenegrin Government Representative Stops Funeral Until Death Certificates Are Issued Ascribing Mine Explosion as the Cause of Death Trinidad, Nov. 14 The mangled body of James Young, master mechanic, was removed from the wrecked Delagua mine this morning, raising the total number of victims recovered to 75, with four more known to be in the mine. Yesterday the body of F. M. Lewis, superintendent, was found in the main stope. Following the action of John D. Ralmdech, representing the Montenegrin government, in demanding that a coroners jury take official action before the bodies be buried, death certificates ascribing an explosion in the Delagua mine as the cause were assured, and the funerals held.
Steamboat Springs Steamboat Pilot November 16, 1910 Official Investigation of Delagua Mine Disaster Governor Shafroth Will Take Immediate Steps to Determine Cause of Catastrophe and Will Insist on Mine Owners Using Every Precaution Denver, Nov. 16 The great fatality following the explosion in the Delagua coal mine near Trinidad has prompted the governor to take immediate official action to determine the cause of the catastrophe in which not less than 80 miners lost their lives. Discussing the matter today Governor Shafroth stated that because of no available state funds he was unable to appoint a special commission to make an investigation of the disaster, but the chief executive, however, is addressing communications to the presidents of the different Colorado colleges asking each to recommend a mine expert who could be sent to Delagua by the state to look into the circumstances which may have caused the explosion and report to him on the responsibility for the accident. The recent special session of legislature passed a concurrent resolution empowering the governor to make investigations of just such mine accidents, but the lack of funds for this purpose has prevented the governor from following the letter of the resolution, but he is doing the next best things and will co-operate with an expert that is to be suggested by the presidents of the different colleges of the state. Upon the report that is to be furnished the governor by the experts will depend what official action is to be taken by the state reaching (?) the Delagua accident. As a precautionary measure in the future, the governor contemplates sending mining engineers to the East to make an investigation of the methods employed to safeguard the lives of miners in different sections of the country with a view to having the Colorado operators adopt the same means for preventing disastrous explosions that of late have been almost constantly occurring in this state. The governor will insist on mine owners using their best endeavors to prevent future like accidents. It is also contemplated that a law making such precautions compulsory is to be passed at the next session of the legislature.
Fort Collins Weekly Courier November 17, 1910 Another Body Recovered From Delagua Mine Delagua, Colo., Nov. 12 The body of another victim of the Delagua mine disaster was recovered today. This brings the number of bodies taken from the mine up to 72, and it is believed that there are about thirty more dead men in the ill-fated mine.
Castle Rock Record Journal of Douglas County November 25, 1910 Minor Mention With the recovery of the body of Master Mechanic James Young from beneath a pile of debris in the main slope of Delagua mine No. 3 the list of known dead has grown to seventy-five.
Telluride Daily Journal November 19, 1910 So far this year four coal mine catastrophes in Colorado have cost a total of 217 lives: explosion at Primero January 31st, 77 killed; Toler mine explosion April, 6 killed; Starkville cave-in October 8th 55 killed; Delagua explosion November 6th, 79 killed. It is high time efforts were being made to reduce this death toll.
Castle Rock Record Journal of Douglas County November 25, 1910 Mine Gives up 77th Body Trinidad The body of Jerry Davis, an American, was removed from the Delagua mine, increasing the number of bodies recovered to seventy-seven. Two more are known to be in the mine, one of which is that of David Bell, motorman.
Telluride Journal November 24, 1910 The 79th body, said to be the last victim of the coal mine catastrophe at Delagua, has been recovered. Miners who were rescued alive insist there are still twenty bodies in the mine.
Steamboat Springs Steamboat Pilot December 21, 1910 An inquest to determine the cause of the Delagua mine disaster in which 79 men were killed, is on in Trinidad.
Aspen Democrat-Times December 20, 1910 Fuel Company Held Blameless Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 20 The coroners jury at the inquest into the death of 79 men in the Delagua mine on November 8, this morning returned a verdict holding the Victor American Fuel company blameless for the disaster. The jury found that the deaths were due to fire caused by an explosion. The blaze originated from an unknown cause, according to the verdict, and generated the gas which later blew up. The jury recommended that legislation be enacted requiring the installation of an efficient alarm system in all coal mines for the purpose of giving a general alarm of danger, and that a law be passed requiring the operators to adopt some efficient system of checking the men in and out of the mine so that a record may be kept of all persons who at any time are employed under ground.
Silverton Standard December 31, 1910 According to recent dispatches, the Victor-American Fuel company have voluntarily come to the rescue of those who were in any way affected by the loss of relatives in the Delagua coal mine disaster a short time ago, by giving up to $66,000 to those who are left. The amounts will range from $1,000 to $2,000 for each person killed.
Victims of the Delagua Mine Disaster, November 8, 1910: (Cause of death is Explosion of Gas/Dust-Open Light)
1. ACUTO, JOE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: TRACKLAYER
Age at death: 33
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
2. ANGIONA, JOSE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 35
Marital Status:
Surviving children:
3. ASAIDA, S. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: JAPANESE
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 34
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
4. AVALOS, RAMON Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 40
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
5. BEDALLA, JOSE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 16
Marital Status: S
6. BEDALLA, M Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 40
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
7. BEDALLA, R. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 18
Marital Status: S
8. BELL, DAVE Death Date: 1910NOV8 (Newspaper lists him as David Bell)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: MOTORMAN
Age at death: 22
Marital Status: S
9. BENNETT, JAMES Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: MOTORMAN
Age at death: 19
Marital Status: S
10. BITTAGOMEZ, R. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 27
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
11. BOSOVICH, BLAZO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 26
Marital Status: S
12. CABILLA, M Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
13. CASTAGNA, ANNABILLE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 26
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
14. CASTAGNA, JOHN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: TRACKLAYER
Age at death: 42
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
15. DALIPICOLI, GIOVANI Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: S
16. DAUGHERTY, JAMES Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: DRIVER
Age at death: 24
Marital Status: S
17. DAVIS, JERRY Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: NIPPER
Age at death: 16
Marital Status: S
18. DELA, JOE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: NIPPER
Age at death: 16
Marital Status: S
19. DESANTOS, CAMILLA Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 44
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
20. DESANTOS, ORAZIO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 44
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 4
21. DESANTOS, RAFFAEL Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 45
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 4
22. DOMINICK, MURZIA Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALLIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 45
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
23. DUKOVITCH, NICK Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 38
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 4
24. DURONOS, FELICE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 45
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
25. ECARDE, CARLO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 26
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
26. ESPINOSA, E. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 40
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 6
27. ESPINOSA, S. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
28. ESPJINOSA, YSA Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 31
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
29. EVANS, LLEWLYN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: PIT BOSS
Age at death: 41
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 3
30. EVANS, W. J Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: ASST. SUPER
Age at death: 24
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
31. EVANS, WILLIS Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: RESCUS MAN
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: S
32. FASINICH, DOMINICK Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death:
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
33. FASINICH, MARCO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death:
Marital Status: S
34. GIAZAR, ANDY Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: S
35. GIORANVICH, ELI Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 27
Marital Status: S
36. GIORANVICH, MILAN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 27
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
37. JARDOS, MATT Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 4
38. JENNINGS, E. J. BYRD Death Date: 1910NOV8 (The newspaper lists him as Bert Jennings, weight boss)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: MOTORMAN
Age at death: 17
Marital Status: S
39. KILPATRICK, W. C Death Date: 1910NOV8 (Newspaper lists him as Willis Kilpatrick, buried in Masonic Cemetery in Trinidad under William C. Kilpatrick)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: OUTSIDE FOREMAN
Age at death: 42
Marital Status: S
40. LENARSIC, FRANK Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 31
Marital Status: S
41. LEON, JOSE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 27
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
42. LEON, M Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 32
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
43. LEONARDI, GIOVANI Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 31
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
44. LEWIS, WILLIAM Death Date: 1910NOV8 (One newspaper article lists him as F. M. Lewis)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: SUPERINTENDENT
Age at death:
Marital Status: S
45. LOPEZ, ESTAVEN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 23
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
46. LOPEZ, IGNACIO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 50
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
47. LOPEZ, JUAN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
48. LOPEZ, V Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: S
49. LUNA, P. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: W
Surviving children: 1
50. MARLANA, JESUS Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: S
The newspaper also lists L. Martin as a victim. He was said to be a car tender.
51. MEDJODOVICH, LALE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 47
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
52. MIRALES, EPH. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
53. NAKAMICHI, M. Death Date: 1910NOV8 (buried in Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad)
Nationality: JAPANESE
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 33
Marital Status: S
54. OGAMI, K. Death Date: 1910NOV8 (buried in Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad)
Nationality: JAPANESE
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: S
55. RORIGUEZ, A Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 27
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
56. RORIGUEZ, F Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 32
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
57. ROSILIOS, E. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
58. SABALLO, LOUIS Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 20
Marital Status: S
59. SAMPSON, JAMES Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: COLORED
Occupation: DRIVER
Age at death: 36
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 1
60. SARSON, ANTON Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 33
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 3
61. SASSONA, GUISEPPI Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: S
62. SAW, A. Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: JAPANESE
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: S
63. SIKULIC, PAUL Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AUSTRIAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 26
Marital Status: S
64. SINTERA, JOSE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
65. SMITH, FRANK Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: PUMPER
Age at death: 31
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
66. SMITH, L. Death Date: 1910NOV8 (Buried in Masonic Cemetery in Trinidad, buried under Letcher Smith)
Nationality: COLORED
Occupation: DRIVER
Age at death: 22
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
67. SVIACRIO, MARTIN Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: ITALIAN
Occupation: BATTENDER
Age at death: 33
Marital Status: S
68. TERICH, MIKE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death:
Marital Status:
Surviving children:
69. TERONIA, F Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 24
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
70. TOWAS, VICONTI Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 28
Marital Status:
Surviving children:
71. VALDEZ, JOE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: DRIVER
Age at death: 34
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 2
72. VELANDA, PERAU Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 45
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 0
73. VOROTOVICH, NICK Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MONTENEGRIN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 29
Marital Status: S
74. WOODWARD, TILL Death Date: 1910NOV8 (buried in Masonic Cemetery under Till Woodard)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: ELECTRICIAN
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: S
75. YBARRA, JOSE Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 30
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
76. YOUNG, JAMES G Death Date: 1910NOV8 (Newspaper lists him as James J. Youngs, buried in Masonic Cemetery in Trinidad under James G. Young)
Nationality: AMERICAN
Occupation: MASTER MECHANIC
Age at death: 46
Marital Status: M
Surviving children: 3
77. ZABALA, ABUNDA Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINEWR
Age at death: 28
Marital Status: M
Surviving children:
78. ZABALA, BASALLIO Death Date: 1910NOV8
Nationality: MEXICAN
Occupation: MINER
Age at death: 25
Marital Status: S
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