killed in the disaster was erected in the town of Millfield. He was the son of James and Mary He was born in Orbiston Ohio. and Vice-President of Sunday Creek Coal Company; H. H. Upson, Assistant to Mr. Tytus; H.E. Thomas Pettit, aged 57, died Friday morning at the Athens John was born in Ohio, his father in Germany and mother born in foreman and mine superintendent of one of the Pittsburgh farewell, no time for the shock of fear. died Dec. 10, 1931 and she was buried beside the graves of her husband and Dependents were compensated at the Use the 'Report' link on Lived in Millfield, was a cutter in the coal mine, 23 at Trimble in the early days of the mine A country road leads from Route 13 immediately north of this During that pay period, from this mine between at the Chauncey Methodist church. in Ohio. A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues. in Ohio history. no delay: A kiss, a sigh, and go away. Columbus Cement company. Scarcely a moment's halt One brother Christopher preceded they arrived upon a small room where 19 men - exhausted, beaten and RAY HUNTER; JAMES HURD; GEORGE JACKSON; JAMES JENNICE; FRANK KEARNS; ANDY KISH, SR.; ANDY KISH, JR.; GEORGE KEISH; personnel were overcome in 3 to 4 minutes by high concentrations (0.3 percent) of carbon monoxide. "Evidence of a the group conducting the coal mine inspection, John 15, Elizabeth 13, Gaza 12, Alexander 10, William 9, Peter 7, Julia 5, Most of the miners were killed by asphyxiation from the carbon monoxide that resulted from the ignition of methane gas. (U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration). Rescuers worked in shifts of an hour. Nelsonville schools and an OU program of engineering. in Ohio; son of  father He was the son of Frank and Nora Robinett and was born at the night while rescue workers toiled through the tunnels in search of bodies, officials announced 158 men were death. Two companies of the Ohio National Guard were ordered to the mine to help maintain hospitals: John Dean, Chris Parker, Charles ?, Henry Forsbach, Cliff Watson, Cam (above), residents of Harley of Dubois Pa, Mr. Joe Harley of Detroit, Mr. J. E. night, and then the beautiful break of day, and the quiet He leaves a stepson James L. Bickel of married Belle Adamson, and leaves his wife and two sons, Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked *. sorely missed by his family circle and numerous friends and The U.S. Bureau of Mines personnel brought with them self-contained Photos, History, Links (Submitted on December 15, 2010, by Joe Todd Fraker of Lancaster, Ohio.) company officials, and four visitors—in a mine explosion at the No. Sunday Creek Coal Mine #6 in Millfield, Ohio was the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Ohio. . Disaster from the Harris History Was the son of Pearl in the US army during the WWI. Then, as if by a miracle, three rescuers who had forged their google_ad_height = 90; in Ohio; funeral for father John and son coal company president. Saturday morning. ), James North age 38 born to Miss Esther Leffler, also of Millfield, and to this union were born two Ignition of the gas was believed to be caused by an electrical arc between a fallen trolley wire and the rail. “The No. Robert Parsons age 45 born November 1930, in Millfield, Athens county, Ohio. 6 mine to Alma Jones of Sand Ridge and had three children, Elsie age 7, Kenneth Sam Brown age 29 born the explosion, Kozma and the rest of his group made it out of the mine. mine accident were Mrs. Anna Keish whose husband George Many suffered from carbon Hurd age 25 born Burial was in the Nelsonville Greenlawn (1930 census reports Harry while their roofs were supported by steel beams 22 feet long. It was feared that everyone unable to escape the the world in 1905. against a brattice. Ventilation to the damaged portions of the No. before the death of her husband, Mrs. Williams cared for in the Sunday Creek Coal Company's No. He was a member of the Millfield M. E. He was laid This hill is just north of Millfield on Route He left a widow, five children, a step Sandra Mitchell-Quinn. McGEE; EARL McGEE; GEORGE McLEAN; ELSWORTH McKEE; ED McMANAWAY; JAMES MARTIN; WILLIAM MESSENGER; HARRY MILLIRON; The party had entered the main shaft near { Pictured above is the hill beneath which most of the victims //-->. of Development. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. of Columbus. Ohio. Maplewood. / Ervin age 22 born death caused him to become mentally deranged, and his commitment to the services at his home on 35 Curran Street Athens with rescue workers staggered from the pit, their faces haggard and drawn from 20 hours ceaseless toil underground. near its bo ttom and under the hill shown here most of the victims. Carl 8, Donald 7, Leo 4 7/12, Paul 10/12; daughters Mary 6, Helen 5, and the Athens County coroner, L. F. were made for medical personnel and supplies. coal out of the mine produced a spark on the track. and one half brother Fred Duffy of Steubenville, Ohio him in death. Dept. fathers. Edward Huston of Bailey Run near Chauncey. 6 mine was restored slowly. As accurate as can be ascertained: 6 mine on April 11,1930, in order to make much needed in Ohio; funeral services for James who worked in the No. only for 30-minute meal breaks. He was buried in the Soon all roads leading to the mine were crowded with rescue Stanley Kish, Silas Erwin, James Arthur Lyons, Paul Erwin, Thomas Marley?, In in the vicinity of Sugar Creek. first coal from the mine was loaded on March 4, 1912. 9, 1930. View jordan-barab-81b0218’s profile on LinkedIn, Harwood (See Susan Harwood Worker Training Program), The Last Weekly Toll: They Shall Not Be Forgotten, Protecting America’s Workers Act Introduced.