Coal Mining Fatalities in Grundy County Illinois

The following men have died in a variety of mining accidents in the coal mines of Grundy County Illinois. Biographic details of their accident are included in each report. Dominico Ariano July 16 Dominico Ariano, a miner, 24 years of age, was instantly killed by a...
The Diamond Mine Disaster at Braidwood

The Diamond Mine Disaster at Braidwood

The most conspicuous event which has occurred during the year, or which has ever marked or marred the annals of coal mining in this State, was the calamity which befell the Diamond Mine, and the miners in it, at Braidwood, in February last. At this place, by the...