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Author looking for John Simko. lost his leg 1912
Posted Monday, June 17, 2013 - Post #31943
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Hello,

I am looking for information concerning a John Simko.  He lost his leg sometime in 1912 in a mining accident.  He lived in Daisytown, Washington, Pa. so I am not sure what mine he worked in.  He was then released and given about $500.00 to leave the area.  He was married to Marie Simko, nee Chochol.  Thank you for your time.  Sylvia.
Posted Sunday, August 3, 2014 - Post #33768
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I am not certain, but this may be the accident you are looking for:

Source:  1912 Annual Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania - Bituminous Part II   Library Call No. TN805.04 A29, page 859

1912Oct5, John Shinko, nationality Slavonian, occupation miner, age 24, Vesta No.4 mine, Washington county, leg and arm broken by fall of slate on pillar work
 
Source:  The Microfilm specifications of the
Pennsylvania State Archives Record Group RG-45
Records Of The DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES
Office of the Secretary of Mines and Mineral Industries

Pennsylvania Registers of Mine Accidents, Bituminous, 1899-1972. (10 microfilm rolls)

Card No./ Mine Name / Operator / Year / Month / Day / Surname / First and Middle Name / Age / Fatal, Nonfatal / Inside, Outside / Occupation / Nationality or Country of Birth / Citizen, Alien / Single, Married / Widower / No. Children under 16 years (under 18 years 1959 & later) / Years of experience in mines / Years experience in occupation engaged when injured  (ir = irregular) / Accident Cause or Remarks (d. = died) / Fault or Responsibility: Officials, Official & Victim, Victim (carelessness on the part of the injured),  Miner, Others (carelessness on the part of others), Equipment, Unavoidable, Accidental / County / Page No. / Mining District / Pennsylvania State Archives Film No. / Anthracite, Bituminous

32 Vesta No.4 1912 10 5 Shinko John 24 nonfatal inside miner Slavic alien fall of slate pillar work  victim 156 21st 3594 bituminous

Below is the related data that I found for Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1869-1924: 
  
Date of Accident / Name of Person /   Age / Name of Mine (Town) / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Page & Reference Source / County 

  1892JAN28 SEMCO, MIKE 26 LEISENRING No.2 N 382 57
1900NOV5 SIMCO, BENJAMIN 32 GALLATIN F 331 59
1909SEP15 SIMCO, JOHN 20 PENNSYLVANIA No.28 F 591 60b
1914JUL10 SIMCO, PAUL 34 CRESCENT F 807 60b Washington 
1916JUL27 SIMCO, STEVE 21 CRESCENT F 1011 60b
1900NOV5 SIMCOE, BENJAMIN GALLATIN F 315 59
1897MAY4 SINKO, MIKE 25 ELM GROVE N 372 59
1908DEC18 SINKO, MIKE 52 MT.BRADDOCK F 471 60b Fayette 
1903APR2 SHIMKO, JOHN 21 SOMWERS No.2 N 46 60b
1909SEP3 SHIMKO, JOHN 17 LAMBERT F 629 60b
1913JUN7 SHIMKO, JOHN 32 PENN-MARY No.2 N 960 60b Indiana 
1903JUL29 SHIMKO, STEVE 17 LAMBERT F 314 60b Fayette 
1903JUN29d SHIMKO, STEVE F 320 60b
1907DEC19 SHINKO, JOHN 31 DARR F 859 60b Westmoreland 
1912NOV11 SHINKO, JOHN 19 GREENOUGH N 507 60a Northumberland 

Year/Month/Day/ Surname / First Middle Name / Age / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Nationality / County 
1921 10 8 Simco John 38 fatal Austrian
1920 9 29 Simco Jr John 20 nonfatal Magyar
1917 4 26 Simko John 41 nonfatal Magyar
1917 4 30 Simko John 43 nonfatal Hungarian
1907 12 19 Simko Joseph 34 fatal Hungarian Westmoreland
1916 11 13 Simko Michael 35 nonfatal Austrian
1914 9 9 Simko Mike 21 nonfatal Slavic
1917 2 1 Simko Mike 35 nonfatal Austrian
1902 7 10 Simko Stephen 44 fatal Hungarian Cambria

If any of the above are of interest to you, get back with me. I do have a little more information about these specific accidents. 

  From Jerry, 
http://miningaccidents.weebly.com/ “Mining Accidents United States, Canada, Australia & New Zealand” 


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