Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2015
The death of Jacob Elm was reported in the Harrisburg newspapers on 28 January 1916: WAR VETERAN DIES Special to the Telegraph Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, 28 January 1916 — Jacob Elm, a Civil War veteran, died at his home yesterday from pneumonia. He was 79 years old and is survived by his wife and five sons, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 23, 2015
Notice of the results of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Peter D. Eby at Lykens appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 5 January 1882: KILLED IN THE MINES A Man’s Neck Broken While Riding on the Cars Coroner Shindler was called to Lykens yesterday to hold an inquest on the body of Peter […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 14, 2015
Several persons from Lykens, Dauphin County, and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, have been identified as Civil War soldiers, but very little or nothing is known about them. The known information is presented in the hopes that a reader of this blog knows more about them and is able to provide that information to the Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2015
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 11 August 1874 reported the following death resulting from an accident at Short Mountain Colliery. On Friday evening last Mr. Isaac Derker, of this borough, met with an accident in the Short Mountain Colliery from which he died about eight o’clock yesterday morning. He was working on the “night shift” and […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 2, 2015
On 21 November 1878, Philip Hoffman of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery. The notice of his accidental death appeared in the Lykens Register and was reprinted in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 25 November 1878: Killed in the Mines. The Lykens Register of Friday says: “Mr. Philip […]
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