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"Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them not upon wood or stone that crumble to dust, but upon paper, chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever." --Kirkland
Diamond Mine Disaster Victims
February 16, 1883
Diamond, Grundy County, IL
Photos submitted by Mark Hahn
Sign ~ Plaque ~ Plaque ~ Plaque ~ Monument ~ Monument ~
The Diamond Mine Disaster at Braidwood
Report from Committee on Diamond Mine Disaster, 1885
| Name | Nationality | Age | Cemetery |
| Anderson, John | Scotch | 28 | |
| Atkins, John | Welsh | 24 | |
| Atkins, Samuel | Welsh | 31 | |
| Babington, A. | Scotch | 28 | |
| Boyd, John | Scotch | 33 | |
| Brookman, John | German | 50 | |
| Butskousky, F. [Frank] | Polad | 21 | |
| Butskousky, George | Poland | 32 | |
| Carroll, James | Irish | 33 | |
| Chiller, Carl | German | 30 | |
| Costigan, Thomas | Irish | 23 | |
| Cullock, John | Poland | 48 | |
| Damm, August | German | 43 | |
| Damm, Ernest | German | 35 | |
| Denbrosky, A. [Anton] | Poland | 17 | |
| Denbrosky, John | Poland | 41 | |
| Eadie, Henry | Scotch | 23 | |
| French, John | Scotch | 20 | |
| Fulton, Alex | Scotch | 33 | |
| Gootes, Joseph | Poland | 24 | |
| Groter, D. | German | 38 | |
| Haake, August | German | 30 | |
| Harper, Robert | Scotch | 30 | |
| Holton, Andrew | |||
| Huber, Chris. | German | 16 | |
| Huber, John | German | 43 | |
| Huber, Lewis | German | 15 | |
| Johnson, John | Swede | 44 | |
| Kae, Fritz | German | 32 | |
| Kalenburg, A. | German | 30 | |
| Keil, John | |||
| Klessner, H. [Henry] | German | 22 | |
| Klessner, William | German | 26 | |
| Kloss, Frank | Poland | 50 | |
| Lenz, Jacob | German | 30 | |
| Mathey, George | |||
| Mattern, Joseph, Jr | German | 26 | |
| Mattern, Joseph, Sr | German | 54 | |
| Matts, Frank | German | 53 | |
| McBride, Daniel | Irish | 20 | |
| McCulley, William | Scotch | 28 | |
| McQuiston, A., Sr | Scotch Irish | 46 | |
| McQuiston, A., Jr | Scotch Irish | 19 | |
| McQuiston, Robert | Scotch Irish | 23 | |
| McQuiston, William | Scotch Irish | 14 | |
| Motto, Frank | |||
| Murray, Frank | Poland | 24 | |
| Nesbit, Hugh | Scotch | 18 | |
| Neyski, Martin | Poland | 23 | |
| Niel, John | Scotch | 34 | |
| Ochenick, Martin | Poland | 23 | |
| Ocup, Franks | |||
| Orr, Alex | Scotch | 31 | |
| Pearson, Issac | English | 23 | |
| Pearson, James | English | 19 | |
| Pearson, John | English | 13 | |
| Polenas, John | German | 28 | |
| Rabbart, August | German | 32 | Short Cemetery [headstone photo - August Rambatt] |
| Rabbart, R. | |||
| Ramsey, Hugh | Scotch Irish | 23 | |
| Redmond, Matthew | Irish | 13 | |
| Redmond, P. C. | Irish | 42 | |
| Rogers, Thomas | Scotch Irish | 32 | |
| Russeck, Joseph | |||
| Schatzl, Blazius | German | 34 | |
| Scholtz, William | German | 44 | Short Cemetery [headstone photo - Wilhelm Schult] |
| Sekora, William | German | 30 | |
| Smith, John | Scotch | 23 | |
| Smith, Joseph | German | 26 | |
| Stewart, Adam, Jr | Scotch | 21 | |
| Stewart, Robert | Scotch | 14 | |
| Stumps, Simon | German | 33 | |
| Sullivan, L. | Irish | 25 | |
| Unger, Herman | German | 31 | |
| Wall, P. H. | Irish | 25 |
Nationality and Age extracted from Statistics of Coal Production in Illinois, 1883, A Supplemental Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, by John S Lord, Secretary; Springfield, ILL: HW Rokker, Printer and Binder
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