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Diamond Mine Disaster Victims
February 16, 1883
Diamond, Grundy County, IL
Photos submitted by Mark Hahn

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The Diamond Mine Disaster at Braidwood
Report from Committee on Diamond Mine Disaster, 1885
| Name |
Nationality |
Age |
Cemetery |
| Anderson, John |
Scotch |
28 |
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| Atkins, John |
Welsh |
24 |
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| Atkins, Samuel |
Welsh |
31 |
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| Babington, A. |
Scotch |
28 |
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| Boyd, John |
Scotch |
33 |
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| Brookman, John |
German |
50 |
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| Butskousky, F. [Frank] |
Polad |
21 |
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| Butskousky, George |
Poland |
32 |
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| Carroll, James |
Irish |
33 |
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| Chiller, Carl |
German |
30 |
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| Costigan, Thomas |
Irish |
23 |
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| Cullock, John |
Poland |
48 |
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| Damm, August |
German |
43 |
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| Damm, Ernest |
German |
35 |
|
| Denbrosky, A. [Anton] |
Poland |
17 |
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| 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 |
|
|
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| 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 |
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|
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| Klessner, H. [Henry] |
German |
22 |
|
| Klessner, William |
German |
26 |
|
| Kloss, Frank |
Poland |
50 |
|
| Lenz, Jacob |
German |
30 |
|
| Mathey, George |
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| 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 |
|
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| Murray, Frank |
Poland |
24 |
|
| Nesbit, Hugh |
Scotch |
18 |
|
| Neyski, Martin |
Poland |
23 |
|
| Niel, John |
Scotch |
34 |
|
| Ochenick, Martin |
Poland |
23 |
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| Ocup, Franks |
|
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| 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. |
|
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| Ramsey, Hugh |
Scotch Irish |
23 |
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| Redmond, Matthew |
Irish |
13 |
|
| Redmond, P. C. |
Irish |
42 |
|
| Rogers, Thomas |
Scotch Irish |
32 |
|
| Russeck, Joseph |
|
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| 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 |
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| Sullivan, L. |
Irish |
25 |
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| Unger, Herman |
German |
31 |
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| Wall, P. H. |
Irish |
25 |
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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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