Old
Nanty-Glo Journal News
from the
Nant-Y-Glo Tri-Area Museum and Historical Society
1907
Lincoln
Mine
Click
photo for much enlarged view
This picture was in the "Remember When" items of the August 14, 1968 Journal.
Some of the miners employed there in 1907 when this photo was taken were Edward
Altimus, P. W. Altimus, James Robinson, Levi Shaffer, Joseph Dukes, Allen Snedden,
Henry Shaustag, Clair Bishop, James Ray, Janck Jones, and Clarence Wilson.
Lincoln Coal Company was
started around 1900 and in 1903 a new tipple and incline plane were built to cut
off the long tramway from the mine to the tipple. In 1905, Lincoln had 36 workers.
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FEBRUARY
10, 1982
Memorial
Field To Be Renamed In Honor Of Lloyd McMullen
The name of Nanty Flo Memorial Field will be changed to Lloyd McMullen Memorial
Field to honor the man most instrumental in establishing the recreational area.
The decision to change the name was approved by Nanty Glo Borough council at their
meeting Monday night.
Absent
from the session were council members Andy George and James Janosik.
The decision to change the name of the field came after Authur C. Price Sr., mayor,
proposed a resolution to make the change. The mayor noted the service Mr. McMullen
had provided to Nanty Glo over the years in promoting and supervising the use
of the field.
Approval was
also given to erect a suitable plaque at the field in honor of the man once selected
as Mr. Nanty-Glo.
Discussion
was held on the future consolidation of the Nanty Glo Recreation Authority, the
Recreation Board and the Athletic Association. Mayor Price and Jim McMullen, a
resident, explained the Athletic Association is now without funding because of
the shutdown of Bethlehem Mine 31. The Association's activities had been funded
through a 25-cent deduction from each miner's paycheck at the mine. But , with
the closing of the mine, this funding source was lost. ...
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OCTOBER
15, 1942
BLAST
WRECKS MINE BUILDING
Mysterious
Explosion Causes Damage and Injury to Five Men
Much excitement was caused
and no little alarm resulted from a loud explosion which awakened many in town
shortly before 4 o'clock Friday morning. The blast occurred at one of the office
buildings at the Heisley mine and five men were injured, three of them seriously
by the letgo. The explosion, which occurred in the foreman's office, badly wrecked
the building, blowing out the windows and much of the force going upwards through
the ceiling and roof.
Fire
was discovered in the interior and several workmen tried to gain admittance to
fight it while Tony Parks ran to the power house to have the
whistle blown as an alarm. How the fire started and what cause the explosion is
still an unexplained mystery. Three men who were trying to get in to fight the
fire were later taken to Memorial Hospital where they still remain under treatment,
although their condition is reported improving. They are:
Bardon
Watson, aged 50, night foreman at the mine, lacerations of the face and
burst ear drums. Mark (Red) Hoskins, 19, lacerations of the face
and ear drums probably ruptured.
William
Thomas, 19 deep cut in left side of neck and lacerations of one ear and
face.
Amos Fulmer
and Cuthbert Hayes were near enough to be thrown to the ground by the
force of the explosion and each sustained minor cuts about the face. They were
removed to their homes and were out and about town the next day. The other three
were taken to the hospital.
All sorts of rumors of course spread about rapidly, some suspecting that there
was sabotage committed, but investigation by state and local police and County
Detective Mike Charney failed to reveal
anything of the sort. Some dynamite was found in and about the building, but its
presence was accounted for by the fact that workmen sometimes leave same at the
office. It is claimed that the bare dynamite will not explode unless contacted
by a cap.
The Nanty-Glo Fire
Co. quickly responded to an alarm and the blaze was extinguished before the adjoining
lamp house was much damaged. Dr. Dunnick and Dr. Ebandjieff
assisted by first-aid crews of the mine and fire company administered needed attention
to the injured workmen promptly. The Ondriezek ambulance took the three injured
worst to the hospital. The blowout did not interfere with the operation of the
mine that morning, the shift going to work at the usual time a few hours later.
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End ... BLH
