1924 WB Record Almanac, Fatal Accidents in 1923 The following information is posted for the sole purpose of family research within the Yahoo Group The Court House Gang. It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc. without prior written permission and guidelines from the group owner, to ensure that proper credit is given to the group and all of our volunteers that helped with this project. WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC A YEAR’S OF FATAL ACCIDENTS Those that occurred in Luzerne County from December 1, 1922 to December 1, 1923, not including those about the mine or the railroads. (Typed by Cavalyn C. Stowers) Ignatz Margo of Ashley, 50 years, smothered in a clay pit, Dec. 2, 1923 Wesley Spaide of Drifton, 60 years, struck by an automobile, Dec. 3 Frank Squartaromi of Hazleton, 32 years, struck by an automobile, Dec. 3 Edward, son of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lewis of Swoyersville, 8 years, fell under horse drawn truck, Dec. 4 John, son of Mr. & Mrs. William Edwards of Nanticoke, 6 years, struck by an automobile, Dec. 4 J.E. Thompson of Hazleton, 27 years, electrocuted by a live wire, Dec. 5 Frank Norkus of Pittston, 27 years, struck by an automobile, Dec. 5 Shirley, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Hyman of Wilkes-Barre, 3 years, clothes ignited by the explosion of gasoline, Dec. 7 Ralph Brumm of Pittston, Sabastian Fabian of Dupoint, Raymond Schlaugh of Suscon, William Wright of Suscon and Frank Garren of Ashley, at a powder factory in Pittston Township, Dec. 9 Shirley Mayer of Wilkes-Barre, 16 years, clothes ignited in an explosion of gasoline, Dec. 9 Wallace Kazakawiecz of Luzerne Borough, 13 years, struck by an automobile, Dec. 9 Stella Workas of Dupoint, 15 years, clothes ignited by an explosion of gasoline, Dec. 12 Joseph Martin of Parsons fell under coal truck, Dec. 18 Frank Zutaliutis of Pittston, 38 years, fell from a bridge, Dec. 26 Frank L. Meade of Pittston, 58 years, struck by an automobile, Jan. 2, 1923 Phillip Medico of Pittston, accidentally shot during the New Years celebration, Jan 1 Eli Davis of Edwardsville, 28 years, by an explosion of gasoline, Jan. 5 Benjamin Klugman of Wilkes-Barre, 28 years, asphyxiated by accidental turning on gas, Jan 7 Lee H. Gruver of Wilkes-Barre, 34 years, thrown under a motor truck which had toppled over an embankment, Jan. 10 Mrs. George Gudlides of Pittston, 35 years, clothing ignited while cleaning a stove, Jan. 19 Thomas George of Wilkes-Barre, 88 years, injuries caused by a runaway horse, Jan. 22 John Stavitski of Nanticoke, 6 years, struck by a motor truck while coasting, Feb. 4 Mrs. John Munley of Pittston, by fumes from a furnace, Feb. 4 John Diliberto of West Wyoming, 34 years, accidental discharge of revolver, Feb. 4 Charles Stifter of Wilkes-Barre, 48 years, fell under scaffolding, Feb. 9 John Yakaboski of Wilkes-Barre Township, age 27 years, of injuries sustained in a coasting accident, Feb. 9 Daniel Bolem of Nanticoke, age 10 years, struck by an automobile, Feb. 16 Peter, Louis, and Luck Dominick of Pittston, 7 & 11 years, overcome by illuminating gas in their home, Feb. 18 Judson Johnson, age 21 years fatally burned when his clothing caught fire in the Coxton yards, Feb. 18 Anthony Stenk of Parsons, 25 years, bed clothing ignited by a cigarette, Feb. 21 Virginia Moore of Shickshinny, 2 years, fell into scaling water, Feb. 21 John McCartney of Forty Fort, 35 years, overcome by illuminating gas that entered the house, Feb. 26 Harvey Fink of Slocum Township, 40 years, fell from wagon in a runaway, Feb. 27 Sylvester Brown of Hazleton, 60 years, fell down a flight of steps, Feb. 27 Pg. 2 of A Year’s Fatal Accidents from Dec. 1922 to Dec. 1923 Gerald F. Graham, son of Mr. & Mrs. John Graham of Duryea, 7 years, struck by an automobile, March 3 Mrs. Carlo Filorato of Luzerne Borough, 38 years, in an automobile accident, March 11 James Rossi of Luzerne Borough, 54 years, in an automobile accident, March 11 Alexander Dubin of Parsons, 46 years, struck by an automobile, March 10 Peter Hudal, 50 years and John Serafin, 36 years, both of Mocanaqua, drowned in the river by the capsizing of a rowboat, March 16 William Shelley of Freeland fell down stairs, March 22 George May of Plymouth, 5 years, struck by a motor truck, March 22 Mrs. Charles Vaughn of Pittston, injuries sustained by sliding down a brass pole in a fire engine house, attempted on a wager, March 23 Max Wachman of Nanticoke, 43 years, in an automobile accident, March 31 Joseph Broshko of Wilkes-Barre, 43 years, fell down stairs, April 1 William Ashman of Exeter, 40 years, run over by a street car, April 1 Mrs. John Grady of Luzerne Borough, 26 years, clothing ignited at a stove, April 12 Edward Strunowski of Kingston, 5 years, clothing ignited at a yard fire, April 12 Morris Vogelsang of White Haven, 2 years, struck by an automobile, April 15 Mrs. Martin Ankesky of Exeter Borough, 38 years, fell down stairs, April 15 Joseph Krichunas of Luzerne Borough, 2 years, fell into a tub of scalding water, April 16 Benjamin F. Rossman of Kingston, 64 years, by the breaking of an elevator rope, April 17 Catherine, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Connors of Kingston, 6 years, struck by an automobile, April 19 Anna Witek of Wilkes-Barre Township, 13 years, clothing ignited by the explosion of a lamp, April 21 Samuel Wilcox of Huntsville, 19 years, in an automobile accident, April 24 James McLaughlin of Freeland fell from an electric light pole, May 1 Mrs. J.R. Dilley of Kingston, 75 years, fell down stairs, May 4 Body of Clement Shebloski of Plymouth, 12 years, found in the river, May 7 John Bernstein of Wilkes-Barre, 72 years, struck by a dairy wagon, May 8 Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Maroney of Wilkes-Barre, fell from a porch, May 12 Terrance Foley of Laurel Run, 19 years, and James Guney of Wilkes-Barre, 72 years, automobile struck by a train on the Georgetown crossing of the Central Railroad, May 25 Samuel Cole of Ashley, in an automobile accident, May 26 August Walters of Ceasetown, 43 years, his son William age 18 years, and Andrew Yasagavitch of Ceasetown, 39 years, drowned the Ceastown dam while fishing, May 27 Mrs. Mary A. Stephenson of Wilkes-Barre, 46 years, neck broken by falling down cellar steps, May 26 Frank Baker of Philadelphia, 45 years, in a motor truck accident on the Bear Creek Blvd, June 1 Anthony Jasions of Wilkes-Barre, drowned in a pond while fishing, June 1 Walter S. Kelley of Nanticoke, 47 years, motor truck struck by a train, June 1 Anthony Salamaha of Hudson, 16 years, electrocuted by a wire while climbing a pole, June 2 Joseph Karoltchik o f Duryea, 26 years, burned by the explosion of a whisky still, June 9 Howard Wilck of Hazleton, 13 years, drowned in a reservoir while bathing, June 11 Mrs. Charles F. Huber of Wilkes-Barre, explosion of gasoline, June 12 Oliver Gibbons of Wilkes-Barre, 42 years, explosion of gasoline, June 12 James Allen of Wilkes-Barre, 35 years, in an automobile accident, June 15 Pg. 3 of A Year’s Fatal Accident Dec. 1922 to Dec. 1923 Anna Bonsavage of Larksville, 17 years, came to her death in Harvey’s Lake while bathing, June 17 Martin Bommer Jr., 5 years of Hazleton, struck by an automobile, June 17 Henry Gerosch of Nanticoke, 17 years, by an explosion of gasoline, June 19 John Witcoski of Plains, 14 years, drowned in the river while bathing, June 23 Frank Bish of Dupoint, 12 years, drowned in a reservoir while bathing, June 23 Helen Yaletsko of Swoyersville, 10 years, struck by lightning while running for shelter, June 23 William Tigue of Exeter, 13 years, struck by lightning while running for shelter, June 24 Thomas Griffith of Plymouth, 36 years, electrocuted while repairing wires on a pole, June 26 Leo, son of Mr. & Mrs. James Reilly of Sugar Notch, 5 years, struck by a motor truck, July 2 Stanley Sybulitz of Warrior Run, 8 years. Fell from a tree upon a high-tension electric wire, July 3 Edward, son of State Senator and Mrs. P.F. Joyce of Pittston, 10 years, drowned in the river while playing with a ferry rope, July 3 Phillip Becker, 18 years, and George Petro, 18 years, both of Wilkes-Barre, drowned in the river by upsetting of a canoe, July 8 Arthur Guaradocci of Swoyersville, 38 years, killed by an automobile colliding with a telegraph pole, July 8 Henry Barski of Pittston, 28 years, in a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile, July 7 Joseph, son of Mr. & Mrs. Luther Harrison of Plymouth, 10 years, drowned in the river while bathing, July 11 Clarence Reynolds of Pittston, 16 years, drowned in the river while bathing, July 11 Thomas McCarthy, 24 years, a circus employee, residence unknown, killed at Pittston by being struck by a rope, July 15 Peter Saweski of Wilkes-Barre Township, 45 years, in a motor accident on Giant’s Despair, the truck getting beyond control on the steep grade, July 29 John Kellar of Plains, 24 years, automobile went over a bridge on the Ashley Blvd, July 29 Irene Hontz of Lee Park, 6 years, run over by a motor bus, July 29 William Glycenfer of Wilkes-Barre, 5 years, run over by an ice cream wagon, July 31 Martin Fenney of Pittston, from injury due to a fall, Aug. 5 Minakini Nelba of Hudson, 3 years, fell into a tub of hot water, Aug. 12 John Marsh, 65 years, of Old Forge in an automobile accident at Duryea, Aug. 11 Patrick Walsh of Sugar Notch, 47 years, injuries sustained in an automobile accident, Aug. 13 Leo Emerick of Wilkes-Barre, 18 years, canoe capsized in Harvey’s Lake by waves of a steamer, Aug. 18 Louis Skirtikin of Wanamie, 5 years, struck by an automobile, Aug. 22 Maurice Rubashkar, 24 years, and Samuel McCall, 26 years, burned by an explosion of an oil tank near Hazleton, Aug, 22 Sophia Bashisca of Nanticoke, 9 years, struck by a motor truck, Aug. 28 Mrs. Charles Chissler, 48 years, and her daughter Theresa, 8 years, of Wilkes-Barre, struck by a motor truck, Aug. 29 Walter Sinowski of Chase, 40 years, in an automobile accident, Aug. 31 John Johnson of Port Bowkley, 50 years, in an automobile, Aug. 31 Mrs. Anna Kortez of Wilkes-Barre Township, 34 years, in a street car accident, Sept. 1 Wasil Andewsack of Plains Township, 34 years, struck by an automobile, Sept. 1 Harry Pasqualini of Pittston Township, 18 years, drowned in a reservoir by falling in and his brother Joseph also drowned while attempting to rescue the former, Sept. 4 Pg. 4 of A Year of Fatal Accidents Dec. 1922 to Dec. 1923 Thomas Markinkievicz of Larksville, 50 years, accidentally severed an artery, Sept. 5 John Bivadi of Wilkes-Barre, ???years, struck by an automobile, Sept. 6 Stanley Swadina of Midvale, 5 years, struck by an automobile, Sept. 7 Charles Komoroski of Hanover Township, 6 years, struck by an automobile, Sept. 8 Rita, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James McAvoy of Wilkes-Barre, 4 years, struck by an automobile, Sept. 11 Charles H. Carr of Scranton, fell from a bridge at Pittston, Sept. 12 Andrew Drale of Wilkes-Barre, 12 years, accidental discharge of a gun, Sept. 17 Robert Kemmerer, Dorothy Hoban, and Dolores Sanguilliano, young people of Wilkes-Barre, killed when an automobile in which they were riding struck a bridge and fell to the tracks of the Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton railway near the Lake Nuangola station, a train striking the wreckage. Richard M. Schultz of New Columbus, 58 years, struck by the falling limb of a tree, Sept. 29 Helen Turbridy of Ashley, 6 years, struck by an automobile, Oct. 2 Garrick Shepard of MountainTop, 28 years, of injuries sustained in a fall, Oct. 5 William Boston of Wilkes-Barre, 67 years, fell down stairs, Oct. 5 James R. Thomas of Edwardsville, 32 years, crushed by a steam shovel, Oct. 6 Graydon Rood of Dallas, 19 years, fell from a motorcycle, Oct. 7 Minnie, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Payne of Nanticoke, 7 years, struck by an automobile, Oct. 11 James W. Charles of Avoca, motor truck struck by a locomotive, Oct. 16 Johanna Wright of Parsons, 5 years, clothing ignited at a yard fire, Oct. 18 Prostero Grazininni, 51 years, fell from a railroad bridge, Oct. 18 Michael Lueysin of Kingston, 13 years, fell into an ashpit, Oct. 19 Bernard Slovenski of Miners Mills, 31 years, struck by a streetcar, Oct. 21 Mrs. Charlotte Smith of Kingston, 60 years, in an automobile accident, Oct. 22 Frederick Kishbaugh of Luzerne Borough, fracture of the skull, Oct. 21 Mrs. Eliza Britten of Wilkes-Barre, 70 years, struck by an automobile, Oct. 24 Joseph Romanski of Pittston, 48 years, struck by an automobile, Oct. 26 William H. Coopey of Nanticoke, 44 years, in an automobile Collision, Oct. 29 Eugene Dove, 11 years, fell under a motor truck at Avoca, Oct. 30 Peter Taraszewicz of Ashley, 13 years, fell from a bicycle, Nov. 3 Alexander Bludgon of Plains, 27 years, accidentally shot, Nov. 8 Harry Mainick of Wilkes-Barre, 35 years, in an automobile accident, Nov. 12 Mrs. Peter Zalesny of near Shickshinny, 35 years, fell under a motor truck, Nov. 15 Eleanor Pieasefski of Plains, 5 years, clothing ignited at a yard fire, Nov. 16 Angeline Regno of Pittston, 8 years, burned by hot coffee, Nov. 16 Goven, son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Spear of Plains, 9 years, struck by a falling lumber, Nov. 17 Albert, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Petrick of Larksville, 3 years, fell into a tub of hot water, Nov. 17 Nicholas Washco of Hanover, 18 years, fell from a fire escape, Nov. 19 John Kilgallon of Wilkes-Barre, 51 years, burned by coming in contact with a live wire, Nov. 19 Walter S. Rohde of Wilkes-Barr, 26 years, of injuries sustained in an explosion of dynamite, Nov. 22 Muriel Coolbaugh of Trucksville, 19 years, struck by a motor truck, Nov. 23 Charles Kahler, 58 years, dies in a local hospital from injuries sustained by the ignition of his bathrobe by a match thrown upon the floor, Nov. 26 Jacob Molitoris of Wilkes-Barre, 58 years, caught under a slide of clay, Nov. 26 Frank Renne of Plains, 48 years, jumped from the side of truck, Nov. 27 Benjamin McNellis of Glen Lyon, 50 years, struck by an automobile, Nov. 28 Salvatore Dominick of Pittston, 76 years, struck by an automobile, Nov. 29