Daniel McClellan Hoffa

1868 - 1911  (42 Jahre)

• Name	Daniel McClellan Hoffa
  Geburt	23 Okt 1868	Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:I184700
  _UID	61e65cc0efd5a1eca960309c23d6b1d3
  _UPD	18 JAN 2022 07:27:52 GMT+1
  Tod	16 Mrz 1911	Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Ursache: Explosion in der Mine
  Personen-Kennung	I184700	Fritztree
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	18 Mai 2025

  
  

  Vater	Jacob Hoffa,   geb. 17 Jul 1832, Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA gest. 31 Jul 1903, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 71 Jahre)
  Mutter	Elizabeth Morter,   geb. 9 Feb 1835, Bayern, Germany gest. 8 Mai 1875, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 40 Jahre)
  Eheschließung	1854	Pennsylvania, USA
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:F65807
  _UID	61e65df7d2b581eca960309c23d6b1d3
  Familien-Kennung	F65807	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

  Familie	Mary Sarmoski,   geb. 1875, Germany gest. 15 Jan 1936, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 61 Jahre)
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:F65806
  _UID	61e65cc0d2b581eca960309c23d6b1d3
  Kinder	1. Howard Daniel Hoffa,   geb. 1 Mrz 1901, Pennsylvania, USA gest. 26 Feb 1962, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 60 Jahre)
  Familien-Kennung	F65806	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	18 Mai 2025

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte

  Geburt - 23 Okt 1868 - Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA Tod - Ursache: Explosion in der Mine - 16 Mrz 1911 - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link zu Google Earth

  
  

• Notizen

  A premature explosion of a charge of dynamite caused the death of Patrick Lynott and Daniel Hoffa in the Murray coal mine at Murray, Thursday morning about 10:30 o'clock. Both are well known miners, having followed the work for several years. Lynott was instantly killed and Hoffa lived but a few minutes after being found. News of the fatal accident was received with a great shock to residents throughout this section of the county, as both men were highly respected. The men were driving a heading, being at work about two miles under ground and at least 175 feet down. They encountered a wall of rock, at least six feet in thickness and at once prepared to blow it out with dynamite, so they could get at the coal. Just what occurred will never be known, as no one knew of the accident until at 10:30 Michael Carroll, the driver boss, opened the door to the chamber in which the men had been working and smelling smoke, started to close it, thinking that a charge of powder was about to be fired. He heard a groan, and stepping inside the chamber in the dim light from his lamp, saw the two men on the floor, Hoffa lying across Lynott. Hoffa turned his head and said, "I'm cold, cover me up." Carroll secured help and Hoffa was carried into the next chamber, breathing his last as they placed him in a comfortable position. Lynott was dead and the indications were that he had been instantly killed. The clothing was all blown or burned from Lynott's body, his shoes were all that remained. Both hands were blown off, one at the wrist and the other at the elbow, and his body was badly mutilated.Hoffa was badly burned and cut by flying pieces of rock caused by the force of the explosion, but not as badly as Lynott. After the bodies of the men were removed from the mine, an examination of the chamber was made, which showed that the men had drilled a hole in the rock, in which they were about to place a quantity of dynamite. It is said that there were never any more careful men working in the mines than Lynott and Hoffa, and just what caused the explosion will never be known. In getting ready to place the dynamite, it is believed Lynott was in the act of cutting a stick of the explosive when it was set off. From all appearances, Lynott must have received the full force of the charge.