The following article was found in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Record, 18 Apr 1898, Page 5. If
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"John E. Emanuel, who was found unconscious on the culm dump at Laflin on Friday, was
carried to his home and died in a few hours without regaining consciousness. He was 46
years of age and was for fifteen years held in high esteem in Plymouth, where he was
employed as an engineer for the Leigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., and for the Plymouth
Coal Co. at the Dodson shaft. He was regarded as one of the most capable and careful
hoisting engineers in the valley. He was for years a man of abstemious and industrious
habits, but for several years had wandered about to different sections of the county to
work. He seemed very much discouraged for several years. He walked up to Laflin, where
he had been employed, and being tired lay on the culm dump, putting his satchel under his
head. The sulphurous fumes caused his death.
"He leaves a wife and two children, and also two brothers. He was a native of
Cwmpark, Rhondda Valley, Wales, and has been a resident of the United States for twenty
years.
"The funeral will take place to-day at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Williams will
officiate. Interment in Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth."
Nancy Cook
Pasadena, MD, USA