The Victims

One hundred and thirty-six miners entered the mine the morning of 14 August 1923 beginning the morning shift at 7:30 am, and within forty-five minutes, a terrific explosion rocked the mine killing 99 men. Thirty-seven miners were rescued alive.  Frontier, Wyoming is located just a mile north of Kemmerer, Wyoming. Frontier was a mining community established because of the mine. In 1923, the town had mostly company housing and a company store.  This disaster affected the whole town, neighboring towns, the coal mining community, and families in several different countries. Marriage rates in Lincoln county dropped, coal mining laws changed, and the new Workman's Compensation Fund was tested.

The following is the list of the victims of the Frontier No. 1 mine explosion, and other particulars concerning them. (Click here to go to the victims bio's)
  1. Alego, Angelo, age 45, married, 4 children, Frontier, Italian
  2. Alego, Joseph, age 41, married, 3 children, Frontier, Italian
  3. Andreatta, Joe, age 31, married, 1 child, Frontier, Italian
  4. Andreatta, Louis, age 29, married, 1 child, Frontier, Italian
  5. Baba, K., age 29, married, Japan, Japanese
  6. Bebber, A., age 42, married, 3 children, Frontier, Italian
  7. Bebber, E., age 39, single, (no place listed), Italian
  8. Berta, George, age 29, married, 1 child, Frontier, Italian
  9. Brall, Tony, age 60, single, (no place listed), Austrian
  10. Cappelli, W. E., age 28, single, (no place listed), Italian
  11. Castagno, John, age 42, single, (no place listed), Italian
  12. Cavecchio, Livio, age 27, single, Italy, Italian
  13. Christensen, Carl, age 29, single, (no place listed), American
  14. Christian, John, age 33, married, 1 child, Kemmerer, Austrian
  15. Citerio, Mike, age 28, married, 3 children, Frontier, Austrian
  16. Coli, John, age 32, widower, 1 child, Italy, Italian
  17. Coli, V., age 38, single, Italy, Italian
  18. Desanti, Enrico, age 41, married, 3 children, Frontier, Italian
  19. Dodorico, Felix, age 26, single, Italy, Italian
  20. Dodorico, Oswaldo, age 22, single, Italy, Italian
  21. Dujinik, Paul, age 40, married, Frontier, Slavic
  22. Erickson, Eino, age 20, single, Frontier, Finnish
  23. Erikson, Matti, age 45, married, Frontier, Finnish
  24. Essman, George, age 35, married, Kemmerer, American
  25. Eynon, Frank, age 50, married, 5 children, Frontier, American
  26. Faustino, Val, age 45, married, 1 child, Frontier, Austrian
  27. Fantino, Marco, age 36, married, 2 children, Frontier, Italian
  28. Forsman, Emil, age 31, married, 1 child, Frontier, Finnish
  29. Fortunato, D., age 26, married, 1 child, Italy, Italian
  30. Georges, John, age 36, married, 3 children, Frontier, Italian
  31. Girardelli, Ettore, age 23, single, Rupert, Idaho, Italian
  32. Grutkoski, John,  age 34, married, 5 children, (no place listed), Austrian
  33. Hagi, C., age 51, single, Japan, Japanese
  34. Hagi, T., age 27, single, (no place listed), Japanese
  35. Hasoda, M., age 32, single, Japan, Japanese
  36. Hill, Mike, age 60, single, (no place listed), Finnish
  37. Hobara, H., age 30, single, (no place listed), Japanese
  38. Itow, K., age 32, married, Japan, Japanese
  39. Jarvie, August Sr., age 50, married, 3 children, Frontier, Finnish
  40. Kanada, T., age 35, married, Salt Lake City, Japanese
  41. Kangas, Henry, age 33, single, Frontier, Finnish
  42. Kare, Eino, age 34, married, 1 child, Frontier, Finnish
  43. Kawahara, K., age 35, single, (no place listed), Japanese
  44. Kawase, S., age 31, married, 1 child, Frontier, Japanese
  45. Kiddy, John, age 39, married, 5 children, Frontier, American
  46. Kirino, K., age 53, married, Frontier, Japanese
  47. Kojima, K., age 22, single, Japan, Japanese
  48. Kozaki, I, age 36, married, 2 children, Frontier, Japanese
  49. Kovach, Joe, age 43, married, 6 children, Frontier, Austrian
  50. Kusnirik, Mike, age 58, married, 2 children, Frontier, Slavic
  51. Loddo, Fred, age 30, single, Italy, Italian
  52. Lopez, Juan, age 30, married, 2 children, Kemmerer, Mexican
  53. Lupcho, George, age 27, married, 1 child, Frontier, Austrian
  54. Lupcho, Andrew, age 53, widower, 3 children, Frontier, Austrian
  55. Lupcho, John,  age 17, single, Frontier, Austrian
  56. Magnino, John, age 34, married, 2 children, Frontier, Italian
  57. Magnino, Mark, age 27, single, Italy, Italian
  58. Martini, Frank, age 24, single, (no place listed), Italian
  59. Martin, John,  age 59, married, Kemmerer, American
  60. Masaki, S., age 33, single, Japan, Japanese
  61. Mendini, Crillo, age 31, single, (no place listed), Italian
  62. Metsala, Hjalmar, age 24, single, Frontier, Finnish
  63. Metsala, Matt, age 37, married, 1 child, Frontier, Finns
  64. Mikami, S., age 35, single, (no place listed), Japanese
  65. Miura, F., age 33, single, Japan, Japanese
  66. Motoh, Joe, age 56, married, 5 children, Kemmerer, Austrian
  67. Menapace, Ottilio, age 26, single, (no place listed), Italian
  68. Navarro, F.T., age 49, married, Rawlins, Mexican
  69. Oyama, S., age 50, married, Japan, Japanese
  70. Palavar, Masu,  age 38, single, (no place listed), Austrian
  71. Palmyra, Pretari, age 37, single, Italy, Italian
  72. Pellegrini, Carl, age 41, married, 3 children, Italy, Italian
  73. Pernice, Marion, age 33, married, 1 child, Frontier, Italian
  74. Pierone, John, age 40, married, 3 children, Italy, Italian
  75. Pinamonti, S., age 50, single, (no place listed), Italian
  76. Rankin, Thomas R., age 35, married, 3 children, Frontier, American
  77. Roberts, Isaac, age 37, single, Frontier, American
  78. Roberts, Louis, age 30, single, Canada
  79. Roberts, Thomas, age 26, married 1 child, Frontier, American
  80. Rodriguez, Joe, age 30, married, 2 children, Mexico, Mexican
  81. Rollo, Joe, age 29, single, Italy,  Italian
  82. Sanchez, Tom, age 28, married, Colorado, Mexican
  83. Sager, John Sr., age 59, married, Frontier, Finnish
  84. Sager, John Jr., age 24, single, Frontier, Finnish
  85. Savant, John, age 27, single, Italy, Italian
  86. Smith, Nick, age 55, single, (no place listed), Austrian
  87. Takasugi, G., age 41, single, (no place listed), Japanese
  88. Tinpanio, Louis, age 33, single, Italy, Italian
  89. Toresani, Louis, age 31, single, (no place listed), Italian
  90. Trujillo, Robert, age 37, married, 2 children, Green River, Mexican
  91. Valeriono, Valle, age 23, married, 1 child, Frontier, Italian
  92. Vito, Tony, age 52, married, Italy, Italian
  93. Wainwright, Joe Sr., age 56, married, 3 children, Kemmerer, American
  94. Wainwright, Joe  Jr., age 20, single, (no place listed), American
  95. Walton, J. A. , age 32, married, 3, Frontier, American
  96. Warhol, Paul, age 21, single, Frontier, Austrian
  97. Wormer, George, age 55, married, Kemmerer, American
  98. Zumbrennen, John A., age 24, single, Montpelier, American
  99. Zumbrennen, John,  age 39, married, 6 children, Frontier, American

Statistics:
14 American--10 married, 4 single, 26 children
12 Austrian--6 married, 6 single, 22 children
37 Italian--16 married, 21 single, 32 children
17 Japanese--8 married, 9 single, 3 children
11 Finnish--6 married, 5 single, 6 children
5 Mexican--5 married, 6 children
2 Slavic--2 married, 2 children
1 Canadian
99 miners--53 married men--46 single men--97 dependent children

Surname, given name, age, status (married, single, widowed), family place, nationality:
NOTE:  The number of children shown are only those who are dependent and entitled to compensation under the state Workman's compensation law.

Source:
The Kemmerer Republican, Friday, August 24, 1923
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