| All donations should be sent to: The Lackawanna Historical Society 232 Monroe Ave. Scranton, PA 18510 The envelope and the memo on the check should state: "Avondale Tombstone Restoration Project" The cost to upright the tombstones, repair the broken ones, as well as remove spray paint on some tombstones is projected to cost $4,500 to $5,000. There will be an additional fee for a marker placed near the miners gravesites. Martin Caufield Memorial works Route 191 South Box 134 Honesdale, PA 18431 is contracted to do the work. Phillip Monaghan is the owner. All work is expected to be completed in time for the 140th anniversary of the disaster in Sept. of 2009. There are 61 men and boys buried in the Washburn Cemetery from the Avondale Disaster. ################################################## Songs & Ballads Of The Anthracite Miners released: 1996 on Rounder Select John Quinn, The Avondale Mine Disaster from Library of Congress Field Recordings. |
