Primary Name: Bach, Cecil
Filed as: bach_cecil
Also known as: Cecil Bach
Occupation / Association: Miner; Pacific Coast Coal Company
Born: February 1902, Douglas, Alaska
Died: July 24, 1914, Seattle, Washington (injuries sustained in mining accident)
Parents: Frank Bach; Ellen Calhoun-Bach
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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Black Diamond, Washington; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Cecil Bach, Bach family, Douglas Alaska families, mining accidents
Biography
Cecil Bach was born in Douglas in February 1902, the youngest son of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
He was survived by two sisters, Alice Bach-Coughlin and Lenore (Lenora) Bach Edwins.
Bach worked at the Pacific Coast Coal Company’s Black Diamond Coal Mine. He died in a mining accident when a rock fell on his neck and broke it.
He died on July 24, 1914, at Providence Hospital in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 22. His remains were returned to Alaska aboard the steamer Northwestern.
His funeral was held at the Episcopal Church and officiated by Reverend Charles G. Rice. Pallbearers included Martin Galloway, Arthur Smith, Douglas Oliver, Sinclair Brown, Richard McCormick, and Le Roy Vestal.
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