Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

246 REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES. Off. Doc.
suiting as above stated.
Clemmiis bad been warned about moving
his trip on to the main entry, without first being notified by the
trapper that the track was clear. Only a few days before the accident
he had a narrow escape from being caught in the same way. This accident
occured at ^^'altou s Upper Mine on February 17th.
On Mai'ch 2nd, Frederick Keese, American, a miner aged 57 years
was injured by a fall of slate in room 3, entry 11, Chamouni mine,
and died about ten hours after. The deceased, Richard Thompson
and Edward Grieze, worked together and a short time before Reese
received his injuries a shot had been tired in the "half shearing;" some
coal from the shot struck a post which had been under the slate and
dislodged it. Thompson informed the writer that he asked the deceased
to put the post up again, but he made reply that '"the slate
would stay up a year." He then started to "bear in" on the corner of
the butt, but had not done much until the slate fell, resulting as above
stated. I cannot refrain from stating that this accident was due, in
great measure, to carelessness, and it could have been averted
if but ordinary care had been exercised. Reese left a wife and three
children.
Josei)h Perkins, English, a miner was fatally injured at the Amity
mine, March 26, by having been caught by a loaded slate car while
riding out of the mine. The deceased had finished his day's work
and got on a trip of cars to ride out. On this trip, besides the coal
cars was one of slate; between this and on the bumpers of a coal car,
the deceased rode.
AN'hen near the mine entiauce the driver cut the
slate loose from the tri]» so as to let it run on to a switch used for a
dirt duiMp; this was imuuMliatcly followed by Perkins falling oft" the
car on wliich he was lidiug, aiul before he could recover himself, the
slate car was on liini. The driver, George Grooms, informed the
wri1 olT, and he tried to stop the slate car
before it reached Pei-kins, but could not. Perkins was O:} years of age
and leaves a widow.
P.y ;) fall of slate in Goal TilufT mine, on Ajtril 1, Alfred Ferrina,
Freiu-h, miner, Avas instantly killed. Deceased was ~)-i years of age
and a widower.
John Gallagber, Irish, a miner aged 44 years, was fatally injured
Ai)ril 1), in Ghamouni mine, by slate discharging posts and s( liking
him, resulting in his death some four days after. Gallagher left a
wife and three children.
On April 22, Herman Stanbaugh, German, miner, aged 55 years, was
so badly injured at Snowden mine, by a fall of roof coal that death
re«ult