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

No. 10. FIRST BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 247
trip of cars liad been brought out of the mine by tlie dilly, aud a car of
coal being rccjuircd for tlie engine liouse, tlie last car was cut olf tlie
trip, to be used at that place. The dilly rider suggested that the car
be pushed to the engine house, but Taylor said "it can be done much
easier by the engine." He then attached the line to the wagon and
signalled the engineer to start the engine; this was done, the deceased
walking in front of the car. He had not proceeded far until he was
seen to fall; the engine was stopped immediately, but not in time
to prevent the car from running on him. An inquest was held and a
verdict of accidental death rendered. Taylor left a widow but no
children. This accident occurred on May 4.
On May 11, Joseph Scheplick, I'olander, miner, aged 30 years, was
instantly killed by a fall of slate in Caledonia mine. The deceased
worked in room 47, entry 5. At the time of the accident he was
knocking coal. The slate that fell on him measured seven feet long,
four feet wide and about twelve inches thick, and formed what is
known in nuning parlance as a ''pot." The body of Scheplick was
entirely' covered by the slate which had to be broken before the body
could be gotten out. Deceased left a widow but no children.
Stephen Balaback, Hungarian, miner, aged 28 years, was instantly
This accident oc-
killed by a fall of slate in Anchor mine on May 12.
curred in room 18, entry 9. At the time of the accident, he was
lining a car from one side of the room. On examining the slate, I
found slips with the angle of fracture against safety.
Balaback left
a widow and two children.
John Galbasine, Halian, a miner, was instantly killed by being run
over by the dilly trip in Ivill mine on May 24. The deceased was on his
way out of the mine, and a trip of forty empty cars was standing near
the main entrance, and when the deceased reached them he, it
is supposed,
thought that they were going to
be pulled out and put his
dinner bucket and three picks, which he was carrying, into one of
the cars. The trip started inwaid and he then made an attempt to
i-emove the bucket and picks. During this time he w\as walking along
the roadside, and before he realized his danger, he reached a narrow
place and was thrown under the cars with result as above stated.
The deceased w\as 37 years of age and singl(\
John Leckman, Slav, a miner, aged 27 years and single, was injured
in Oastonville No. 1 mine, by a fall of slat(\ This accident occurred
on ^fay 20, and at the time it was not considered a serious case, but a
fewdays after, he made a trip to Carnegie to consult a ])hysician, and,
ujKm leaching the Oastonville station, on his return home, he walked
to his boarding liouse; this, and other indiscretions on his i)art, caused
his injuries to take a dangerous turn, which resulted in his death on
July 2.
On June 5. Edward VanHorn. American, aged 23 years, a scraper