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xviii ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc.
By referring to Table A, it will be seen that 2,867 persons lost their
lives inside and 335 outside of the Anthracite mines during the ten
years ending December 31, 1890. In other words, 89.54 per cent,
lost their lives inside, while 10.46 per cent, lost their lives outside
the mines.
Those who lost their lives inside were employed as follows: Foremen
and fire bosses 47, or 1.60 per cent.; miners 1,419, or 49.50 per
cent.; miners' laborers 746, or 26.02 per cent.;
drivers and runners
309, or 10.77 per cent.; door boys 101, or 3.52 per cent.; and all other
employes 245, or 8.55 per cent.
The persons who lost their lives on the surface were employed as
follows: Foremen, 6, or 1.79 per cent.; blacksmiths and carpenters
37, or 11.04 per cent.; engineers and firemen 61, or 18.21 per cent.;
slate pickers 101, or. 30.15 per cent.; all other employes 130, or 38.80
per cent.