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664 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MINES. Off. Doc.
No. 1.
Description of the Fatal Accidents.
George Ferick, was instantly killed at Moravian mine January
12tn. He was going to work in the mine, and a loaded trip
was coming out, and despite the warning of the driver he jumped on
the trip, and in some way he fell off between the cars. The accident
was due to carelessness on the part of the deceased.
No. 2. Benedetto Devicia was killed by a fall of coal at Delaney
mine March 21st. Devicia and his butty were making an undercut
and had it mined to a depth of about two feet when the coal fell
upon him injuring him so severely that he died twenty minutes afterward.
They had no sprags set, and the accident was due to their
own negligence.
No. 3. George Glass was killed by a fall of slate in National No. 2
mine, April 16th. He was loading a car when a piece of slate fell
from a slip in the roof which killed him instantly. This accident
was due to neglect on the part of the deceased and his partner, as
the props were not up to the face.
No. 4. Kichard Sinclair, driver, was killed by falling off the front
of his trip of loaded cars. He was driving from one sidetrack to
another, and while engaged in bringing the trip and riding on the
front end, he fell off. From the evidence, I considered it an unavoidable
accident.
No. 5. John Ruby was killed by a fall of coal at Robertsdale slope,
April 27th. He was engaged in mining from one slip to the other
and the coal fell and his neck was broken. He had no sprags under
the coal, and the accident was due to carelessness on his part.
No. 6. Joseph Kanir was killed by a fall of coal at Knox Run mine
June 30th. .He and his companion had fired a shot that brought
down a portion of the coal, which they loaded out, and then Kanir
lay down under the loose end without setting any sprags, and the
coal fell upon him. The accident was due to his carelessness in not
spragging the coal.
No. 7. Mike Duditch was killed by a fall of coal at Sugar Camp
No. 3 mine, July 6th. He was shoveling out the bottom bench of
coal, when the top bench fell from a slip and killed him. There were
no props set under the top bench, and as the room was going toward
the crop the slips ran through the coal, and it was from one of these
that the coal fell. They were careless in not having had props
under the top bench of coal.
No. 8. George Nail was killed by a fall of rock at Kearney mine
July 23. He and a companion were working a room, and a roll came
iu the roof making it so low that the mine car could not pass under
it, and the mine foreman gave orders for it to be shot down, and Nail
called in the chairman of the pit committee to consult with him in re-