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1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

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16 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE<br />

One hundred and twenty-six persons came to their death by the foregoing<br />

casualties. Thirty-four persons of this number died of said injuries.<br />

RECAPITULATION OF THE CHARACTER OF THESE CASU-<br />

ALTIES.<br />

47 persons lost their lives by fall of coal.<br />

8 persons lost their lives by breaking of chains, ropes, &c.<br />

4 persons lost their lives by falling into breaker rollers.<br />

7 persons lost their lives by falling into slopes and shafts.<br />

3 persons lost their lives by falls of top rock.<br />

1 person lost his life by a fall of props.<br />

23 persons lost their lives by explosions of fire-damp.<br />

2 persons lost their lives by explosions of powder.<br />

6 persons lost their lives by explosions of blasts.<br />

12 persons lost their lives by being run over by wagons.<br />

2 persons lost their lives by caving in of a slope.<br />

1 person lost his life by being kicked by a mule.<br />

1 person lost his life in walking up a slope.<br />

9 persons lost their lives, being crushed in cog-wheels, falling into<br />

schutes, openings, machinery, &c.<br />

126 deaths left 74 widows and 273 orphans.

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