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.250 REPORT OP THE BUREAU OF MINES. Off. Doc.Classification of Fatal and Non-Fatal Accidents for <strong>1898</strong>.Cause of Accidents.Explosion of gasExpliision of blastsExplosion of powderFalls of coalFalls of slate and rockFalling down chute, manways and slope,Smothered by gas after an explosion,Suffocated on burning ash banlvSmothered by rush of coal in chuteSmothered by coal in bin in breaker,Kicked by a muleCaught between cage and timberDrowned by a ru.sh of water from old working,By mine cars and dumpersBy railroad cars,By machineryBy flying coal from cars in slopeBy flying coal from blastsMiscellaneousTotal,Nationalities of those Killed and Injured in <strong>1898</strong>.Injured.Americans,Germans, .English, ...IrishWelshHungarians,PolesAustrian,Italians, ...Total,Names of Collieries where Fatal Accidents Occurred.Total.West Brookslde, No. 3 slopeWest Brookside, No. 4 slope.West Brookside, East slopeEagle HillSilver Creek,^VadesvilleIjehigh Coal and Navigation, No. 8 colliery,I^iphigh Coal and Navigation, No. 11 collieryMoreaKaska-WillianiGreenwoodWest T.ehlgh.\!l)riKht,MarionAVilliamsIMne nil!Total

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