1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11, SECOi^b BITUMINOUS btSTRICT. S^Tbetwoon the wagon and coal pillar, and the icai' end ol the wagon wasotT tlio track. (Jail had placed himself between the rear end of thewagon and coal pilhir on th'e h)w side of (he ro;id to [)n!-:h the wagonfioni the parting, and in attempting to do so he fcrced it olT the tracld rJames Torrcnce, an American drivei*, was instantlykilled by a wagon running on him in >\0. 21) room on entryNo. 12,in the Millwood shaft mines.Just how th(^ accident occurred is not positively known, as no onewas present at the time. After a careful examination of the ]>lace,I am of the opinion that he was caught by a ]>ost which stood nearthe road side in the mouth of a cut-through, which caused him tofall from the end of the wagon. He left a wife and four children.John Korabbin, a Slav miner, aged 43 j'ears, having a wife and fourchildren, was injured in ^lammoth shaft mine, by being caught betweena wagon and ])ost while moving the wagon in his place of work.Tliis accident occurred on August 23d, and at the time it was not considered serious. However, his injuries took a dangerous turn andhe died on October Hth.By a fall of slate in Tenn Oas No. 1 mine on October 25th, ThomasI>avis«, a Welsh miner, was so seriously injured that lu died whilebeing taken home. He was 40 years of age and single.On November 2d Bernard Mullen, an Ti'isli miner, aged 45 years,and single, was so seriously injured at Alexandria mine by a fallof coal that death resulted some twenty minutes afterwards.Charles Smith, an American trapper boy, aged 1.5 ,Veai's, was fatallyinjured at the IMeasant Valh'y mine November 2d by l»eingrun over by a slate ear outside the mine.The deceased had finislied his day's work and got on a slate car,which was on the rear end of a trip, to ride out. On reaching theoutside, Smith stood upright on the wagon, which was cut loose fromthe tri]) near a switch used for a dirt dump. He jumped from th:^ carand in fi'ont of it and liefore he could I'ecover liims(df the slate carwas upon him.I was informed by persons who were near the car at tlie time thatthey tried to stoj) tlie car, but could not. He w'as removed to theGreensburg Hospital, where he died on the following da.\.Harry Mclntyre, an Ameiican driver, aged 30 years, and single, wasso severely injured at the Monastery mine on November 11th thai hedie