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328 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MINES. Off. Doc.that the mule kicked him off the trip and in falling he was canghtbetween the wagon and coal pillar, receiving injuries which resultedin his death.Lindsay Pondexter, colored, a miner, aged ;'.7 years, was so badlyinjured by a fall of slate in the Hampton mine on November 21st thathe died seven days afterwards.This accident happened in room 16 on 14 entry and at the time thedeceased was engaged in "bearing in."I was informed by James Joice, who a.«;isted in removing the slatefrom him, that Pondexter stated on his way home that the accidentwas due to his own carelessness. He left a wife and two children.

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