1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. EIGHTH BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 471I'oiviiiaii believing; thai he would do wlial lie said, Ict'l (lie ]ilac(',and was gone only a lew minutes wlicn llic miner miisl haveattenii)ted 1o undcrcnt the coal deeper, when Ihe whole cut of coalrolled over on him; lie survived sixteen liours.Elijah Owens and bis son William were instanll.v killed by a fall ofsand rock roof, while withdrawing cross heading pillars, and accordingto evidence, the foreman had left the place only fifteen minutes,and had not noticed any unusual conditions, but the firing of a sho(must have loosened the roof. The miner and his boy went immediatelyback into their place and commenced loading a car, when wilhoutwarning the whole jjlace caved in, crushing both Ix'ueath (hf fall,causing instant death.Simon Fihim was mining out,and withdrawing heading pillars,a section where there was a heavy S(iueeze on tlie place, extendingout beyond the place fifty feet, where other gangs of men were at work,and while the deceased was undercutting the coal, the crush causeda i»iece of slate to be liberated, striking him while lying on his side,]»ro\ ing fatal in eight hours. The deceaserag the coal with tinibei-. w hidiis provided for that ]>urpose.Cliiford Reynolds was fonn