Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

80 Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. [No. 10,
tors having died of such effects. Still there is no positive knowledge of the
matter.
Accident No. 20.—Patrick Dougherty, a driver boy, aged seventeen
years, working in the Empire shaft, on the 25th day of July, was found in
an unconscious state of mind on the track not far from a mule that he was
driving. He was so dangerously injured that he died the second day
after the occurrence. It was supposed that he had been kicked by the
mule, yet it is not positively known if he was so or not.
Accident No. 34.—Luke Turner, a driver boy, aged eighteen 3'ears,
working in No. 1 shaft. Waterman & Beaver, Kingston, on the 24th of
December, was instantly killed by loaded car of coal being upset upon
him at shaft foot. The work of the boy Turner was to drive a mule
in hauling the empty cars from off the carriage, at shaft foot, back into
the branch or turn-out. He had a brother attending the foot, in company
with two other young men, and seeing them unable to put the loaded car
on the carriage in the usual time, he turned to, and helped them. No
sooner were the two front wheels on the carriage than the same was sud-
denly hoisted, thereby up-ending the car, where the boy (Turner) and the
other three young men were, with their backs to the same. They all made
their escape, except the unfortunate boy, who was the smaller of the four;
and being in the center of the car end, nearly, which, when raised endwise,
poured the body of the car-load of coal upon him, whereby he was cov-
ered up, and his neck was found to be broken. The three foot-men, the
driver boss, and a miner, standing near by, swore before a jury that no
signal had been given when the carriage was hoisted. The engineer, (John
Morgans,) swore that he had received the usual signal, and hoisted in accordance.
Deputy Coroner Doctor J. B. Crawford swore in a jur3^, who,
after hearing the testimony, delivered a verdict, and gave it as their opin-
ion, that the carriage was hoisted before any signal was given from below,
thus placing the responsibility on ihe engineer.
On Surface.
Accident No. 23.—James Stewart, a young man, working inside at the
Boston colliery, near Kingston, was killed by falling under a trip of mine
cars outside near shaft head, on the 29th day of October. He had com-
pleted his day's labor, had just ascended safely out of the many perils of
under-ground life, and to save himself the labor of walking a few hundred
feet, he attempted to mount a train of cars in motion, and, by some mis-
hap, lost his hold, fell under and was mortally injured, expiring soon after
being taken to his home.
Accident No. 28.—Charles Nowalk, a laborer, working outside, was
fatally injured by falling in front of a moAang train of empty cars, near the
No. 2 slope. East Nanticoke, on the 16th day of November. It appears
that he had jumped off the cars to turn a switch for the same,and in doing