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

Ex. Doc] Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. 41
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Cruslied by Mine Cars.
Tebruary 5. Thomas Flynn was killed at Centralia colliery on the 5th
of February. The deceased was employed in loading dirt cars under the
breaker, and went along with the driver. On returning to the breaker
with the empty car, he undertook to detach the mule from the car while in
motion, and while doing so fell, the car running over him, killing him on
the spot.
James Ryan, killed at Williamstown colliery August 2 ; age, fifty- five
years. The deceased was a loader, and had loaded his car, and was sitting
on the gangway side when the tram of cars were passing ; the last car
struck him, killing him.
Edward Fpdegave, door boy ; age, fourteen. The deceased was stand-
ing behind an open door, when one of the cars came down from one of the
slant breasts, and when going close bj^ the door, the car ran off the track,
striking the deceased, killing him.
Charles Shafer, age , driver; killed December 21, at West
Brookside colliery. The deceased was riding in front of a loaded car,
standing on the bumper, and in passing around a sharp curve in the gangway
he fell off, the car crushing him so severely that he died shortly after-
ward.
Falls of Coal.
Leonard Waldroff, miner, aged forty-eight ; killed at Ben Franklin col-
liery, April 27. The deceased was working in a breast, and had blasted
out the bottom bench for two or three yards, leaving the upper l)enches
overhanging, without taking the necessary precaution to put up a few short
props for his own safety ;
and while at work underneath the upper benches
fell on him and fatally injured him—he died the same day. This accident
is another case of gross negligence on the part of the deceased himself.
Andrew Geaghan, age thirty-five ; killed at Merriam colliery, May 2. The
deceased was with his brother in a breast—the vein being nearly flat—and
was filling' a small car or buggy ; while in the act of doing so, his brother
told him the top coal was working, and he had better come away ;
the de-
ceased said he wanted to fill the car first ; and while doing so the coal fell
on him, killing him.
Bennel Wise, age forty-two; killed at West Brookside, May 18. The
deceased was opening a new breast, and had just fired a blast in the bottom
bench, which failed to bring down the upper benches of coal. The
deceased cautioned his laborer not to go near it, as it was dangerous, yet,
strange to say, in a short time he himself went under it with a pick to get
it down, and while in the act of doing so the coal fell on him, killing him
instantl3\
Pat Devlin, age twenty-three, single man; killed at Cameron colliery.
May 25. The deceased was working in a new breast when a mass of coal
slipped out of side of pillar, killing him instantly.