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22 AXNUAL REPORT OP THE
A condensed exhibit of fatal casualties in Schuylkill vouniy collieries during-'
seven years ending December 31, 1875.
•Fatal, Casualties.
Falls of coal
Falls of rocks and top slate
Falls into slopes and shafts
Falls of timber and props
Explosions of fire-damp
Explosions of powder
Explosions of blasts and shots
Explosions of steam boilers
Crushed by wagons
Falling oft" slopes and shaft cages .
Breaking of slope and shaft chains.
Crushed in machinery
Crushed in rollers
Suttbcated by noxious gases
Inj ured by mules
Sundry accidents
Total deaths }
58
Total maimed and injured -217
.'
Total widows
I 29
115
Total orphans I
Aggregate i
.
1875. 1874. 1873. 1872. 1871.11870. 1869. Total.
419
24
2
4
2
16
1
1
2
7
78
226
36
140
480 I
642
37
3
7
1
10
1
91
321
47
183
I
462
21
4
8
3
15
9
69
226
39
128
1
660
26
5
6
1
26
2
5
1
S
2
3
5
3
37
5
4
1
8
1
4
5
15
6
12
!
1
102 112
339 252
57 70
162 250
1
684
I
352
18
2
5
1
2
6
2
178
29
35
9
84
21
14
11
44
19
30
20
18
1
6
47
i
'
56 566
86 1,667
30 308
150 1,128
I
3,609
A condensed exhibit of fatal casualties in Northumberland county collieries
during the seven years ending December 31, 1875.
Fatal Casualties.