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246 <strong>Reports</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Inspectors</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mines</strong>. [Off. Doc.<br />

Table No. 1.<br />

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Comiyarative statement <strong>of</strong> fatal casualities from various<br />

causes which occurred during <strong>the</strong> years 1889, 1890 <strong>and</strong> 1891.<br />

Cause <strong>of</strong> Accident.<br />

Explosions <strong>of</strong> fire damp, ....<br />

Falls <strong>of</strong> coal <strong>and</strong> ro<strong>of</strong>,<br />

Mine cars <strong>and</strong> machinery, . . .<br />

P'alling down slopes <strong>and</strong> shafts.<br />

Breaking <strong>of</strong> ropes <strong>and</strong> chains, .<br />

Explosions <strong>of</strong> blasting materials,<br />

Sutiocated liy mine gases, . . \<br />

Kicked by mules,<br />

Miscellaneous,<br />

Total,<br />

Table No. 2. Showing number <strong>of</strong> tons <strong>of</strong> coal mined by each company,<br />

number <strong>of</strong> deaths <strong>and</strong> number <strong>of</strong> tons mined per death.<br />

Name <strong>of</strong> Company.<br />

Philadelphia <strong>and</strong> Reading Coal <strong>and</strong> Iron Co.,<br />

Mineral Railroad <strong>and</strong> Mining Company, . . .<br />

Summit Branch Railroad Company, . . . .<br />

Lykens Valley Coal Company,<br />

Union Coal Company,<br />

L. A. Riley

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