Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . ;> »l-CO»OOfC30nM en ?IBOO JO S a0 ol H 1891189218931894189S1896L8971898L8991900 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. During the ten years from 1891 to 1900 1,785 lives were lost in andabout the Bituminous mines, of which 1,740 or per cent, oc-curred inside and 45 or per cent., outside. Of the fatalities that occurred inside the mines, 1,139 or percent, were by falls of coal, slate, roof, etc.; 276 or per cent, bymine cars; 182 or per cent, by explosions of gas; 43 or per-cent,
Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . ;> »l-CO»OOfC30nM en ?IBOO JO S a0 ol H 1891189218931894189S1896L8971898L8991900 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. During the ten years from 1891 to 1900 1,785 lives were lost in andabout the Bituminous mines, of which 1,740 or per cent, oc-curred inside and 45 or per cent., outside. Of the fatalities that occurred inside the mines, 1,139 or percent, were by falls of coal, slate, roof, etc.; 276 or per cent, bymine cars; 182 or per cent, by explosions of gas; 43 or per-cent, by explosions of powder and blasts; 18 or per cent, byfalling into shafts; 17 or 1 per cent, by suffocation, and 34 or cent, were from miscellaneous causes. There were 45 fatalities outside the mines, of which 22 or cent, were by cars in various ways; 8 or per cent, by ma-chinery; 7 or per cent, by explosions of boilers, and 8 or cent, from miscellaneous causes. The following is a brief table of comparison of accidents in bothregions:.
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