Show COAL MINING ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1906 WASI HIGTON sept 15 any statement I 1 driving the number and character of the coal mining accidents in the united states eSa u rily be somewhat incomplete the united d state geological survey in collecting the tile statistics of coal production does not dai betly obtain information in regard to acci accidents denta but through t abu courtesy of state and territorial n ino atom and other P ac ax pasi dents have bea furnished fumi for publication by the survey on account ol 01 the prominence given by the press to accounts of mine explosions the opinion is isgen generally held abit the danger from ex is greasy greaber 0 than any other to wh h the miner is I 1 liable table and that most of the lives lost in n brines arc are lost in this statistics do nut not bear out this impression the danger orom rom gas or dust explosions is sri seri 0 avs W but it appears blat the number of deaths from this cause in 1906 was as only 15 per cent of the total more pian khan three time tim es us a many deaths were due to fall faili of roof and coal but accidents of this kind kill only a few at i a time and accounts of ohp rii aremel arc seldom carried earned f far r from froin the mines nearly one hali hall out of 2001 2061 of ti th fatal accident accidents reported from twenty states were were due to falls of roof or coal were due to gas an J duat explosions ard to ot A ier caus cauls os Mary Alary imd ld reports the lowest death irate rate per 1000 be beig x ig second with and blEs missouri third with colorado reports th the high eat cat and west virginia the th next highest t J detailed statistics concerning accidents acci denta in coal mines in the up itce given tn m an advance chapter from Mi resources of the united stales states calendar yearlong Year lOOG 41 on the production of coal wal in 1906 by E NY parker chief statistician of the united states geological will a soon 1011 be ready for distribution 11 by the 0 survey |