Show MANY KILLED tn IN minea 9 over two thousand men gave up their lives in 1906 the total number of at men killed while illig coat coal la ll 11 tile tho united states during 1906 according to statistics gathered by tho the geological survey was houi the number of workmen roc clAng injuries in this industry more or less serious g but not fatal was during tho the samo sallie period tho death rate por per thousand of workmen was 34 or in other words of every locq coal miners over three were killed and more mon than six seriously injured in accidents at tile the coal mines this Is a heavy toll when it la Is considered that knilands En glands loath death rate per 1000 coal miners during last year was only one every tons of coal mined in this c last year cost one life the principal causes of death were falls falla of roof and coal and explosions explosion ns the deaths duo to tile former numbered 1008 gas and ana dust explosions ex plo powder explosions 80 miscellaneous lan tho the number of men killed hilled in pennsylvania mines during 1906 was anthracite th bituminous total 1034 or more than halt half of tile tho number killed in tho the 20 states and berd in which coal was mined but pennsylvania produced more coal than all the other states and the territories les combined during the same period the number of persons injured in accidents in pennsylvania mines was anthracite 1212 bituminous 1160 total 2372 of those killed in pennsylvania mines left widows and 1294 children were made fatherless pennsylvanian Pennsyl Pennsylva ulas death rate per 1000 miners was an th bituminous the state which made the lowestil lowest record in the death rate per 1000 tor for was maryland with colorado lied had the highest hig liest death rate per 1000 west virginia second with |