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Show ACCIDENTS IN MINES. Three Times as Many Men Killed In United States as In Other Countries. WnBhlngton. Tho coal mines of tho United States nro killing threo times ob many men per thousand employed ns thoso of most European countries. In tho last seventeen ..years 22,840 men havo glvon up their lives in tho mines of tMs country. As many violent vio-lent deaths have occurred in tho mines during tho last six years ns during tho preceding eloven years. Tho number of fatal accidents each year Is now doublo that of tho year 1895. In 1906, 6, SGI men woro killed or injured in tho mines, tho killed numbering 2.0G1 and tho injured 4,800. TIicbo torriblo facts havo been gleaned by government experts under orders from Secretary Garfield of tho dopartment of tho interior to investigate investi-gate tho naturo, and extent of mlno accldonts. |