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Show Fatal Accidents on Decrease During the yenr lis, according tj tliu report of Stiite Coiil Mill Inspector In-spector rutlU, there were sixteen fatal and eighty-nine non-fatal accident acci-dent in the coal mint's of Utah. There has been a decrease In the fataltlcs In I'tali coal mines elnco Hie Mcollolil dimmer lu IIM, when two huudiud souls were miurlfluod. From the slntlittlus of produt'tlun In some of the more linporinni stales as reported by the stain hIIIoIkIh, It is estimated Hint Hid total output In ltd) waa approximately 4rAl.iHSi.lKki short tons, aiTHltiKt 410,um,UKJ ton in ItKJH. Aucorillnr to this enlliiuitit the production of vnul In Itmn w IM.ou" short ton for each life liwt, sirslimt ln"7 Mr, ions In 1WIH, In 11)07, when ill-, 111..H w.ro killed, 14... 74 1 tnlil neru liliiieil lor euoil llle Kmt. This was the year in which was made the darkest record in the history his-tory f the industry. During December, 1117, there was an epldiimia of cosl mine explosions the echoes from one hardly having died sway before another occurred. Kurtunately, althuugh disasters of tlili kind have occurred all too frequently fre-quently during the last two year, I lit- black record of 1IKI7 hue not been repeated, anil cuiiiuienduhle elforls sr being made throughout the coal mining regions to lesmn Him hasitrd-niiii hasitrd-niiii clinrueier of tho mine workers' elliployuiellt. |