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Show iCOAL MINE FATALITIES GIVEN OUT BY THE BUREAU H DECREASE SHOWN FOR OALEN- M DAR YEAR 1919. H Wont Disaster Was Near Wilkes- H barre, Pa , Whero Ninety-Two Lives H Were Lost By the Burning of Large H Quantity of Powder Stricter H Regulations Most Imperative. H Unitoil Sluts Iniroflii of mine, tle- H INiriHWiit of the interior, 1ms jiwt In- H ittlol complete statement (if Wwl H wine fnlnlltie oemi-ring throiiKhout H Ike Uitftwl Stftten iltmnx llio calendar H .year 1010. IciKirt receiwtl fmiu H tbo iHojwrtors for (lie war slmu n H rwlHottoii of 10.f3 kt pent in fatali- H Htts m owmi)iil with 1018, while in H 1013 tlie reiliicrtiou Mt 46 per cent H from 1017 flgurm The total tium- H her killed was 'JS07 in 1010 nml 'JC0S H In 1018, b reduction of two hundred H ml eenl-threp There tn n tle- H rett of ono hundred nml tucnty- H Vfchl, or 36 per rent in fatalitie re- H milting from Mine rant nml loromo- H the, nml n decrenno of tuic hundred H -mid ninety-eight or 16 cr rent in the H fntnliticd duo to fnll of nml or rock H Surface accidents Mion n decline of H -tthoiit U6 per cent nit compnrcd with H tho proviom enr. There wore, lion- H ever, increase in necidentit duo to H gn itnd dust explooiiH nml nlso ex- H phnhoK. Them oecurred during tho H )ir nine disaster in which five or H more man were killed, triiroscntliig n H totnt of two hundred nml one fntuli- H lion. H The worst diwwter of tlw cnr was H lhu one uerurrini; nt llallimore Tunnel H Xo. 1, Wilkcaharre, Pit , resulting H fmiit the explosion or hunting of n H niimW of kef of Miwdcr, In which H nilncly-two liwyi were tout. Thin dis- H tutor enipluiKiri tho need for Mnclor H regulations relating to honling nun H mud oxiiloftin into the mine nt the H fame time The intention of whither H li)4nVitj wnn rwtjtonsililo or not doe H wrt ii f feet tho romddcnitioii of the H minim danger which urine in under- H ground trnusxirtntion nml handling H of twplo-lvei. At host the handling H Jiml hauling of explosiAo in hazard. H tm mid such being tlii rime, no one, H other thnn tho neionwin nttiiulnnt, H should he jierniltted lo ride in cunt or H nut;e tntiutorting exploMW. Ah n H tro-wlt of this dliwihter, the njiort of H Oik Mininer'it jurj lo the Kowmior of H U'ennnylviiniii Imnpt out Mime im- H gwrUmt dmiKcrti to ho awtftled in the H IK' Nllll IrHIIMIMirtMtU)!! of OXpllHMMW. H The condition under whiih the H nlliHH ware iiperatwl in 1010 wart) not H worHMl hh the tountr. Iimm not become H wdjtwttMl to thti new couiinerriHl eon- H lltioiw h a nwult of tlit wxr There H -wure UMWoriMM latmr trtiuldufi diiniiK H 41m ymr Mini on Noxwnlinr Ut it ntnke H 4tlMtMt etniiptftel xliut down the ewi- H 4ml bitmniiioiiH tiield, with the rtwult H thttt but little pottl wits iiiiiihI during H Iht) Mtoiith of November hiiiI nMrl H NiK of Deetiinlier At-eorduiK to the H iirttiiiiiinitn Mtimtiltw b, tlto I niteil H tHttw gwiHileHl Hiirt for the .ettr H 1010 the totnl piitdutUon wim IAS,- H 0QI1,0lJO Urn of bitiiiinnouii ttml wlfih H U H rmluetloll ot rj,$fil,n00 Ioiih itM H tttttMird with the previniiit enr. 'Ilm H MnthrNiit iiroiliiptiou m tnttixwtiHl li. H 4htt wme.v hh 80,2(10,0(111 un or it iv- H tluetion of l'J.fitlO.IKM) Ioiin fmin the H jirettilifiK jtwr. H While the netiml number of IkIhII- H 4"w it rommlerHbU lewi limn 1018, H itho nttio on it toniiHtfe Iwmh m t.iilit- H 1 hivher. The number ol Ion, pro- H IlietHl per fittHlltj in 101H m Hie In- H 4iimiiiim miimn whh lWfi.1J n mm- 1 wrwliwitli 736,000 Ioiim per I'.iUlitv 1 in 101U lu m mitlintipte iield the 1 liniduetioii per futitlit in 1018 wn HH X9j&T8 loiw im eoiiimred with 1.16,- fl 700 tuiM per tHtht. in 1010 The H tr(je for the entire eottl iiiiiiiiik in- H 4lutr wm 3!t64MI0 tonii nr ftnlit H 4W eoiNNtrtMl with 'Jt37'l in 1018; M Sill.Oia in 1017; '.'06,0OI in 1010, itnd M 1ZUJM1T in 1016. Comdet(i ligmwi nhowiui; the Hum- 1 ir of nittn wnplojiKl Hre nut w;iil- 1 4tbltt, but twtinmle rvtened from the H iiIH'tor totnl hIhiiiI 7(16,000 Al- B tlHinyh the number ot Hume on the H MtirtdU hw, lie lilitl. m ektutw of B 1018, the itetiiul niimher ot dyi litlxir B performed ihintih' the etir will he iiiueli ItiM tlmn ill the preceding yewr liewiiMe of the irreKiihir wurliiK of the ihiiio on neoount of eitr kIiiiiIiil'u, H 8trlkM Dud tho iinnuttled deiiiund for H Bottl. When the number nf oinplojug l iHWjierlj wwKhted on the Imnis of H fitrtliin workers, the reduction in tie J .iileiit nit en iiihv not he m grunt us B flyt iipjitNtn 'Ihu rattt on h toniiRfft) Jiams iIiioa not u iiii.n iinpnne- onoit. In fuct, the (Mmtrirj fit nidi- Hj m4d. |