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Description of Fatal Accidents at Coal-mines, &c. —continued.

The following statement shows the tons of coal and shale raised, persons employed, lives lost, &c., from 1878 to 1914 :—

r Name of Person killed. Date of Accident. ! Name of Colliery. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Harold Dancer 7/12/14 Blackball The deceased, a trucker, was standing at the bottom of a jig in the line of running trucks which were being jigged, when owing to derailment a truck became uncoupled, and, descending the jig at a rapid rate, struck deceased, with fatal results. The deceased had shortly before been warned by the Inspector of Mines (Mr. Newton) of the danger of standing in the line of trucks. The Coroner found accordingly. The provision of a trailer or back-stay to the ascending trucks would have prevented this disaster. This safeguard is now compulsory under Special Rule 57a (2) of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1914.

Year. Output. H Above. Persons empl, iyed. ad. Total. Tons raised per m - each Per- lo , ns son em- »»* Pf , , TT Life lost, ployed Underground Persons omplojed per Life lost. Lives lost per Thousand Persons employed Number of Deaths. Below. Prior 1878 1879 1880' 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,756 1,729,536 1,831,009 1.860,975 1,911,247 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 147 361 393 338 392 388 414 466 512 416 485 590 506 525 590 531 556 554 617 688 803 717 763 833 1,174 1,143 992 1,159 1,136 1,365 1,130 1,053 1,176 366 888 890 1,145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 1,298 1,393 1,274 1,347 1,381 1,447 1,599 1,843 2,066 2,082 2,135 2,525 2,436 2,518 2,767 2,902 3,032 3,463 2,925 3,198 3,197 3,558 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 1,249 1,283 1,483 1,605 1,499 1,689 1,717 1,846 1,693 1,681 1,888 1,899 1,799 1,937 1,912 2,003 2,153 2,460 2,754 2,885 2,852 3,288 3,269 3,692 3,910 3,894 4,191 4,599 4,290 4,328 4,250 4,734 443 * 4,635 149,961 337,262 189,136 475 210,882 540 160,277 456 170,354 440 * 503 139,655 481 153,474 468 146,611 477 79,674 523 ! 167,198 563 673,315 533 138,309 516 119,924 618 145,331 588 12,013 609 210,178 627 907,033 609 325,078 593 273,497 600 413,228 655 682,520 665 355,057 609 384,459 651 264,293 687 288,256 662 152,584 641 372,195 633 273,035 634 137,335 > 706 147,577 681 241,975 590 [ 314,667 639 46,441 23 519 963 521 624 421 494 375 422 313 231 423 1,681 377 316 360 29 478 2,003 717 615 918 1,443 713 822 546 615 326 778 599 283 306 355 708 96 * 44-00 1-92 1-04 1-91 1-60 2-34 2-01 2'66 2-36 2-37 4-33 2-36 066 264 3-16 3-33 34-07 2-09 0-49 1-39 1-62 109 0-69 1-40 1-21 1-83 1-62 3-07 1-28 1-79 3 55 3-26 2-08 1-38 10-35 0 351 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66 J 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 6 li 5 7 16 14 9 6 49 § Totals... 39,638,855 310 * No life I ixplosion. iBt. t Year ol Kaitangi ,la explosii m. } Y, iar of Brum ler explosio: § Yeai of Ralphs (Huntly