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Continued: Court Docket Index for Columbiana Co., Ohio 1803-1919 lists Curran, William with Owen Curran admr. Case # 10379, Docket 7, page 242 Killed in coal mine
Annual Report 1884 State Inspector of Mines
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ACCIDENTS IN THE MINES. Below is given a list of accidents, fatal or otherwise, from February 16th to November 15th, that have come to the notice of this department. No record is to be found in this office of accidents occurring from the close of the last fiscal year (November 15, 1883), to the date of my assuming the office, February 16, 1884, though there can be little doubt but some must have occurred. The list here given is as complete as possible to be under the difficulties experienced in gathering details, as noticed elsewhere. Many accidents, the consequenses of which were but trivial, have not been noticed or recorded. The total number of accidents recorded is sixty-six, of which twenty-six were fatal. It will be observed that nearly one-half of the whole number are from falls of slate or roof, and one-fourth of the whole number are from falls of coal. One half of the fatil accidents are from these two causes alone. It is presumed that many of these could have been avoided by proper care, but in many mines the roof is treacherous and liable to fall at any time without .warning. There is no doubt, however, that miners, from being habitually accustomed to such danger, become, in many instances, negligent in adopting proper measures of safety. Two deaths, one in Perry and one in Jackson counties, were caused by shots blowing through pillars and killing men in the adjoining room, The practice of allowing pillars to become so thin as to endanger life in the next room, cannot be too severely reprehended; and it would appear that such pillars certainly cannot be sufficient to support the superincumbent strata with safety to the mine and miners. FATAL ACCIDENTS. March 6th. Warren Barrina, at Gosben mine, in Tuscarawas county, was run over by can. March 7th. John Kelly, at Longstreth, Hocking county, killed by a fall of coal. March 27th. Calvin Trimmer, at Maple Hill mine, Athens county, killed by fall of roof.
April Sd. Matthew Evans, at No. 9, in Trumbull county, killed by premature blast.
April 19th. Wm. Curran, at Hussey mine, in Columbiana county, killed by fall of roof.
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