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Accidents in Coal-mines.

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NDate d Same of Mine. Locality. ©ecd >-; Cause of Accident. £ £ £ ■ *1 O c= 0) o "eel -eel a is o Name of Sufferer. Komarks. 1. Feb. 3 ] Taupiri .. i Waikato .. North Island. | Fall of coal from I .. I ., the face 1 j .. James Russell I Inquest attended. 1. Jan. 0 Tynesido .. Greymouth 2. Feb. 10 Middle Island. Fall of coal .. .. j 1 .. .. 1 j 1 l 1 1 A. Portray .. J. Allen .. (Ankle slightly inI jurcd. (Foot slightly m- ( jured. Setting timber. Leg broken. 3. „ 13 Shag Point .. Otago 4. Mar. 8 Brunner .. Greymouth Fall of timber .. .. 1 Fall of coal .. .. 1 (Asphyxiated in) . | shaft j " 1 l 1 1 J. Kenyon .. E. Stafford .. 5. „ 18 Earnscleugh .. , Otago 1 1 J. Statham.. Inquest attended. ,. or (Baylesandl- , , b. „ » _ v , , l Canterbury (Buckingham s i 7. May 9 Wallsend .. Greymouth Fall of earth .... 1 l 1 |'T. J.Bucking- ( ham A.Williams.. No notice from Coroner. Collarbone broken. (Prosecution (see ( Report). Leg broken. Head slightly cut. Fall of coal .. .. 1 1 1 8. „ 12 Runaway tub .. .. 1 1 1 R. Cherrie .. 9. „ 23 Coal-pit Heath 10. June 7 11. Aug. 1 Brunner 12. „ 7 Lankey's Gully Reefton .. 13. „ 8 Hokonui .. Winton .. 14. „ 14 Wallsend .. Greymouth Fall of coal .. .. 1 1 l 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 W. Mann .. W. Manderson Wm. King. J. Aston. C. Bailey .. James Binnie. .... 1 Gas-explosion .. .. 1 Fall of coal .. .. 1 i Inquest attended. 15. Sept. 18 Idaburn .. Naseby .. .. 1 Tub on incline .. .. 1 [ Fall off bench in) . ( openwork ) Slinging machinery 1 1 1 1 R. Andrews.. Not reported. Finger broken. (Two fingers am- ( putated. 16. Dec. 3 Coal-pit Heath Greymouth 1 1 J. Bromner.. 17. „ 13 Walton Park.. Green Island Fall of timber .. .. 1 l 1 Wm. Jordan 2 15 14