Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Connie Burkett for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =============================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Archivist, Connie Burkett All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =============================================================================== Twenty-First Annual Report Coal Mines in the state of West Virginia, U.S.A. For the year ending June 30, 1903. James W. Paul, Chief Mine Inspector, Charleston The Tribune Printing Company, 1904 =============================================================================== INDEX OF FATAL ACCIDENT NAMES IN THIS FILE: =============================================================================== Adkins, Henry W. Petry, Simon Vance, Charles Hanna, Eliam F. Savers, Luther Wade, Thomas =============================================================================== FATAL ACCIDENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1903 KANAWHA COUNTY, (Page 146) =============================================================================== Adkins, Henry W. (Amer; 20 yrs exper; age 30; Married; 3 children; $200.00 Ins) Kanawha County. — Aug. 6, 1902. Kenry W. Adkins, Winifrede South, was working in his room when he was crushed by a fall of coal. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Savers, Luther (American; 2 years exper; age 34; Married; 6 children) Dec. 2, 1902. Luther Savers, Sycamore Mine, and another miner had put in three shots, two of which fired and the third failed to do so. Sayers returned to put in another squib and just as he got within three feet of the face the shot exploded. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Petry, Simon (American; 15 years exper; age 50; Married; $200.00 Insurance) Dec. 5, 1902, died Dec. 15th. Simon Petry, "Winifrede North, was struck in the back by a piece of slate while stooping over to repair track. Had he been standing up straight he probably would not have been hurt. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wade, Thomas (American; 8 years exper; age 26; Single) March 28, 1903, died March 29th. Thomas Wade, Paint Creek Mine, was a machine runner and was backing his machine out of a room. He had the machine side-jacked with a bar and the point got in the gear wheel of the motor box making the other end fly around, striking him in the side producing injuries from the effects of which he died the next day. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hanna, Eliam F. (American; 7 months exper; age 63; Married; 2 children; $50. Ins) May 18, 1903. Eliam F. Hanna, K. & H. No. 105 Mine, was working on the tipple when it collapsed. This was caused by an engine colliding with a box car under the tipple and knocking out some of the bents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vance, Charles (American; 12 years exper; age 30; Married; 3 children; $50. Ins) June 5, 1903. Charles Vance, K. & H. No. 108 West Mine, was killed by a fall of draw slate. No one knows exactly how the accident happened, as he was found dead under the slate. He had been requested to set props that day. but evidently failed to do so. =============================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other files for Kanawha County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/kanawha/ ===============================================================================