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First Annual Report of the State Inspector of Mines 
to the Governor of the State of West Virginia
for the year 1883
Wheeling: Chas. H. Taney, State Printer. 1884.

Fatal Accidents in the Northern District, 1883
Preston County, page 162
Ayers, George

               DATE OF ACCIDENT:  August 28
                  DATE OF DEATH:  August 28
                 NAME OF PERSON:  George Ayers
                   NAME OF MINE:  Irondale

   NATURE AND CAUSE OF ACCIDENT:
   Caught under same fall of slate with Harrison Cool, which they had
   neglected to prop after being warned by the mine boss. Ayers got out from
   under the fall and tried to assist Cool; other men came to assist and made
   Ayers go away and sit down. Cool was gotten out in about fifteen minutes;
   when the men went to where Ayers had sat down they found him dead; caused,
   possibly by fright, heart affection or some internal injury.
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Non-Fatal Accidents in the Northern District, 1883
Preston County, page 164
Cool, Harrison

                 DATE OF ACCIDENT:  August 28th
                   NAME OF PERSON:  Harrison Cool
                     NAME OF MINE:  Irondale
   TIME LOST ON ACCOUNT OF INJURY:  .....

   NATURE AND CAUSE OF ACCIDENT:
   Caught under fall of roof with George Avers, had both legs broken. 
   Was able to walk on crutches in March, 1884.

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