Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-21
MAN LESS EACH DAY MEETS DEATH FROM
 GOAL MINE PERILS
Casualty List Shows That
 2451 Were Killed In 1914,
 As Compared With 334
 More In Records For 1913

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The 1914 casualty list for the army of three quarters of a million men employed in American coal mines just made public by the United States Bureau of Mines, shows that 2,452 men were killed.
 Comparing the deaths with the year 1913. there is a decrease of 334. or one man less killed for nearly every day in the year
 Shocking as is the violent death of 2,451 men in a years time by a peaceful industry" said Van n Man ming, Acting Director of the bureau. tho men of the bureau who are engaged in the campaign to reduce this casualty list find. in comparisons with other years, some facts that are rather comforting and some indica- tions that the improvement noted in the saving of life will be further accentuated as the years pass.
 ''In the first place, coal mining in 1914 cost the lives of 3.3 men in every 1000 employed. while in the year 1913, the death rate was 373. That reduction alone means a saving of more than 300 lives
 "The number of miners killed for every one million tons of coal mined in 1914 was 481 In the year 1913. there were 489 miners killed for every one million tons mined With the exception of the year 1192, the 1914 rate is the lowest yet recorded for the United States.
 "The amount of coal produced for each miner killed in 1914 was 2O8,O78 tons, which is the largest amount on record with the exception of the year 1912.
 There were 316 lives lost in dis asters in which more than five men were killed which is a reduction Of 148 deaths when compared with the disasters og 1913.
 When the Bureau of Mines began ! its work, the great cause of great disasters in the coal mines of the United tates. was the exposion Of coal dust This phase of the problem was taken up more vigorously than any other and 1t is indeed gratifying to the bureau that the explosions from coal dust in 1914 have decreased 96 per cent from the previous year
 While the Bureau of Mines is leading in. this national movement to reduce the number of deaths in the mines, it realies fully that not much progress could be made, were it not for the helpful cooperation it ob- tains from the state bureaus, the miners themselves, the operators and various other agencies. The improve | ment being made may rightfully be | credited to closer and more careful inspection by the tate inspectors: better enforcement of laws and regu- lations by the operators; g better retaliation of the dangers attendant upon the miner in his daily work and | his efforts to reduce accidents due to the educational campaign con ducted in his behalf; the extended use of safety lamps in doubtful mines . the use of permissible explosives that have been passed upon by the Blu reau of Mines; the wetting of dusty mines to prevent explosions of coal dust; the vrst aid and rescue train
 ing which saves lives that otherwise might be lost by reason of injuries received; the enactment of industrial
 accident compensation laws; and
 last but not least the fine spirit oi
 cooperation on the part of all con
 ceTned