Accidental deaths seemed all too common, judging from their frequency of appearance in The Pike County News, and it is not surprising that many of them were associated with coal mining. These tragedies usually did not involve numerous fatalities, typically one or two men. The phrase “slate fall” was frequently used in the description. These two reports were from August 13 and November 25, 1926:
POND CREEK MINER IS KILLED BY SLATE FALL
Miner Levi Hall was killed in a slate fall in the Fordson Mine at Hardy, Kentucky.
YOUNG MINER KILLED FRIDAY IN SLATE FALL
“Johnny Akers, 28, was killed instantly last Friday afternoon by a slate fall while working in the mines of the Ford Elkhorn Coal Company at Robinson Creek.”
Other coal mine incidents usually involved circumstances not encountered today, such as this one from July 23, 1926. It’s an open question how a miner would have to opportunity to take a nap, and why it would be done in such a dangerous place:
FATAL ACCIDENT IN HENRY CLAY MINES
A 21 year old miner fell asleep too close to mine car track, and was struck and killed.
This accident report on August 13, 1926 indicates safety did not play an important part in the mines. The News treated the event as just another mining accident.
MOTORMAN KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE IN MINE
W. B. Caldwell, 26, a motorman at Elkhorn Coal Company, was electrocuted walking into a mine when his head hit a live wire.
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