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... years , is yet a disgrace to our social polity . As stated above , the yearly mortality of colliers from mine accidents nearly approaches 1000. This is a fact , and a fearful one , arising from no fewer than Preface . xi.
... years , is yet a disgrace to our social polity . As stated above , the yearly mortality of colliers from mine accidents nearly approaches 1000. This is a fact , and a fearful one , arising from no fewer than Preface . xi.
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... accidents . That the reader may be informed of the dangers to which mining life is exposed , and the most fearful cause of mortality , we here give a synopsis of the last Inspector's Report for the year 1859 , which has just been ...
... accidents . That the reader may be informed of the dangers to which mining life is exposed , and the most fearful cause of mortality , we here give a synopsis of the last Inspector's Report for the year 1859 , which has just been ...
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... accidents , and the number of deaths in his district during the years 1856 , 1857 , 1858 , and 1859. Here , again , it is shown that more deaths occur from falls of coal or stone than from any other single cause ; and also , that 1859 ...
... accidents , and the number of deaths in his district during the years 1856 , 1857 , 1858 , and 1859. Here , again , it is shown that more deaths occur from falls of coal or stone than from any other single cause ; and also , that 1859 ...
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... accidents in his district are favourable , in relation with those of previous years , there being 55 fatal accidents , attended with the loss of 68 lives , being , as compared with the year 1858 , a decrease of 5 accidents and 70 lives ...
... accidents in his district are favourable , in relation with those of previous years , there being 55 fatal accidents , attended with the loss of 68 lives , being , as compared with the year 1858 , a decrease of 5 accidents and 70 lives ...
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... c . Mr. Robert Williams reports that the 39 accidents that happened in 1859 , caused the deaths of 43 persons , being 8 more than occurred in the same district during the year 1858. The deaths from " falls of coal , " xvi Preface .
... c . Mr. Robert Williams reports that the 39 accidents that happened in 1859 , caused the deaths of 43 persons , being 8 more than occurred in the same district during the year 1858. The deaths from " falls of coal , " xvi Preface .
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Page 63 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 63 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page xxx - Defendant in any such Action, by leave of the Court where such Action shall depend, at any time before Issue joined, to pay into Court such sum of Money as he...
Page xxx - ... on account of any Defect or Want of Form in the Summons, Conviction, Warrant of Distress or other Proceedings relating thereto ; nor shall the Party or Parties distraining be deemed a Trespasser or Trespassers...
Page 83 - ... [here set forth the offence], contrary to the statute made in the year of the reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth...
Page xxxi - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
Page 63 - That every such Action shall be for the Benefit of the Wife, Husband, Parent, and Child of the Person whose Death shall have been so caused...
Page xxxi - ... conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded...
Page 57 - ... may appeal to the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held for the county...