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I have mined in Washington (Errington?). Have been mining for twenty two years. There was always plenty of air in the place where I was working and in the roof of my stall but I can't exactly tell - I cannot say which part of the slope is in rock or which is in coal. Where I was working the thickness of the coal varied from sixteen to eighteen feet - We took the coal right away to the roof. I did not hear of any complaints of gas in the day of the explosion - I know Andrew _____ - As far as I knew him he was a careful fireman. I have known him ever since I was in the mine. The mine had been watered a short time before the third of May that is a portion of it - I experienced the advantage of it - There was not so much coal dust. 

(Underlined in red): To Mr. Robert - The watering was done to my own knowledge. It was done by a hand pump and hose. As far as I heard all the shafts in my vicinity were watered. To my own knowledge I only know of my own stall being watered. It would not take a great while for it to get dry again. I do not know whether it was very dry the day of the explosion or not. If it was I did not notice it. I don't think I (paid?) any shots that day. I cannot say as to a day or two when the shafts were watered. 

(Underlined in red): To Mr. I Young: I know that my place gave off a very WITH gas . I know that the stall below me gave off a birth gas from a cave in the roof. Even if there was a stoppage of air any (?) gas could  (?)  in (?) (?) in the place where I was working. On the day - early in April - in which I was sent home there was a temporary stoppage of air below me due to a cave in the roof. The roof had caved (?) twelve or fourteen hours before I was told to go

BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 4 File 3 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.