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Q: You couldn’t tell when it went down? | Q: You couldn’t tell when it went down? | ||
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A: Couldn’t tell from the dust that was on it. IT might have been sent down that day, and it might have been sent down previously. | A: Couldn’t tell from the dust that was on it. IT might have been sent down that day, and it might have been sent down previously. | ||
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By Mr. Potts:- Was it in a dusty state when you found it? | By Mr. Potts:- Was it in a dusty state when you found it? | ||
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A: Yes. You can quite understand that from the dust blown upon the road. | A: Yes. You can quite understand that from the dust blown upon the road. | ||
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Mr. Pooley:- Did you examine it closely? | Mr. Pooley:- Did you examine it closely? | ||
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A: Very closely. | A: Very closely. | ||
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Mr. Potts: - Your theory is that that lamp B did not cause the explosion? | Mr. Potts: - Your theory is that that lamp B did not cause the explosion? | ||
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A: There was a probability of it causing the explosion. OF course you have got another lamp there too under the same circumstances. | A: There was a probability of it causing the explosion. OF course you have got another lamp there too under the same circumstances. | ||
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By a Juror:- How far was that lamp “B” from the face? | By a Juror:- How far was that lamp “B” from the face? | ||
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A: I should judge about 30 feet down the road from the working face. | A: I should judge about 30 feet down the road from the working face. | ||
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Q: Had the clothes hanging there any signs of being disturbed? | Q: Had the clothes hanging there any signs of being disturbed? | ||
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A: Not much; a slight deposit of dust on them. The only part of the mine where I found coking dust was there, on that car nearly loaded there; very fine dust over it, but with that exception there was nothing much disturbed. The lamp was further down the road that the car, about 20 feet perhaps further down. | A: Not much; a slight deposit of dust on them. The only part of the mine where I found coking dust was there, on that car nearly loaded there; very fine dust over it, but with that exception there was nothing much disturbed. The lamp was further down the road that the car, about 20 feet perhaps further down. | ||
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Alexander Folds. | Alexander Folds. | ||
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Take upon oath and acknowledge this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, | Take upon oath and acknowledge this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, | ||
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James Abrams, | James Abrams, | ||
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Coroner. | Coroner. | ||
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