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| A: Nothing unusual prior to the explosion, any more than many other place. | | A: Nothing unusual prior to the explosion, any more than many other place. |
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− | A: Good. It has to be good; it must be good. And that is one very strong reason pointing to the origin of the explosion in that case; in fact it was conclusive as far as a thing can be conclusive.
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− | Q: In regard to the cause, did you find any evidence?
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− | A: I couldn't say definitely but that lamp "a" there could have caused it. That glass could have been broken in several ways; it could have been hit with a pick or with a rock at the time of the cave; or it could have been tilted and the glass broken and the gas ignited in that way. Some men will crack a glass and not come out. Ordinarily there is no gas travelling, and it is perfectly safe to work on if they crack a glass as to come out means a loss of time. The explosion may have been caused in
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− | that way. The other lamp, I haven't examined carefully. that may have caused the explosion, but I couldn't say it did.
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