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Q: Does he know that match box?
A: No belong to me.
Q: Are those Chinese cigarettes in there?
A: Yes, that is Chinese cigarettes, but I know where it come from.
Q: Who does it belong to?
A: I didn't see. I don't know who put it all there.
Q: Has he ever seen it before?
A: I didn't see the box at all.
Q: Does he ever strike a match in the mine?
A: No, never; I have no match.
Q: Does he ever see Chinamen smoke in mine?
A: No, I see no man smoke.
Q: At any time?
A: I never see one.
Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman try to open a safety lamp?
A: I didn't see no one; I never see one.
Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman fire a shot?
A: No, I do my own business.
Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman fire a shot?
A: No?, I didn't see it.
Q: When was the last shot fired before the explosion?
A: No, I don't know anything about that.
Q: Who fires the shots in the mine?
A: I don't know, but in my stall the fire boss fire the shots fire the shots.
Q: Has he ever fired a shot when the fire boss was away?
A: No, daresn't until the fire boss come.
Q: Lots of ventilation; lots of wind in mine?
A: Yes, winds blow very hard.
Q: Much gas there that night, before the explosion?
A: I don't see none.
Q: Does he know what gas it?
A: Yes, I understand, but I can't see.
Q: Does he know when there is gas in the mine, without seeing?
A: I don't understand much. Fire boss tell me all right, go to work.
Q: Did fire boss tell him to go to work that day?
A: Yes, fire boss tell him his stall is all right.
Q: Does he at any time hold up the lamp for gas?
A: I don't understand how it is but I am frightened; if I do it wrong way, it is explosion.
Q: Who examined his place before he started to work that day?
A: Yes, I get it in my stall.
Q: All good that day?
A: Yes, stall all right that day.
Mr. Pooley:- This Chinaman says he got that lamp from some place. I want to know what part of the mine he got that lamp from?
A: About 14 or 15 yards from No. 3 Incline.
Q: Who gave him that lamp or did he get it himself?
A: Since he go to work, the boss he took it himself.
By a Juror:- According to his evidence he says that lamp was given to him. I understood the interpreter to say that the boss had given him that lamp and told him it was unlocked.
The Coroner:- Ask him who gave him that lamp.
A: No, the boss give it to me. The boss see the lamp hanging up and that he take it himself.
Q: Did his boss tell him the lamp was unlocked?
A: He never have a light and it was not locked.
By a Juror:- Was his boss a Chinaman?
A: A Chinaman.
By Mr. Hall:- Does he know who was the driver in that level?
A: Yes, I know, but the the driver was dying.
Q: What was his name?
A: When I see him, I know but I don't know his name.
Q: Was his name Quon Ching Loo?
A: I don't know.
