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Wong Toon, Sworn: - The Coroner: - What does he do in mine? A: No savee. Q: Push box? A: I push box. Mr. Potts: - Whereabouts? A: On level, No. 12 I push up stall and of No. 5 and No. 6. Q: Does he push box out of No. 6 stall? A: Yes, I am in there. Q: Did you fetch any box out of No. 6 stall on the afternoon of the explosion? A: Yes. Q: How long before the explosion? A: I pull once; one time I get away and bring one box to No. 5 and then when I get up to the level the fire was on. Q: Then he was between No. 5 and No. 6 when the fire happened, when the explosion happened? A: Yes. Q: Which stall did the explosion come from? A: I can't tell. Q: Which does he think it came from? A: No, I can't think of it. Q: How far away was he from the entrance to No. 6 stall when the explosion occurred? A: About the next stall, about No. 5. Q: Did he have a safety lamp? A: Yes, I use a safety lamp. Q: Did the safety lamp get blown out? A: Yes, the wind blow his out; the fire (flame) was out. Q: Does he smoke? A: No, I no smoke. Q: Never smoked? A: Never smoke at all. Q: Has he got any tobacco now? A: No. Q: Has he ever seen those cigarettes? A: No, I don't see them. Q: Does he know who they belong to? A: I don't know; maybe Chung Lung. Q: When did he last see these? A: I see them two day ago before the explosion. Q: Who had them then? A: I didn't. Q: Chung Lung? A: I think it is Chung Lung. Q: Chung Lung killed? A: Yes. Q: Where did Chung Lung work? A: He push a car. Q: Did he see Chung Lung smoking that day? A: I didn't see him retracted that day retracted smoke. Q: Did he ever see him smoke in the mine? A: No, I never see him smoke in the tunnel in the mine. Q: Did he ever see any Chinaman smoke in the mine? A: No, I didn't see. Q: Did he ever see a Chinaman fire a shot when the fire boss was not there? A: No, I didn't see. Q: He doesn't smoke, he says? A: No. Q: Has he ever opened one of those safety lamps? A: No, I no open. Q: Has he ever seen any Chinaman open any? A: No, never seen him.