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any Chinese smoking in the mine? A: About 2 days before
J: What did you do? A: Sent him home.
J: Was he smoking again on the 15th? A: No, sir; he never came back
J: That is the course you adopt? A: Yes.
J: How did they light their cigarettes? A: I never caught them lighting any.
By Mr. Morgan:- Did you examine all the lamps that afternoon? A: Mr. King examined them
J: Did you examine all the [shots?] before they were fired? A: I fired all the shots
J: How many? A: Five
J: And you examined them after you fired them? A: Yes.
By Mr. [Paoley?]:- What were the shots charged with?
A: [?] powder
J: You went up to the head of No 6 shortly before you left that evening? A: Yes.
J: What time was that? A: Probably about five or ten minutes to five o clock.
J: Was everything [in?] safe condition when you left? A: In quite safe condition. I stopped about ten minutes in that place.
J: Where did you go then? A: To the north side.
J: And you returned about the time of the explosion? A: Yes.
J: What happened? A: I was knocked over.
J: Not otherwise injured? A: No.
J: In this No 6 [heading?], which you had seen clear at ten minutes to five, you found a by “squeeze”? A: Yes.
J: Any gas there? A: Yes; couldn’t get into it for gas
J: And you have stated your belief that it was there the explosion originated? A: Yes, by the appearance of the timbers both sides.
By a Juror:- Did you fire any shots in No 6 place? A: Didn’t have any shots in it; dug all the coal with a pick.
Mr. Hall: Was there anything in the work which
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