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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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