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James Strong, [Jaceman] ; [??] :-

By Mr. [Potts?] :- Did you assist in the rescue of the miners in No 6 mine? a: The latter part of the evening I did.

2: What time? a: about ten o clock.

2: Did you make any [search?] in the mine? a: No, I made no search.

2. What did you do? a: I went there to help to get the bodies and to do what I could, but I found everything was [??] and [??] before I got there.

2: Did you go to the second [??] Level? a: I went up to where the [??] was found dead.

2: Do you know where the explosion occurred?

a: I didn't exactly know [??] where the [??] [??] was from the explosion.

2: Where was that? a: [about?] No 6; that is where the [scented?] [heat?] was.

2: Did you find anything in that neighbourhood which [??] have caused the explosion?

a No

2: any pit lamps? a. No

2: Safety lamps? a: Yes

2: Whereabouts? a: Lying on the [places?] as you walked along.

2: Were any of them opened? a: No, all securely locked. I tried several of them, and all that I tried were locked.

2: Did you see any matches about? a: No.

2: are you able to [form?] any a person as to the cause of the explosion? a: I could form an opinion, but I couldn't say that it would be [??]. The place between five [??] No 6 there was some gas coming of that shale at that time.

2. Did you make an examination? a: Not much of an examination [?] I could see the break was giving on.

2: How was the ventilation? a: good

James Strong [??]