Chung Chi
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| + | Q: What height is that where the cave is? | ||
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| + | A: Probably 18 inches more at that time. I didn’t hold the lamp 18 inches higher, I held it about 7 feet high. | ||
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| + | Q: And that would be about 18 inches from the top of the roof? | ||
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| + | A: No, I said the roof was something over six feet high, and the highest point of the cave was 18 inches above the roof. | ||
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| + | Q: What action did the gas have on your lamp? | ||
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| + | A: It first draws the flame. | ||
| + | Q: What action did it have on the 15th July ? | ||
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| + | A: One time I lost my light in it. | ||
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| + | Q: Was that the first examination? | ||
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| + | A: I believe it was but I am not sure now. | ||
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| + | Q: What does that indicate? | ||
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| + | A: It indicates gas there. | ||
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| + | Q: Does that indicate any quantity of gas there, any marked quantity of gas? | ||
| + | A: No, you can’t judge the quantity by that. The smallest quantity would do that provided you reach it. | ||
| + | Q: Then directly your safety lamp comes in contact with gas it will be put out? | ||
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| + | A: Not exactly; there is a way of saving your flame if you are careful. | ||
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| + | Q: Well why was it that in your first examination your light went out? | ||
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| + | A: I didn’t say so. I said that one time I lost my light, but whether it was the first examination or not I don’t know. | ||
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| + | Q: What would be the reason? | ||
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| + | A: Presence of gas. | ||
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| + | Q: In considerable quantity? | ||
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| + | A: The quantity has nothing to do with it. | ||
| + | Mr. Morgan:- The quantity has nothing to do with it; if you put the light up to high it will be put out. You have got to be careful, that’s all. | ||
| + | Mr. Potts:- When you found gas, what course did you adopt? | ||
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| + | A: I got the men working alongside of it to work close to the good roof, and keep filling the cave up with rock; and they had been doing that for a week previous, every day. | ||
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| + | Q: Would that force the gas out? | ||
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| + | A: IT would displace the gas; the rock would take the place of the gas. | ||
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| + | Q: When did you first adopt this course? | ||
| + | A: When the cave first took place; probably for a week before. | ||
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| + | Q: On the 15th when you detected gas, what course did you adopt to dispel it? | ||
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| + | A: The same as I had done the day before. Instructed the men to fill the cave with rock. | ||
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| + | Q: Did they do it? | ||
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| + | A: Yes. | ||
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| + | Q: Did you report on the safety of the mine that day? | ||
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| + | A: I reported it in the Journal. | ||
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| + | Q: It has no reference in this book to safety. Did you tell the miners before they went down to work that the mine was safe? | ||
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| + | A: Yes, every individual miner. | ||
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| + | Q: They passed you at the station? | ||
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| + | A: Yes. | ||
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| + | Q: Did you consider it safe? | ||
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| + | A: Yes, perfectly safe. | ||
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| + | Q: I think you said just now that you found less gas on the 15th than you did on a previous occasion? | ||
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| + | A: Yes. | ||
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| + | Q: Did you chalk mark the places you examined? | ||
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| + | A: Yes. | ||
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| + | Q: Did you se the body of the chinaman that was buried under the cave in? | ||
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| + | A: Yes. | ||
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| + | Q: Was he burnt ? | ||
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| + | A: I couldn’t tell. | ||
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| + | BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3 | ||
| + | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia. | ||
Revision as of May 17, 2023, 3:22:46 PM
12 Q: What height is that where the cave is?
A: Probably 18 inches more at that time. I didn’t hold the lamp 18 inches higher, I held it about 7 feet high.
Q: And that would be about 18 inches from the top of the roof?
A: No, I said the roof was something over six feet high, and the highest point of the cave was 18 inches above the roof.
Q: What action did the gas have on your lamp?
A: It first draws the flame. Q: What action did it have on the 15th July ?
A: One time I lost my light in it.
Q: Was that the first examination?
A: I believe it was but I am not sure now.
Q: What does that indicate?
A: It indicates gas there.
Q: Does that indicate any quantity of gas there, any marked quantity of gas? A: No, you can’t judge the quantity by that. The smallest quantity would do that provided you reach it. Q: Then directly your safety lamp comes in contact with gas it will be put out?
A: Not exactly; there is a way of saving your flame if you are careful.
Q: Well why was it that in your first examination your light went out?
A: I didn’t say so. I said that one time I lost my light, but whether it was the first examination or not I don’t know.
Q: What would be the reason?
A: Presence of gas.
Q: In considerable quantity?
A: The quantity has nothing to do with it. Mr. Morgan:- The quantity has nothing to do with it; if you put the light up to high it will be put out. You have got to be careful, that’s all. Mr. Potts:- When you found gas, what course did you adopt?
A: I got the men working alongside of it to work close to the good roof, and keep filling the cave up with rock; and they had been doing that for a week previous, every day.
Q: Would that force the gas out?
A: IT would displace the gas; the rock would take the place of the gas.
Q: When did you first adopt this course? A: When the cave first took place; probably for a week before.
Q: On the 15th when you detected gas, what course did you adopt to dispel it?
A: The same as I had done the day before. Instructed the men to fill the cave with rock.
Q: Did they do it?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you report on the safety of the mine that day?
A: I reported it in the Journal.
Q: It has no reference in this book to safety. Did you tell the miners before they went down to work that the mine was safe?
A: Yes, every individual miner.
Q: They passed you at the station?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you consider it safe?
A: Yes, perfectly safe.
Q: I think you said just now that you found less gas on the 15th than you did on a previous occasion?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you chalk mark the places you examined?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you se the body of the chinaman that was buried under the cave in?
A: Yes.
Q: Was he burnt ?
A: I couldn’t tell.
BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.