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| − | I was there at the scene of the explosion, about fifteen minutes to twelve noon on Saturday, March 12, 1910. The machines were working then and the five Chinese and the white man were in the shed.
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| − | I went to number one Pack House, a building where cartridges are filled, and then walked towards the wash house. As I reached the...the explosion took place.
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| − | I turned back and I found out that number two had blown up. I should thinks I was about 200 yards away when the explosion occurred. I felt a concussion but it was not severe.
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| − | I should judge there was 2,000 lbs (two thousand) of dynamite in the shed. There was a shipment of 25 cases and the balance in bags. A case contains fifty pounds.
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