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James Burton et al

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After being jacked the
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dynamite is shipped to the
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magazine. The white man
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Burton had had experience
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with powder here but I
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do not know anything about
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him [unclear] to his coming here.
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He had change of the
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weighing and was foreman
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of the room.
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I do not know what
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caused the explosion. I
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know the usual precautions
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are taken. The men must
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not carry matches and
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must wear shoes with
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wood or brass nails.
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The company has
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shoes here made specially
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for powder factories and
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men must wear these
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shoes before being allowed
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to work.
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The precautions here
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are about the same as
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in other powder factories
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I have worked at.
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At this stage of the
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[unclear] a specimen shoes,
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as wood at the works, was
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produced.
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Continuing, witness said
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brass would not cause
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function.
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