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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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