to the surface. About 9 O Clock Mr. Rior, the Govt.Inspector of Mines arrived and as soon as he had ascertained the supposed cause of the explosion & had examined the plan he went down the mine. Mr. Buydon the Managor of the I.C. [?] C. Co. arrived shortly after & he also went down the mine. I have seen Gass before in the mine in No. 10 level but not much of late, the Govt. Inspector had several times called my attention to there being gass in No. 10 level & cautioned me to be careful, slight accidents have happened on a few occasions in No. 10 level, but no serious ones. I consider the coal in No. 10 level to be more full of gass than any other coal in the mine. Chinese loading coal worked in No. 10. The amount of air passing through No 10. level had 5000 cubic feet. Dixon, one of the men killed, was over[?]der & had charge of the air, & it was his duty to see that there was Brattice carried up into every mans face. Owing to sickness it is three months since I personally saw that the brattice work was carried up to the head of the face & Hank Little performed my duties in my absence but he was not authorized, that I remember, to interfere with with the ventilation, and altho'

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