Vancouver Coal Company
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4/ had been working that day the same as usual. There was nothing different from usual I am aware of.
To Mr. James Young – I am acquainted with the roadway past the “engine house” to the number two shaft. There were three down through which you had to go past the engine house to the shaft – one – on the number one level – and two above the level on the incline I am not [illegible] acquainted with the shaft mining from the engine [illegible] room to the number two shaft. The direction of the blast appeared to me to come up the [illegible] airway behind the cabin.
Taken upon oath and acknowledgement
this 25th day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven
before me
W. Wymond Walkem
Coroner
James Malcolm – miner Nanaimo being duly sworn saith – I am a miner – and worked in the number three level south off the “new slope” I [illegible] the third of May last. I was working in the corner of a cross cut – the morning shift was from 6 a.m. to 2 P.M. I came up at 2 P.M. There were two men working near me inside or further in the level. I had then been working in the pit three months. I have been working as a miner five years. There was plenty of air in the place when I was working that day. I never came across any gas down there nor have I experienced any. I have heard of the presence of gas in the roof once in a while. I have no heard of any gas being in the shafts. The new slope was very dry