Wong Joon, sworn: -

The Corner:- What does he do in mine? A: [No sure?]

Q: Push box? A: I push box.

Mr. Potts: Whereabouts? A: On level, No 12. I push up still out of no. 5 and no. 6.

Did you fetch any box out of No. 6 stall on the afternoon of the explosion? A. Yes

Q: How long before the explosion? A: I pull once, one time I get away and bring one box to No 5 and then when I get up to the level the fire was on.

A: Then he was between No. 5 and No. 6 when the fire happened, when the explosion happened? A: Yes

Q: Which stall did the explosion come from?

A: I can’t tell

Q: Which does he think it came from? A; No, I can’t think of it

Q: How fare away was he from the entrance to No. 6 stall when the explosion occurred?

A; About the next stall, about No. 5.

Q: Did he have a safety lamp? A: Yes. I use a safety lamp.

Q: Did the safety lamp get blown out? A: Yes. The wind blow his out; the fire (flame) was out.

Q: Does he smoke? A: No. I no smoke

Q: Never smoked. A: Never smoke at all.

Q: Has he got any tobacco now? A: No.

Q: Has he ever seen those cigarettes? A: No. I don’t see them

Q: Does he know who they belong to?

A: I don’t know, maybe Chung Lung

Q: When did he last see these? A: I see them two days ago before the explosion

Q: Who had them then? A: I didn’t

Q: Chung Lung? A: I think it is Chung Lung

BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.