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Chung Chi

As part of the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative, we’ve digitized a small selection of inquests and inquiries from 1872 to 1934, found in series GR-0431. These were chosen to reflect the experiences of early Chinese immigrants to B.C. – their living and working conditions, and their unfortunate accidental or unusual deaths.   They range from a woman working in a brothel in Barkerville who died of natural causes to three sawmill workers who died from malnutrition. Learn more.

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BC Archives GR-0431

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them able to understand the rules

J: I am asking you? A: They were able to receive any instructions that I gave them

J: and as to [skill?] as miners? A: They were fairly good miners. I wouldn't say they were the best you could find

J: Who is in charge of the station for the second South level? A: Sandy [Selespie?] that time.

J: Were pit lamps used in any other portion of the mine? A: In No 4 [Incline?], naked lights were used

J: What was the condition of the mine the day of the explosion. wet or dry? A: It was wet around that section.

[Mr. Pauley?] are both those lamps "a" & "c" locked, or were they locked when found? A: They were both locked when found

Was that hole in the roof that was referred to by Mr. Potts, there before or after the explosion? Was that big hole there before or after the explosion? a: Well, the one that he mentioned about the gas being in & [repainted?] in the [repaint?] book, was there before the explosion.

J: How big a hole was that? A: Probably about four feet-wide & maybe [?] and a half to 3 feet high.

J: In a dangerous place? A: No.

J: The roof after the explosion was about 25 feet high? A: Yes but not in the same place.

Mr. Hall :- Were those 7 Chinese burnt sometime ago, burnt on this same level? A: What do you mean about "some time ago"?

J: About six months ago? A: I couldn't tell.

Mr. Matthews:- They were burnt on the north side.

Mr. Hall:- Are you altogether sure that that hole was four feet wide? A: [?] [?] there today [?] be seen, and it is no higher now than it was then.

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

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