Chung Chi
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had originated between No.6 and No.4. on the top of that branch road off six. The reason for coming to that conclusion was this: in the first place, the forces had all radiated from there; that it had passed inward along the wall face towards [?]; the forces had passed and from that towards six and five, and it also passed down through six, blown a [stringer?] and there, and went in down the stall, blowing down hill. There were other indications also that it had blown down hill, another very strong reason, which I think is almost conclusive that it originated there is that outside of No 6, on the top of that Six branch, there was no gas [?] off, at least not in any quantity, nothing unusual, whereas just as the top of that branch Six, it was coming off in huge volumes as a result of the [squeeze?]; and that is where the cave occurred, also showing that the gas broke out there; the cave coming down naturally gave it freer access Q. Was it coming out in huge volumes prior to the explosion? A. No, this was subsequent to the explosion. Q. Was there any marked quantity of gas coming off in that stall prior to the explosion? A. Nothing unusual prior to the explosion any more than many other place. Q. How is the air [?] ? A. Good. it has to be good; it must be good and that is one very strong reason pointing to the origin of the explosion in that case; in fact it is conclusive as far as a thing can be conclusive. Q .In regard to the cause did you find any evidence? A. I couldn't say definitely but that lamp "a" there could have caused it. That glass could have been broken in several ways; it could have been hit with a pick or with a rock at the time of the cave; or it could have been