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| − | Q: From the position you found the chinaman lying in, what would you infer?
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| − | A: From the position he was lying in I would say that if anything he must have been knocked down before the cave in; it is possible.
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| − | Q: You think the cave occurred before the explosion?
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| − | A: No, I said the other thing just now. I said that probably he was knocked down before the cave.
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| − | Q: From the position the chinaman was lying in you infer that?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Have you found, since the explosion, anything which was a source of danger in the mine?
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| − | A: Yes. Q: What?
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| − | A: A large quantity of gas.
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| − | Q: Anything else which is contrary to the rules to be there?
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| − | A: I would like you to put that a little clearer.
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| − | Q: Have you found anything in the second south level contrary to the rules, to be there - any matches or explosives?
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| − | A: No.
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| − | Q: Pit lamps?
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| − | A: No.
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| − | Q: Were you present when some of these lamps were found?
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| − | A: This in one, "A".
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| − | Q: Do you know to whom that lamp belonged?
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| − | A: No.
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| − | Q: Have you any means of identifying the chinaman with the lamp?
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| − | A: No, I haven't.
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| − | Q: Every chinaman has a lamp, but you don't know which chinaman the lamp belongs to?
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| − | A: No.
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| − | Q: Do you know whether a pit lamp was found in the mine?
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| − | A: I heard there was one.
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| − | Q: Where?
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| − | A: At No. 6 switch, No. 2 south level.
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| − | Q: To whom did it belong?
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| − | A: I don't know, probably the driver.
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| − | Q: Isn't that in the same ventilating district as the 2nd south level?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Did you examine the miners' safety lamps before they went down?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Were they all securely locked?
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| − | A: All those that had to be locked.
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| − | Q: Can you give the jury any explanation as to the cause of the explosion with your knowledge from the examinations that you have made?
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| − | A: No, I can't. There is no doubt it is owing to a break in the roof but how it came to be lit up I couldn't say.
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| − | Q: Were these Chinese that were in the mine able to understand all the orders that you gave them.
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| − | A: Yes, those on my shift, but these were not on my shift.
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| − | Mr. Morgan:- Do yo examine every shot before it is fired, Mr. King?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: There were no shots fired without your consent that day?
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| − | A: That day, no.
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| − | Mr. Pooley:- You stated that the quantity of gas you found was a very small one?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: If it had been a large quantity of gas, would you have allowed the men to go down?
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| − | A: It just depends. Upon certain conditions I would.
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| − | Q: Was this mine in good working order?
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| − | A: Very good. Exceptionally good that day.
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| − | Q: Now you have not told us your view as to where the explosion started?
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| − | A: I have no doubt that it started in No. 6 branch stall.
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| − | Q: At the head of the branch off No. 6?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3
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| − | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.
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