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| − | Q: Was he a chinaman?
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| − | A: A chinaman.
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| − | Q: Have you any reason to give the Jury why you think that explosion occurred in No. 6?
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| − | A: By the indications of the timbers. By the inside of No. 6 where the cogs were blown in the way and on the outside they were blown out of the way.
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| − | Q: Did you see the chinaman that was taken from under the cave in?
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| − | A: No, I came out at three o'clock that day.
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| − | Q: Can you give it as your opinion that the explosion occurred before or after the cave in?
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| − | A: Well I don't know; I couldn't state that.
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| − | Q: What course did you adopt to dispel the gas in the second south level when you found gas there?
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| − | A: Well, I made the Chinaman fill up the hole.
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| − | Q: What was the condition of the air course in the second south level?
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| − | A: Exceptionally good.
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| − | Q: Was the ventilation adequate for the miners?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: How many Chinese were working on your shift that day?
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| − | A: There were 21 on the 2nd. south level.
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| − | Q: Were those Chinese competent miners; those who held miners' certificates?
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| − | A: Yes, I guess they were; they generally did what they were told.
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| − | Q: Were they able to understand all the orders you gave them?
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| − | A: Yes, sir.
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| − | Q: Do you think they were sufficiently conversant with the coal mine's Regulation Act and the Special Rules to render their employment as miners safe?
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| − | A: I don't know.
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| − | Q: Would you think they were? Do you consider the Chinese miners were sufficiently conversant with the English language, and the Rules, to render their employment safe?
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| − | A: Yes, I consider they were safe.
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| − | Q: Have you detected them at any time smoking?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: Lighting matches?
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| − | A: No.
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| − | Q: How did they get the light for their pipes, or cigarettes, which was it?
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| − | A: Cigarette.
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| − | Q: Had you seen any Chinese smoking on the 15th?
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| − | A: No, sir.
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| − | Q: When was the last occasion that you saw any Chinese smoking in the mine?
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| − | A: About 2 days before.
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| − | Q: What did you do?
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| − | A: I sent them home.
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| − | Q: Was he working again on the 15th?
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| − | A: No, sir; he never came back?
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| − | Q: That is the course you adopt?
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| − | A: Yes.
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| − | Q: How did they light their cigarettes?
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| − | A: I never caught them lighting any.
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| − | Mr. Morgan:- Did you examine all the lamps that afternoon?
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| − | A: Mr. King examined them.
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| − | Q: Did you examine all these shots before they were fired?
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| − | A: I fired all the shots.
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| − | Q: How many?
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| − | A: Five.
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| − | Q: And you examined them before you fired them?
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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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