Chung Chi
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A: That match-box and the cigarettes a little above it. I don't think they were more than a foot apart in No.5 stall, and about 30 yards from where these were found I think the explosion occurred. | A: That match-box and the cigarettes a little above it. I don't think they were more than a foot apart in No.5 stall, and about 30 yards from where these were found I think the explosion occurred. | ||
− | Q: | + | Q: How many Chinese were employed in the Second South level that day? |
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+ | A: 21. There was 4 pushers, one driver, 8 miners and 8 helpers. | ||
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+ | Q: Had these 8 miners certificates? | ||
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+ | A: Yes sir. | ||
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+ | Q: Are the 8 miners dead? | ||
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+ | A: That I can't tell. Some of them are not dead. I believe the man in No.8 is living. Nothing the matter with him, and I think there is one man from No.9 stall. | ||
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+ | Q: Were these Chinese able to understand English? | ||
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+ | A: Yes sir; able to understand me. | ||
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+ | Q: Understand all the orders you gave them? | ||
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+ | A: Yes. | ||
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+ | Q: Had they sufficient knowledge of the English language to understand the rules? | ||
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+ | A: Mr. Morgan tried them last month and found them able to understand the rules. | ||
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+ | Q: I am asking you? | ||
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+ | A: The were able to receive any instructions that I gave them. | ||
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+ | Q: And as to skill as miners? | ||
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+ | A: They were fairly good miners. I wouldn't say they were the best you could find. | ||
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+ | Q: Who is in charge of the station for the second south level? | ||
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+ | A: Sandy Gallespie that time. |
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Q: And your reason, amongst other things is the position of the body?
A: I think so.
Q: You consider that the explosion occurred in ?
A: In No.6 stall.
Q: Why?
A: Because the force seems to have radiated from both sides; the force of the explosion goes both ways from that point.
Q: Now as to that body; what position would a body be in the case of an ordinary explosion?
A: That is hard to say. You get them in all positions.
Q: What position would it be in the case of a cave in?
A: It just depends upon the position he was in when the cave in took place. This man was lying flat on his back with a stick of cordwood across his legs.
Q: Would that be the position you would expect to find the body in in the case of a cave in?
A: No, from the position he was in I would infer that he died before the cave in took place. There might have been a little dirt down to begin with, but not the cave that was there latterly.
Q: Did you make a careful examination of this second south level after the explosion?
A: No.
Q: Any matches?
A: Well, I seen a chinamen come down to get a man's watch in No.5 stall, and I seen matches taken out of the pocket of a coat in the place where "B" lamp was found.
Q: To whom did the coat belong?
A: It belonged to a man in No.5. I don't know the names. You have got them there.
Q: A chinaman?
A: Yes.
Q: Was he one of those killed?
A: There was one brought up dead and out of that place.
Q: Did you find anything else besides matches?
A: That match-box and the cigarettes a little above it. I don't think they were more than a foot apart in No.5 stall, and about 30 yards from where these were found I think the explosion occurred.
Q: How many Chinese were employed in the Second South level that day?
A: 21. There was 4 pushers, one driver, 8 miners and 8 helpers.
Q: Had these 8 miners certificates?
A: Yes sir.
Q: Are the 8 miners dead?
A: That I can't tell. Some of them are not dead. I believe the man in No.8 is living. Nothing the matter with him, and I think there is one man from No.9 stall.
Q: Were these Chinese able to understand English?
A: Yes sir; able to understand me.
Q: Understand all the orders you gave them?
A: Yes.
Q: Had they sufficient knowledge of the English language to understand the rules?
A: Mr. Morgan tried them last month and found them able to understand the rules.
Q: I am asking you?
A: The were able to receive any instructions that I gave them.
Q: And as to skill as miners?
A: They were fairly good miners. I wouldn't say they were the best you could find.
Q: Who is in charge of the station for the second south level?
A: Sandy Gallespie that time.