I felt the rush I exclaimed “My God! Boys! What is raining on usnow?” I then ran or jumped out of the cabin. I have no memory of the explosion after that. I was a sinker and I worked principally about the shaft. I was once down the main shlop. I knew the deceased John Lim. I worked with him. He was a sinker. At the time of the explosion J Lim W Davis W Craven and F Matthison were with me in the cabin – we were having supper – I do not remember when Lim went out of the cabin. Ah that time I was in the employ of the Vancouver Coal Company ten months – and all of that time I was working in the neighbourhood of the No 2 Shaft – My shift was 2 P.M. until 10 P.M. There was good air when we were working. Sometimes we could not keep our lights burning from the strong current of air in the upcast. There was always plenty of air in the place in which I was working. About twice a week I was on top in the [illegible ] of where we were working – The fan was always kept running into storm drain occasionally where we were firing shots at the bottom of the shaft. The “storm drain” would last about ten or fifteen minutes. We had fired our shots that day – the morning shift had fired shots before we went there. Drake 2 C – The cabin is about fifteen yards from the fork