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opinion to offer as to the cause of the explosion and I have no theory of it either Taken upon oath and acknowledged on this the 26th day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight seven before me } W Wymond Walkem Coronier Robert Scott Overman Wellington being duly sworn saith: To Mr Ebert: I knew the late John Liam. I was one of the parties that found him. I found him at the bottom of the dump formed from the material [?lattern] out of the number two shaft which was being sunk below the level. A chinaman was lying near him. Mr Robins Mr McGregor Mr Frank Little Mr Brydon and myself went down the shaft at midnight on May 3rd. He went down to look at the fire. He went into the engine room first and then into the sinking shaft and there he found Liam and a Chinaman. Then in we went to number two south and thence to the air shaft to examine the fire. Then we went to the [?slath] and to the return airways to see if we could find any fire. We wished to see if it was safe to explore or not. We found no signs of fire expect that was the number two shaft. It was then even that it was safe to explore that portion. No more [?brachies] were examined that might [?] day at [?norm] I went down again. I went a short distance into the diagonal and then back and in number one north level a short [?picer]. The fire was burning pretty briskly and we tried to check it. On Thursday I went down again I had to attend to the fire. I went down short distance down diagonal and main slopes and about one hundred and fifty yards into the number one North level. I went down again in the night. The firemans shift had burned seven out of the thirty men when they had found in number one north. He too [?]