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â€" #qffldh\'e ~shown at| W hite referred to a rumeur that one once,"" Mr. White. ‘In reply to| of the stopes being backfilled had Mr. White, witness said that the shift| dropped fifty feet recently. ‘bosses turn inâ€"slips to show require» ‘"‘Not that I know of,‘‘ replied Mr. . ments in po;. d%: for next day. ‘‘So| Emery. He had not heard, of it and ritten: orders?‘‘ was did not think it had happened. ‘‘Will "s Whn as. he held a ) you make enquiries?!!! asked. Mr. : couple of the % in his bhand. At( White. ‘"I certainly will.‘‘ . Mr. â€" this point Mr. White and Mr. Slaght| Emery denied that bhe had made a seemed to be searching for a suitable statement to the jury when they were name for the plate orâ€" form showing inspecting the mine regarding the the list of officials from the general| time: when the refuse was dumped in manager‘,down to the shift . bosses. the stope. "It was a surprise to me s4(ik _ aall % a familyv tree.‘‘ com.| to see it there. I did not know it.‘‘ ments in powder for next day.. ‘‘So ‘there are somesywritten orders?‘‘ was Mr.. White‘s‘question; as. he cheld a couple of the sglips in his hand, At this point Mr. White and Mr. Slaght seemed to be searching for a suitable w y MaLr VÂ¥ A4 ® "*Ob, cfl it a famx.ly tree,” "comâ€" mented Juryman M¢éQuarrie.: Quesâ€" ‘honed as to the matter of the dumpâ€" ing of the pewder thaw . waste, Mr. Emery said that it did not appear to be a matter of very ‘great importance at the time. He never came in conâ€" tact with it and had never believed it possible that a fire should cause loss of life, ‘*We know more now than before,"" he said, addmo' that he had never had any experience with underâ€" - > for a time if there were a‘fire. Mr. P - Emery pointed out that it was imposâ€" ige one.) #ible for him to see to all the details ilure to carry| of every part of the work. Mr. ave shown at| White réferred to a rumeur that one . ‘In reply to| of the stopes being backfilled had ‘that the shift| dropped down fifty feet recently. fdr'a’ time if there were a‘ fire. Mr. said the witness.. ‘‘Was it ever called to your attention that the powâ€" der house waste was not being properâ€" ly mixed with current rock?‘‘ asked Foreman Asselstine. "*It was not,‘‘ said Mr. Emery. Knox, assistant general manaâ€" ger, corroborated Mr. Brigham‘s eviâ€" denee as to the duties of officers, etc. He thought that it seemed all right toâ€" dispose of theâ€" powder house waste in dn e ie 4 e EC {;‘3?:' J>:% 1a F995 m Eons oo mo odâ€" as Hollinger sysâ€" "It Ifm‘ted”’” mdlfr.’mnbe, who for information. as: to who was responmblb for ‘the failure to carry out orders. Mr. Knox sa that the orders went from. Emery to the foremen, from the foremen to. the shift bosses, and the abuse of the system had. apparently made it: noâ€" body‘s business to see. that m:derti1 ! were carried out. . *"*Can yoi con ceive of the same in any other order?‘‘ asked Mr. White, ‘‘*‘if folâ€" lowed up it would ‘be easy to, see*and. easy to stop?‘‘ â€" ‘*‘Yes.‘" â€" Juryman MceQuarrie said:â€"‘**Of course, ‘we know that you were not aware of the: way the waste was: dumped, but do you accept your share of the general respons.lbllxty?” ‘*Certainly,‘‘ reâ€" plied Mr. Knox. Mr. C. G. «Williams, general superâ€" intendent since 1920, said that the thaw house waste had ‘been disposed of under the boilers until 1924. The new plan was to mix it with eurrent waste. This seemed a safe plan. "‘How do you account far the fact ‘he did # : «t . t s o o is i e is t t s n t ) system,, Mrs. ‘Williams. | said:â€"‘"Theâ€" responsibility is on. the: person. ixmno-! diately in charge and then I suppose kicks back to mex‘ ‘‘Why not give it another push, back to the general manngr,,” suggested Mr. White,. who said that. would plgcee the: responsibilâ€" ity from the switchman to the general manager, _ Mr. McQuarrie put the question he had given: to Messrs. Brigâ€" ham and. Knox, and when Mr. Wilâ€" liams, replied that he bhad. just admitâ€" ted ‘the general responsibility, the juryman said, ‘‘That makes three of them I‘ve got.‘‘ ' a #% that the orders were not carried out,‘‘ Mr., White atked, ‘and â€"Mr. Williams replied, ‘‘*Well, it was. like a lot of other things ; it started. all right, went so" and then slipped.‘ . Continuâ€" ing Mr. Williams went on to explain that Capt. Curtis said hbe looked. after it while he was there, but after that from the evidence it would appear that no one took responsibility. Asked as to where he would place the resâ€" ponsibility for _ the slippigg og f "fixe Lohc oftndustert At this point the jury retivred for twenty minutes, and on their return Mr. White said the jury was ready to consider their verdict. Mr. White referred to one man whom he underâ€" stood had stated he could give inforâ€" mation recarding a stope where there had been considerable subsidence The man was not present, but the coroner suggested that perhaps someâ€" body from the Hollinger could give the information. â€" Accordingly, Mr. A. N: Young was called. Mr. Young, i s a ~ ue 31 in .( nc Oe hh 00. . C 1 OEA ME . s 0 iAE P m c nds S ue N S Lt 10â€" C who is assistant mine superintendent, said that he: knew af no stope: that had dropped. ‘Wnen stope 88 was named by Mr.â€"White, the witness reâ€" plied that there had ‘been a subsidence in that stope a year ago but none since the fire, He had been through â€"‘**Don‘t you think there should; be: some concerted survey work!", Mr. White asked, and Mr. Young.repilied: ‘""I have been to all of them:â€"and there is nothing exposed.‘‘~> Mr. Young thought the mine was safe in the matter, and he outlined ‘the <precau» tions taken in regard to danger in drawing the stopes.. There was water above and below while the drawing of stopes was going on. . There were also watchmen above and below. They were ready at any time to turn on tlie water in wase fire should; break out. Mr. Young, in reply to Juryman Meâ€" Quarrie, said there was no comnection: «between 55A and 84 stope, and soâ€"the i)Pt'ter _could: have no. bearing: on‘ the. E matter. Inâ€"reply to Mr. White, Mr. Young said he was satisfied that the mine was reasonably safe now so far as powder waste was concerned.. He did not know if a survey had been ’ made of the stopes since the fire.. ‘*I can give informationâ€"in regard to that,"‘‘ said Mr. Slaght. t ‘here as a matter of courâ€" tesy‘‘ Mr. Slaght explaimed, counsel not ‘having : standing at an ‘inquest. He "went" ont to explain that shortly after the fire and.after the jury Jhad linspected the mine, Mr. Emery had Mr. Young said:â€"‘*We haveâ€"a list of the places where the powder house waste was supposed to ‘be dumped, and we have inspected them.‘‘ there four or five days ago and it was all right then. (Mr. Young ‘said they had started to pull 53 stope west of 11 and had found that in the 200 tons of material drawn there was . only about half a bushel of powder house waste. More would be pulled on Sun: day he said. } â€"ctWhat the jury wants to know," said Mr. White, "is whether the mine is safe or not. 51 ‘+I have the greatest confidence in the: competency and effic the @orernment mining said Nf:. Slaght, "Bbut I want to point that. should be loqked d. In eoâ€"operâ€" ation with the mine inspectors they had made a thnrongh ‘insflbetion of every place where rubbish might be collected. Mr.: Slaght also suggested that, the mine inspecters visited the mines regularly, and he had the fullâ€" est confidence in them. He suggestâ€" ed, that perhaps, the jury might care -!xp;_hgu~ evidence from the inspectors. offt in fairness : Mt. White said that the jury after disenssing the matter had not asked for any evidence from the inspectors. The 'c()u:firoom‘was then cleared to allow the jury to confer in regard to their verdict. 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