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7 Goldfields Theatre Qldg. in .. Hours 10 to 12 am. _ 2 to 5 p.m. 7 to 9 p.m. PHONE 607 Thprsday, March 8th, 19 Every Night is Ladies‘ Night King‘s Amusement Parlours More women are bowlâ€" ing toâ€"day than ever. Some bowl for the thnll some for health, and others for reducing exercise. Bowling ansâ€" wers the purposes of all '-Eol C uY Ts l o 40â€"3m Large NumberXof Witnesses Examined at Enquiry Here > the Disaster at the Hollinger Mine sions Here Each Day Last Week. z Many Witnesses. Royal Commission in Continued Its Evidence Given Last week The Advance‘s report Of [. the Royal Commission sitting here to enquire into the recent disaster at the Hollinger Mine closed with the exaâ€" mination of Mr. Mackenzie, an emâ€" ployee of the Paymaster, but formerâ€" ly an organizer here for the . W.W., and now with the O.B.U. Mr. Maceâ€" kenzie had left the impression with the commissioner, His Honour J udge T. E. Godson, that he (Mackenzie) had tried to discuss dangers at the mine with Mr. Geo. E. Cole, mining inspector, but the latter had xeplied that it was ‘‘out of his jurisdiction,‘‘ according to Mackenzie. His Lordship thought this a ridiculous reply for the mining inspector to make, and he could not understand the official sayâ€"| ing such a thing. Accordingly, His‘ Lordship questioned Mr. Mackenzie as to details, and it developed that at an inquest Mr. Mackenzie had risen and addressed Mr. Cole, asking to be allowed to ask some questions. Mr. Cole had rightly pointed out that he had no jurisdiction in the matter in the court and directed Mr. Mackenzie to the coroner in charge. ‘"‘I am sorâ€" ry,"‘ said His Lordship to Mackenzie, "that you misled me. I do not want to be misled, and it was not fair ul you to leave such a wrong impresâ€" sion.‘‘ The witness said he was sorâ€" ry if he had left a wrong impression as he had not intended to do so. Witâ€" ness was in some clashes with Mr. Slaght, counsel for the Hollinger, and h o0 Mn ie use \ o Dldgub, MR _ Nee 0 t tw onl e * n L0E Cc 200 1019 1 0) ut CS CS F also aroused some comment from Mr. Peter White, K.C., the commission counsel. At the conclusion of his evidence, His Lordship gave Mr. Macâ€" kenzie some good advice. He told him that while he had been fair in his evidence in great part, there wese times when he allowed his temper to éâ€"(at;“-{he upper hand. **You want to give that active mind of yours a sedaâ€" tive,‘‘ His Lordship commented. UA V Cg alfualie ied â€" lt M M\ EOeA mt ie 0 0 5 NC 0.i 10 0 0 B 9. 5.0 01 B n B ig 4 Norman Johns, transportation boss,! told of rubbish having been dumped into 55A up to the time of the fire. He told Mr. White that the place seemed all right and he had not foreâ€" seen any danger. He had not disâ€" cussed the question with others, but followed â€" routine. _ Carsâ€" could be pushed only fifty or sixty feet in the stope and then the man could get inâ€" side and throw the rubbish down farâ€" ther. Wasyl. Duchuk, a switchman, said that for s¢@:teen months he had dumpâ€" ed rubbish into stope 55A. W. Leâ€" blane had told him where to dump the stuff. â€" He had shovelled sawdust from the car into the stope. He had been! too busy to look into the stope and size things up much, he told Mr. White. To His Lordship the witness said he had not dumped rubbish into other stopes. _ Sometimes he thought this dumping of rubbish might be dangerâ€" ous but he had said nothing to anyâ€" body because he did not feel it was _any of his business. Dick Guidice said that in accordâ€" ence with orders he had dumped rubâ€" bish into 55A. He did not think it would cateh fire and had not considerâ€" ed it a menace. F. Poulin, timber boss, told the | court that raises and manways were available for the men to get out of the mine if they knew how to get to | them. In reply to His Lordship he agreed that it was largely a matter of luck. He told of the work he bad taken in with the rescue crew after the disaster. He said that he had found four bodies at one time and thirteen at another. _ He had worked without a mask, but protected at the mouth by a bunch of cotton. told Mr. White that he thought men equipped with the Toronto Consumâ€" ers‘ Gas Co. apparatus could have done good work. He thought it might‘ help in future if such equipment was available, but considered that this was a matter for the management. _ He said that broken timbers were placed in cars and sent up to surface. A cleanâ€"up crew onder Paul Richer had charge of this work which was supâ€" posed to be done every night. ~# Leonard Bound, shift boss, agreed with the evidence of Mr. Poulin, say: ing that he had followed this method when he was transportation boss unâ€" der Capt. Pond, Mr. Bound thought boss, agreed the dumping of waste r if mixed with ‘‘backiill. 1i â€" MAAA CAAA _ TY AEAR o ie S C n 0 2+ David Moffatt, formerly at the Holâ€"| linger, but now running a farm in Mountjoy _ township, declared â€"that quite a bit of eull timber had been dumped in one of the stopes when he was at the mine. He said that he had not given any serious thought to the matter of the waste from the powder house, and he had dumped this waste in different stopes, though not in 55A. He had heard of rubbish being dumpâ€" ed in the mine for considerable time, but thought it was every man to his own work. He had not reported the matter, but when the fire had oceurâ€" red it came to his‘mind at onee that it would be from stope 55A. Â¥ XZ LEA Tt Cns _ 2 ols F James Canning told the commission of the resolution passed at an I.W.W. meeting in March, 1925, dealing with conditions in ithe stopes. The resoluâ€" tion referred to eonditions as injutiâ€" ous to health and dangerous for fire. To Mr. Slaght he agreed that the reâ€" solution chiefly dealt or conceyned toilet boxes and old timbers. Brief evidence was also given by Messrs Roscoc, MceLaren and Mittanâ€" P en e s o s o td h 0 0) Neb sible a cireular letter asserted to have been signed by Mr. Brigham and isâ€" sued in the summer of 1926. _ This cireular letter, it is suggested, dealt with the disposal of rubbish at the mine. â€" Mr. Slaght also promised to enquire if there were any written reâ€" ports on file from the safety engineer. Thursdav‘s session was taken up Thursday‘s session was taken up with the examination of George Craig, safety engineer, and Richard Delahunt foreman of the production. departâ€" ment in levels down to 2,000 feet. Both the counsel, Mr. White, and the commissioner, Judge Godson, expressâ€" ed dissatisfaction with the answers of these two witnesses as not frank enough nor backed by as complete a knowledge and responsibility as deâ€" sired. R. in answer to Mr. White said he had been three at Queen‘s University. He said he gives orders to the transportation bosses and is responsible to Mr. Dougherty for efficient transportation work. Ift was necessary to move the waste from the powder thaw house on the 550 level and he thought that it was taken out by the motor crews and dumped in stopes where backâ€"filling was in progress. He did not rememâ€" ber having made enquiry, and thought the rubbish was being dumped in the usual way. He said he did not know exactly where it had been going. They were given different stopes on differâ€" d u: â€"Af\n17 y Vi V 61'\.«15 Te B UR o e ced en o 222 000. k ent levels in which to dump mine rock, and he agreed that it was his business to keep in touch with this work, of which a record was kept daily. There was no record of the thaw house waste. He would know from the reâ€" cords when no backâ€"filling was goi?g Mr. Slaght agreeda to secure if posâ€" Ee not dangerous * % Geo. Craig told the commussioner that he did not know that stope 55A, where the fatal fire occurred, was an. empty stope. He said it had not been worked while he was there. _ Asked by My. White if he had not made enâ€" quiries as to what was done with the powder house waste, he said that the Hollinger was a big mine and he had a lot to look after and the matter of the waste got away from him. Witâ€" ness said he had been safety inspecâ€" tor since 1926. His duties were to record accidents and to take any steps i V V AZ OW EC C LCC he could to prevent accidents. _ He made inspections of the mine and sometimes accompanied the mining inspector on his inspection. In a mine like the Hollinger where it was damp, tne question _ of fire hazard was not as much in the forefront as it would ‘be elsewhere, he told Mr. White. He said he was conversant with the provisions of the Mining Act which prohibited the storâ€" 4 l (p! 9 EOJA have reported it to V. H. Emery, the mine superintendent. . Apart from fuses and detonators, the powder house waste was as dangerous as anyâ€" thing going into the mine. He had made no enquiry regarding the disposâ€" al of the thaw house waste, he repeatâ€" ed, adding that Tom Lark, the previâ€" ous occupant of his place, told him that to inspect the powder magazine daily and see that the temperature there is kept right was about as far as that part of his job was concerned. Mr. White suggested that neither Craig _nor Lark could have taken their duâ€" ties seriously enough. Witness said he took it seriously, especially in reâ€" gard to the powder magazine. . He said he had believed that the thaw house waste was going in with the backâ€"filling. _ The only information he got on the job was from Lark who accompanied him for a couple of days when he started. If he found a man not carrying out instructions regardâ€" ing safety measures, the witness said he took the matter up with the foreâ€" man concerned. On oceasion men had been discharged for disregard of safeâ€"