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For Sure Results Try Our Want Ad Column Customs Assayer and Chemist OMce: Room 2, Post Office Block, Timmins Samples may be left at Gordon‘s Drug Store Timmins, Marshallâ€"Ecclestone Hardâ€" ware, â€" Schumacher. Samples by mail promptly attended to. House Phone 757â€"J, Schumacher 14 Wilson Avenue We Buy and Sell, all Kinds of CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Officeâ€"Room 10, Reed Block Phone 640 P.O. Box 1591, Timmins, Ont. New and Secondâ€"Hand Furniture, Stoves, Etc. Thursday, May 31st, 1928 Geo. C. Murphy SAM MARTIN «1P PBAAA LAAA LAAA LCA LAAA Aâ€"ALACâ€"Lâ€"IC LCA PA tsA l L L P P P â€"AP PPA P Timmins Let us Machineâ€"Sand your Hardâ€" wood Floor TIMMINS Telephone 375â€"J. Goods. Head Office Factorics _ New Liskeard â€"50â€"1 p. tf Judge Godson Lays Blame for Disaster at Hollinger Upon "Lack of Coâ€"ordination in the Organization." â€" Comâ€" missioner Speaks Highly of the Spirit of the People of the North. Second Report to Deal With Recommendaâ€" tions to Assure Greater Safety. First Report of Findings of the Royal Commission The report of Hon. T. E. Godson on his Royal Commission onqmr\ into the Hollinger Mine disaster of Feb. 10th, and the 39 deaths occurring, was made public at Toronto last Wednesâ€" day. The report was given out by Hon. Chas. MeCrea, ~Minister â€" of Mines, who made no comment. As soon as the report was issued the atâ€" torneyâ€"general‘s department was querâ€" ied as to what action would be taken in the matter, Hon. Mr. Price stating Judge Godson is on a week‘s holiday after a very strenuous time with the work of the mining cases coming beâ€" fore him. â€" His second and final report for the Roval Commussion of engury will be completed on his return and it is expected to be ready at a comâ€" * * paratively early date. in the that t The first report of the commission is infinitely less tiring when cabinets and closets of the kind we design and manufacâ€" ture are part of the kitchen equipment. With everything convenient and within easy reach, many steps are saved in the course of a day, and much energy conserved. We can install these labour and time saving improvements at small cost to yvou. WORK IN THE KITCHEN Pine St. Scuth Ontario ‘*Dry thawâ€"house letu\e in its parts and in its substance,"‘ Justice Godson finds, ‘* was of an inflammable nature, and as such an apparent fire hazard. Its proper disposition, therefore, was of the utmost importance as a meas ure of protection against the oceurâ€" rence of fire. *There was an omission on the part of the General Manager in not inquirâ€" ing or knowing how and where such inflammable matter was being placed. just issued deals with the causes 0 the fire and the placing of the respon sibility for the same. ©The lack of coâ€"ordination in th organization of the company resulte in a disjointed system of contro thereby _ permitting _ the imprope dumping of thawâ€"house refuse n emnty stopes where there was no ceon current act of bae«Nilling or coverâ€" ing,"‘ says the report. ‘‘The general manager and the asâ€" sistant (rvnmal manager cannot disâ€" sociate themselves from responsibility for then' own organization; and in my opinion, the lt'al)()llsfl)lht\ of a general manager and assistant generâ€" al manager is not limited in extent or time where it concerns ithe safety or protection of the workmen or others under them."‘ The report then records that one: method of disposing of tha\v-housvi refuse is by sending it to the surface and burning it under mine boilers, but that this practice had been stopped at he Hollinger on account of minor exâ€" plosions occurring, presumably from | detonators or dynamite which had lw-! come mixed with the refuse. _ By a| decision of the General ent and the Mine .Swperintfimlm‘xt,t made in 1923 or thereabouts, two opâ€" tions for disposal had been given. One was ‘‘through the current waste pass"‘â€"‘‘a reasonably safe method of disposal.‘‘* The second option was "«direct to stopes which were being backifilled."" This method, without complete dilution or mixing of the refuse with waste,"‘ the report says, ‘‘imported danger. A duty was therefore imâ€" posed upon the General Superinten<dâ€" ent and Mine Superintendent to keep themselves informed if this preseribâ€" ed manner of disposal was being proâ€" perly and safely earried out. In this duty they failed."" A thirg means of disposal was by ‘‘dumpinge of thawâ€"house refuse in empty stopes where backfilling was not being done.‘‘* Tie dangerous and hazardous plan, the report says, "*seems to have been adopted without orders from the General Superintendâ€" ent or the Mine Superintendent.‘"‘ From a system of permissible dilution the practice became one of ‘*‘complete segregation of inflammable rubbish.‘‘ Officials who issued orders pertaining to the methods and practices to be carried out ‘‘failed to keep themselves informed if such practices _ and methods were being maintained.‘‘ ©The Assistant (General Manager was remiss in not personally satisfyâ€" ing himself that thawâ€"house refuse was being disposed of through the central waste pass, or by other proâ€" per method, diluted or mixed with waste rock and other material, as he had ‘been informed was the practice f (the company with respect thereâ€" * * Verbal orders the report adds, were given where written orders were adâ€" visable in order to fix responsibility and as a precautionary measure. failure to issue written orders respectinge the method of disposal of thawâ€"house refuse as determined by the General Superintendent and Mine THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO the CGeneral Superintendent and Mine Superintendent, and the absence of any complete record prior to April, 1927, of stopes in process of being backfilled, were contributing causes of the fire. Judge Godson finds that thawâ€"house refuse was being placed in Stope 55A for two and a half years prior to the fire; that this stope had not been backfilled since April, 1927; and that this condition prevailed during the year 1926 or earlier. He says that the workmen who plced it there, and those who saw it or knew of it being placed, were intelligent practical minâ€" ers, capable of appreciating the danâ€" ger of the practice and owed it as a duty to their fellow workmen to reâ€" port the fact to the Safety Inspector, their superior oflicer, or the Governâ€" ment Mine Inspector. In this regard the report says:â€" ‘*The General Superintendent, the Production _ Superintendent, _ Transportation Foremen under him later the Superintendent of trans portation, transportation bosses, and company Safety Inspector knew o should havre known that thawâ€"hous: refuse was not being thoroughly mixed with or completely coverted by rock, sand or gravel and therefore it recd *1 y instruel, 10 inqt?lre,. i0 vented cohesion and let in an manner, silently grewâ€"into a 1 system, or aecepted policy, ecoâ€"ordination in the the company resulted system of eontro! ting _ the â€" improper awâ€"house â€"refuse in ere there was no conâ€" backfilling or coverâ€" )'lll(’( nt generâ€" extent of safety ot or others oft The report gives a number of ‘‘aceuâ€" mulated cireumstances‘‘ which are deemed responsible for this * security of mind‘‘ upon the part of both the management and the men who **plaeâ€" ed the waste, or saw it being placed, without complaint,""‘ and then adds: ‘""It was not a negleet of a condition that was realized, but an omission to realize a condition."‘ Continuing, the report says:â€"‘ The mspe('tm' of mines of the Por cupmo mining division did make inquir¢ as to how thawâ€"house refuse‘ was being disposed of, and upon being dssllled by then Hollinger safety inspector that such refuse was beingâ€" sent through the central waste pass, lus mind was satisfied and the inquiry ended. The answer from the standpoint of safety was a satisfactory one, and reassuring to the inspector. The inâ€" spector, however, did not examine inâ€" to ithe ‘state and condition of the mine‘ respecting the disposal of a dangerous material, such as thaw nse mm on mm e on m mm mm m ( en snn ce mm n en pme: emmmnam mm e um en |\ In the Matter of the Estate of Elizaâ€" % beth H. McChesney. | All persons having ciaims against the Estate of Elizabeth H. MeChesâ€" ne\, late of the Town of Timmins, in the District of Cochrane, married woâ€" 'man, deceased, who died on or about the 14th day of August, 1926, are hereby notified to qend in to tm unâ€" dersigned solicitor for Samuel Mecâ€" Chesney, the executor of the said Estate, on or before the 17th dd\' of June, 1928, full particulars of their claims duly verified by statutory deâ€" claration. Immediately after the last mentioned date the said executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the estate, having regard only to the claims as he \\'1]1 tlien have notice. omm cmmmumes as thereby creating a condition which made possible the fire in question."‘ The report states that from the general manager down the seale of the organization to the no one thought of a fire underground. All minds were *‘‘dblivious to the fact" that thawâ€"house refuse, being highly inflammable, was therefore a dangerâ€" ous substance when left underground. TO CREDITORS Marshallâ€"BEeclestone â€" Buildin mins, Ontario. _ Solicitor for cutor,. Dated at Timmins this 15th May, 1928. The Greatest Charm Arch. Gillies, B.A.Sc.,0.L.9. Civil Engineer Ontario Land Surveyor Building Plans, Estimates, Etc P.O. Bldg. Timmins Phone 362 14 Cedar St. N. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ESTIMATES Why Not Buy Your Soft Drinks made with the best Spring water of Northern Ontario? SPRING WATER BOTTLING WORKS Jos. 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An examination of the mine with references to this material would have shown the safety inspector‘s statement â€" was partially, but not wholly, true, as the fact was that thawâ€"house refuse was being sent only at times through the contral waste pass, more frequently to stopes where backfilling was in process, or had beenâ€"definitely suspended."‘ It was not forgetfulness or the part. of the Mine Inspector but pasâ€" sivity, the report says. **‘An assurâ€" ancee had been given and accepted. t ended there."‘* Nor was it a wilful misstatement of a faet on the part of the Safety Inspector, but ‘*a reply given in ignorance of a fact that it was his, the Safety Inspector‘s duty to know."" pellation â€" and purpose states, **should be satis what he actually knows not with what he is told should be thorough, po inquiring mind, and eter With these attributes, h impress upon (as the t3 a mine organization a that the spirit of the : the Mining Act must b closely abserved. The 1 Mines is imipotent in it if it cannot rely upon their â€" several responsil the Mining A¢t must be stmelly and closely abserved. The Department of Mines is imipotent in its effectiveness if it cannot rely upon its offiecals their â€" several responsible <~positions. The department had a right to assume that its Inspector would inspect in the full sense of the term and as interpretâ€" ed by the language and the essence of the regualtions of the Mining Act.‘"‘ Judge Godson pointed out that the evidence given at the enquiry was chiefly by workmen and officials now or formerly in the employ of the Holâ€" linger Mine. «*Quietly and witth dlomt\, ‘ the report says, *‘ they told what they knew. There was hesitaâ€" tion through diffidence, lbut restraint through fear was not manifest or adâ€" mitted. As witness followed witness until the research was exhausted, the paramount note of their evidence was : ‘We did not think of fire; at never entered our minds.‘ Men with uniâ€" versity degrees, skilled in their proâ€" fession, practiced in its applici Ltlon, workmen experienced and tried in unâ€" derground mining, gave no thought or heed to the possibility of fire arising from the manner and method of the practiced disposal of thawâ€"house reâ€" fuse; in the subsequent light of what occurred, a. seemingly extraordinary admission, but, viewed in the atmosâ€" phere of their environment, a state of mind that can be understood." In reference to the measures for increased production, the report says: ‘*Those of the q)ublio unfamiliar with the industry of mining with its many pressing geological, mvmllm'trlcal and economical plObl{‘flll.b, and without a conception of the vastness or physical interior of this the largest gold muie on the continent, must necessarily fail in forming a sound opinion of the deâ€" eree of responsibility for the cause of the fire. ©Those who guided the activities of the mine, and those who gave their services, one and all testified to a beâ€" lief in a state of physical security. This outstanding fact must be based upon some common reason, and. canâ€" not be lightly dismissed in measuring the degree of negleet or responsibility for what occurred I have given reaâ€" sons why this state of mind prevailed, and if the suppositions which I adâ€" vance are tenable, the omission can be said to be a neglect of a condition that became obseured ; Tost track of in the concentrated effort for increased production which the directors, as a body of business men, properly sought if the mine lent itself to it, and which the shareholders would have a right to expecit. "©The evidence does not indicate, nor do I find, that a recognized danâ€" ger was carelessly cast aside in order to achieve major production. It was thought the material was being safely. placed. If so, the omission was to know that it had been so placed. ' "There was a dependence by the management upon officials under them, and these officials upon the workmen, but no one saw to it that the chain of. continuity of action was complete. _ ‘©By the men who placed the waste or saw it being placed without comâ€" plaint; the habitual use of oilskins as protection against wet induced a placid state of mind, a reliance upon the judgment of experienced officials over them; the stope itself with its dripping walls not being cumbustible, presented the security of an incinerâ€" ator, and, finally, familiarity with powder fumes."" ‘"I am deeply impressed with the magnitude of the responsibility the management has in the conduct of this mine.. It employs approximately 2,500 men, of whom 1,540 work unâ€" derground; 89 bosses direct the workâ€" men under them; there are 100 miles of drifting and crosscutting; 8 miles of raises and shafts. The water pumped from the mine amounts to 835,000 gallons a day; there were 370,000 tons of waste rock put back in stopes last year, and 306,600 tons of sand and gravel were placed in worked out stopes between May and November of 1927." origin stant) y naZar(d / the thay need for tection : TrFOn ©1 ducti0 The v ery aplly to the Hlolin taking and a to the Hlolinger as *‘*a taking and a tribute t« ment that brought it o dling clothes in 1912, to tion of properties with i duction of over 6000 t The report while set origin as undetermine stantlvy forward *‘the n Inspector, (€ should | actually what he On r of 1927 iptly the . perties with its over 6000 tor ort while setti undetermined, rward ‘"‘the : n the inflamma rouse refuse, and the gre s proper disposition if pt ainst fires is to be assurt tinued on Next Page) justat y e,"‘the dAGl ind ally vigilan will at one it should be d employe gulations 0 stmetly an epartment c effectivenes s presen! ]m;- ms a day.‘ | J ting down thez p 1, keeps conâ€" | > apparent a able nature of| p and the great osition if proâ€" to be assured. not indicate, S81O0net ipparent ble natu tv undet of at rilant t on 11 apâ€" port wit h 1PE 11 aCt, He o+ ind of \â€"_The Continental Limited, Trains \Nos. 1 and 2, between Montreal and \ Vancouver, daily, operating through sleeper between Cochrane and Toronâ€" to. 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