MOUNT KEMBLA INQUIRY
AN INSPECTOR'S THEORY
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Sept. 12. ’I lie Inspector of Collerics has formed two theories, one that a fall of stono dislodged the gas, and tho other that Morris ami his sou had ignited a small quantity of hte-diimp in tho heading where they weic working. This raised coal-dust, and drove it over a naked light, causing a greater explosion. The indications aru conllicting, and he is unable to give one theory greater credence than the other. A very =mall percentage of gas would eauso a dust explosion, a quantity so small that under ordinary circumstances a safoty. lamp detects its presenco.
THE JURY’S YERDICT.
USE OF NAKED LIGHTS.
By Telegraph—Pross Association—Copyright Received Sept. 13, 12.55 a.m. Sydney, Sept. 12. Tho jury found that tho deaths at Mount Kciubla were due to carbon monoxide, produced by an explosion of fire-damp, ignited by naked lights used in tho mine, and accelerated by a series of explosions of coal dust.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 517, 13 September 1902, Page 2
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