LYELL MINE DISASTER.
THE COMMISSION'S REPORT. Received (i. ;i.3i) p.m. [ By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. \ Ifobart. February (i. The report ol' t!ic Royal Commission on tlic North Lyell disaster, on October > 12. says that then; is no foundation for the suggestion of incendiarism. Only one witness testified to seeing candles t under the billi"s warming tea. The . commissioners consider it unsafe to rely on this uncorroborated evidence. There was no evidence of any other source from which the (ire might have arisen. - It might have been through carelessness. - Thev consider that the attempt (o show f thai it was <'au,ed by a defect in the electrical installation fulcd.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 222, 7 February 1913, Page 5
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106LYELL MINE DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 222, 7 February 1913, Page 5
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