SENGHENYDD INQUIRY.
MINE MANAGER'S EVIDENCE. ]•>- Cable—Pre-* Association—Copyright •Kecciver 3, 5-5 p.m. London, January 2. ~ At tlie Home Office enquiry into the . Suighenydd disaster Mr. Shaw, the mine manager, gave evidence that the mine was gassy and dusty. After the explosion two lamps were fend open, Presumably they had been opened by the lanipnian. The lamps might have gone out and been afterwards opened. Witness admitted that bare wires were j f used for the electric signals, though he ' never miw any sparks emitted. \ t TiIKoRY OF THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. ' t Received 4. 5."> p.m. j. London, January 3. Shaw adilcd that lie biieved a. blowout of gas dislodged a rock, which emit- ■> ted a spark, and the explosive mixture was forced agffinst an open lamp, thus causing the disaster.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 5
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131SENGHENYDD INQUIRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 5
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