Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-30

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Joseph Bird. fireman; BY Nj
blwus--i have been yea INJECTOR
or about three yeara at tho
milne, aut under the in.
ftfuuti1ns ui BIC JrY.s Bruce, whom
I CuuHIitteI H o. OfOuRuiy conf t'uli
ppfHuu 90 Goo fll o. Roc hiI0i Hs mlLr
foreman. The l In the sih 'ogCi and
last room, b. since tho explosion co.
CURED. The h.IU IN tho exhaust ron
the seventh 90 The eighth level 90 Juf
foot by ton foot aud is n1ur up 90 tho
hulghl " the rom. / DOM think
any gaH could lodge in tue exhaust
room above tho hole, There To no ga0
ia the working places; whore any gas
is found d. ig wilton on tho danger
beard ,kesp oul-gnsl; by this tue men
know they ate NOT allowed tD enter
BuCu place, The working png 4,
only are examined daily ana tbs riI
abandoned UiHcfa occasionally 1 avn
ihr only nr1mnn iu No. sni leave
tho inside ils fur'arU work o.. seven
o.. m. rvry murnur. THO rutiA.e
work De- .unu a. uIIiug powder aud a'-
Hlstug, Hi uIl, Bro luv rmitn's sHuu.
iuufc De- uU i'fHuan BOO the milne from
seven in the morning. The minris
have tl got thHIf raI'a and lies from OLD
looms hat arc finished. II there De
.nf 600 any such rooms t.B caution
board 70 Iut uu 90 ir.v.ut my orc
from entering them. /, H uat my
p'aCs 90 Nuke any complaint W Hr
bradbury, Mr. Bruce is i.e f.al0r o
ono Hul BE- huUuiHOu o. rDm uuU.e1tr iy.
SIR. BuuluTy-hy Dr. Camille
wrote gnu on tun caution board iu re
ven. any ono tom go ng into toe
rAhauH. room 20 TAKE Jut rats, as the
laHD lH not finished. lu.GUL tius
gaa was in tho room, the VOID "gnsn
was only used there lUr the purpose
named,
By MI Vickorv-No workman b. al.
lowed Go go into bio working Pine. b.
gas D. iUuuu lu o. TIA IHr.y quantity
% gns uu il room, 10 o. NOT tHEru tu.
iu ihu work hUuiH Gas hus been in.rH
out N r0Hms during w0fs huur, but
tho quantity wins small II the uuauil.
~ ui Hs was large, there UOulI uu
probability ui it passing Into tho other
WufElugH with the uirUuTrrnt.
villain Dolby { NJ. Bowuf-l
have lvuu connected with tlu miuvH
since 1865 and am hrfmHu % SO. @
mine. Foe ventilation wa CUnti ICled
good prior 90 the explosion.
by Dc GAMBLE cannot say what
hB1 Clusgd the explosion; / DO mos
know whether 10 was duct CNplOIiuu
caused 10y "a blown out shot, or q gHl
uAUluHun. have never bCyu duet
hfu 10 a minu; ] have hoard ola tust
OXpl1ai0nnt No. . L, Il. niue, Almy,
1 have seen many blow Cul shots, but
have mover seen any % them ilsg
Sue dust. Tho miner has tD &c. ula
Tils aud llsn gut 1i tu1 old wolhlu ga, 10
| hC cannot get them elsewhere. We
are not In the hauit Of exam 'niugrJon
not working, during WuIE huurs. We
| alWayB soc that tho rooms are fee
it0m gas before the mun SIC Al,IwgI 10
/ enter them.
william Graham, mine foreman nl
| No, &. H.. niue, Alhr-by Mr.
/ BfIwns-Can you give tuB court ans
Information ~ 10 the cause OF the oA'
pl1siou At the No. milo on the 2Oln
| day OF Mntuu2
MI GrnhAm-rho cause OF the cx.
| plusi1n OF the miuu 10 ia consequences
/ VI the gas % the mine coming IN con
/ tact with the naked liyhls VI tho work
! men. 1 know there was gus in the
/ milne, O) because 1 have seen o.; (2
| ttclusb 1 have heard OF u from Ilneri
| who have seen 70; aud In addition
/ know Tor myself tuAt there iH nlWHyl
| gss Ia U-auu lots o. 10 behind tut
! tUplnrH. 10 was not a dust explosion
| it was 40 explosion ui gas, There are
| no dust tAplgHluuH iu liguite con
| mites tho coal does not possess th,
! pTJptTlius that viii cause % Oh explode
% d.. .IH
OK plJsl0u lu No. ~
! SO, fIr, % cannot bo called an o. pl0
sion; 10 ls true that by runaway lll
q quantity OF nuo dust was Iul DO
| motion which was ignltJd ut n bJy'
lamp AMI how lar did Il gl2 with al
the toys that were on lhu spot uuly slt
! toy had his hand burned.
By Mr. BoWus-Dld you never stl
an rNpl0s,ou In a grlst mill2
~ 10 No. o mine We arc talking
about,
by Mr.. BownB- Did you never s,s
sawdusi gXplOslon1
No, eiT-lt " No. o mine.
Mr.. Graham c0uliuuud-It must b,
understood that tue Ignite coal 4
altogether different from the bitumin
Gus coal Tue constituent element
| 0i the latter uting 70 Within measure
| bio distance Tor a Just UNplgHign, nuj
byun this Ciaai OF CIAi has been TESTED
no. for as 10 prove beyond "a reasonable
| doubt tuaL lt viii NOT explode (BH
luat lu aud e.. itsuIi alone. Ia eNpsfi
| mbuts male with nituminOua coal bl
! Professor t.uUerg, Of Prussia, he sub
| ltUtul the luminous coal 20 Tigl,
] ID. la
| stone uu tue ground anu covered 1
with iuu lTy dust coal; no then place.
three cauuOus, fixed one above tuI
1Ihri, the low cannon was iired or q
no tue rock aud put the line dust a.
| motion; tho second was hrll on mt
] Vac il0lUug dust, uuI the tuiri wa
Hrri on lutl d and al failed 20 ignlt
the dust. SECOND FIzinj
his cnuu0us as before, lao diuluaUi ] pei
/ cent OF nfu-lnmp (my Ny!lU dydudU
into the iu1L ana htci on his loves
! cannon, "a hitch lgnltui the dust, Thlr
| fEgrTimeu'--hc illiusgd 8 ger cent u
HTg.dump INTO tho ga Uul hrud Of
hlscaBuIu aud sICA WHs 800 iarcp pro
ageul that II threw o Gaze 200 iept Iul
800 air,
What then about tho explosion G
guu lufG Dust viii accelerate tbs ex
pol. siIa uTt-lamp but lt will noye
zpl0Iu lu ami 90 ilsel. ulyu,
luptg was guillgieul air g0iH
uto tho mine N 10 wa
| properly conducted lhrlggh tue woEs
.ug plnvr-, &. on NOS AuIl1l.uu IS 90 On
HuHuul H. HNr tuat 10 sent 10 and out d
.ao min, uu. whether the current .
u1ssiug Though the fall wofkiue
HTfitB oil tnr ggs met Is being gvt