THE MOUNT KEMBLA DISASTER.
AN INSPECTOR'S TWO THEORIES,
• United Press Aisociation—By Electric . Telegraph—Copyright.
(Received September 12th, 9.56 a.m.) •..■*■■■ SYDNEY, September 12. The Inspector of Collieries has formed two tbexjries in regard to the Mt. Kembla disaster. One is that the fall of a stone disloged a quantity of gas, and the other i» that Morris and his son had ignited a small quantity of fire damp in the heading where they were working. This, he thinks, raised » cloud of coal dust, and drove it over a naked light, causing a greater explosion. The indications are conflicting, and he is unable "to give one theory greater credence than the qther. A very small percentage of gas would cause a dust explosion, a quantity so' small indeed, that ordinary safety lamps, could not detect its presence.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11377, 13 September 1902, Page 8
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