PIT EXPLOSION.
SENSATION AT ENQUIRY. GAS FOUND BUT NOT REPORTED. (Received February 10th, 11.5 p.m.) (B7 Cable.—Piera Association.—Copyright) LONDON, February 10. A sensation was caused at the Home Office enquiry into the Senghenydd pit explosion by Foreman Davies, who said be had examined the pit a few hours previously and found an explosive gas, but had not reported the fact. Despite the Commissioner's warning as to the gravity of his evidence, he added that once before he had not reported a similar discovery.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14898, 11 February 1914, Page 9
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83PIT EXPLOSION. Press, Volume L, Issue 14898, 11 February 1914, Page 9
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