SELLBIRD MINE
EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY.
(Australian and N.Z Cable Association) SYDNEY, September 19. The inquest on the Bellbird Colliery disaster victims was resumed to-day. Robert Wilson, a mine deputy, who went into the mine early on the morn ing of the accident, and who was present when it occurred, gave evidenc ; that the Bellbird was not a dusty pit. Gas had never to his knowledge been reported at the present, nor at any previous fire. Asked if there had been any complaints of bad air, he said that there always were complaints of sluggishness in the air, but the men never complained of any ill effects. In reply to a question, he said that he thought that if there had been proper life-saving appliances, some of the men might have been saved. He thought the fire might have been caused by a lighted cigarette butt. Doctor Henry gave evidence that an examination, of the bodies indicated that death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. Deputy Sneddon said that the pit was fairly safe and free of gas.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 September 1923, Page 5
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