THE MOUNT KEMBLA DISASTER.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUIRY. United Press Awooiation-^By Electrio Telegraph — Copyright. (Reoeived) Sept. 12, 9.56 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 12. At the Mount Kembla inquiry, the Inspector of Collieries said he had formed two theories with regard' to the disaster: One, that a fall of stone .dislodged gas ; and the other, that Morris and 'his son had ignited a small quantity of fire-damp, in the 'headIng where they were working. This raised coal dust and drove it over, a naked) light, causing a greater explosion. Indications were conflicting, and he expressed himself unable t<> give one- theory greater credence than the other. A very small percent-age of gas would cause a dust explosion — a quantity to smnll t indeed, that ordinary «afety.lamps could not detect its presence.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7505, 12 September 1902, Page 3
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