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IXANTWIT VAHDHEI EXPLOSION.

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IXANTWIT VAHDHE EXPLOSION. ISQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. REES. At tho Quail's Hotel, Lhmtwit Vaidre, on &furd: mül'lIwg al inquiry was held into the ??'t..hCM.t<tend)HKth<. death of )1r. D. tl?t, Yt-db- ^!jerv, uhodied on Thu""day night from the ?f burn* :,utaU1t'd hv J explosion of ?"?tMuCoUk'ryt?tMond.t.v.Mr. K B. JIto'l. w"" the coroner, Mr. J. Spickett re. routed thv colliery owners, and Mr. Simnis, ¡bl1t inspector of mines, was also pre- t The dfctased wa 41 years oIJ.- ?,. Jt.?nM.?iabuut.ratt)?<.?iiM), 2d that there were only six or seven men in the 1"\ when thQ explosion occurred on Su«id:»v, ;u> It was tl", monthly holiday. Wil.n. <'?P?"'? ?' ??' worked was tbf No. 3 Llantwit, and that it wa the custom L ?Ltbc colliery with naked lights. ° H'e hod only bvtu working there three or four mouth. and during that tme au xplo5Jn Kjj mvurml ui ,he Harry Dip, one man ¡"'m glh'iitiy huii- t j ue»tioned by Air. Simms, :ft:: :J('ret\lU71:1:m\(îer)Yw,lr plei;m¡ ?S?im? in the heading—the Barry—where he workd. but he could 11m ay regardin .?. 'o?eM.'—UI?'T Jenkius, a y?u?g hauhf? the ,?htly l?,?,t during tbe explosion, and whe. head wad now '?.ir? ° ?"' '?n?k?ipf? ?.tid ?t he Mr. lay .ur and Mr. Revs to the dip on the day of the .1pø,on. h. Bees thea carried. # lighted, hut vncovcud, lamp. They we>n*\ id-, two stalls, an d from Mien? fchey emerge d ii»to a third one in tho dIp. ? ?d it was here' ,W -,Pl.i,? "UlT"ù. It t()k place almcatj iiAiutdiately ??r they entered it ? ?e?M; the tire, a* be was only fifteen or twenty, puis away, and, he "as frightened, h.! btgau tU run, but the fo roe of 'th, ('xp¡osi,, b rl..d him to the ground, and he gkuck his htad against the side, thus causing the wound! 0Il his hea d IJe, houevtr, got up, and hur.( ;i'i:r 'I\f:kl;ei;l tl?. d.rL? )lr. Siiuuis questioned the witness as to whether ] Mt. i'aylw and Mr. l<ees had a naked or I ??,r,d ligl?t 1, thy .,r3 in the third st?n, but Jenkins could not say whether the case lad be*n put on the l??,??p before the explosion tcourred. Dr. D. AV. )Janc'" fa.:d Qtct.ije J had been burnt very severely about the head chest, back, and hands, aud that death was due tv brain mis- tiiief. caused by the burns. The doctor aid Skit 111'. Taylor, one of the proprietors, who also severely burnt, would not 00 able to atiernl for several weeks, although he was pro- gie*mg favourably, and evenruallv the in- quiry was adjourned till Thursday, June 27.

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