Excerpt from Reports From Commissioners, Vol. 16 of 22: Alkali Act; Factories; Mines; Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales); Fisheries (Ireland); Herring Fisheries (Scotland); Emigration, Session 6 February 10 August 1872 The Coroner. The pit not having been opened out to allow of an examination of the workings so as to obtain evidence of how the explosion occurred, I intend to take today only the groundwork of the inquiry. The viewer will give some explanations with regard to the workings of the pit, and we can then examine Hutchinson, the man who was down the pit at the time the explosion occurred, and then take an adjournment for a month, by which time the Inspector says the pit will have been examined, and we can then go straight throu h with the whole inquiry. The Inspector. I on't know that they will be able to examine the workings within a month. You had better make it six weeks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.