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DKEADPUL COLLIERY EXPLOS K > K . —TTTE ^ TY SETEN LIYES LO ST . ( From , ike Z-ondms . f apcrs ) XETrCASTLE-03-TTSB , ? RIDA J , ATBI 1 7 . —One of those fearful catastrophic , unfort jmately so common in this district , occurred o n Wedn < fday mominr , shortly before eight 0 ' clccfc , 3 n theSton aont Main Colliery , the property cf Jit John < £ r * ce a jd jartnas , at Wreciineton . abont tiro mJ lea from this place . and -was attended by a tremendf ms s&cri'&cB of human fit ^ , there liaTfeg "been twenty- scran m en and boys . killed , and ex or seven others » jricody " injured . The catastrophe , though ihns mehmf hoJy , in its resnlts . does not appear to hare been mart ed'by any of these appalling circumstances which hif = fr-s-qaeE'Jy atteadbd accidents of s imiiaT nature : - ^ "skis neighbourhood . The men
employed at -i ' - > its . of the pit had no conception that such an - ' - i * w laQ occnrred nutT a- "boy 'was drawn -up mntl ^ . nit , asd even then i' v -were made a ^ ara ¦ of hut b . small extent of the calamity . There "were ¦ n pirards of Sf t ? / parsons engaged in the pit -at "the time ; and of these in are than thai y ^ oried in the ¦ western part of the m iw "where the explosion occurred . The damage done Is'the pit is remsikaSy trifling , scarcely ^ xceeecfing b > -rtna & few shillings , no £ bo mnch as a ¦ prop baring tw&n driven from its place . Nor did the "bodies -of fhu- stxfe-rers present suy of t&oss harrowing "features "whi eh are generally witnessed sfter an explo-- ¦ rion ; Tery lew ¦ were burnt at all . and -even they comparatively aUgntly , -while the majority -were perfectly "TUmnnred . There is therefore litte , h * any , doubt tbat
tho loss of liib is attributed , not to the fire , but to the " after damp , / 5 -ox , less technically speaking , the noxi-• ons gas whish succeeded , and "was produced by the exolcaon . Hotc the accident originated "will protably lemain msiter of conjecture . The most carrent explanation—and the ore whieh most readily suggests itself is that wfcile 2 Ai . Masthias Gray , the nndej-viewer { and one of the raSerers ) , was passins-s working which had been for some days considered to be in a dangerous state , the fcnl air was ignited by his light : ; and the men who were employed on both sides cf that place ¦ were those who perished . It » ay be supposed that -this melaBcholy event has excited a Tery general tensa . tion thronghont the neighbourhood , and spread much snSfenng ever a large nnmfeer of families , many o £ ¦ whem are tmdErstood to be in a destitute condition .
An inquest -was held on Thursday at the Half Sioon Inn , Wreckinston , before Mr . J . M . Favell , Coroner , and after s protracted investigation , ' withont dis-Ctrrenjxg the immeaiai 4 ©« aase of -the explosion , a -rerdici of " Accidental Dsi-h , * " « ras returned . The foDfiwing are the names of the sufferers . —Matthias -Cray , aged 20 , son of Mr Gray , of the Felling , nnder-Tiewer . Thomas Charlton , aged 26 , overman , left a ¦ wife end tiro children . Hobert Spence . &ged 34 . depnty overman , left a wife and lour cbSdien . Thomas Hedley , aged 32 , hewer , left a wife an 4 three children . Humphrey Ditchborn , aged 53 , hewer , left a wife Kieorge Ditchbnrn , aijed 21 , hewer , son of the above , left a wife . Michael CleZBorn , ased 3 * , hewer , left a
• Wife and two children . Thomas Cleghorn his brother . aged 2 S , hewer , s ; nfle , John KoWra , & £ ed 27 , hewer . left a wife and &ree children . John Jaqnes , aged 21 , hewer , single . James "Waters , seed 20 , ditto , ltft a "wife . John Richardson , aged 26 . ditto , left a wife . James Yonng , aced 29 , ditto , left a -wife and fi > ur children ; it was the first time he had been down the pit . The following boyH were drivers and putters : — David Kidman , ased 14 , and John Kidman , 10 , trotters . Matthew Doxferd , aged 39 . Thomas Down . A ? ed 16 , and John Dixon , aged 12 . brothers . € iorge -S " elton . a £ « d 16- John Xoung , aged 12 . Joha Tulip , aged 15 " John Smith , aged 14 . Abraham Reid , aged 12 . Hugh fingb . es , aged 11 . Thoa . Morris , aged 2 6 .
( From ihe Sevxaslle Chronicle . J COROXEITS IXQUEST . "WaxsiSGTOS , Araii 6 . —An iiqaefit was held before 3 £ r . J . Milnes Pavell , earonpr , at the Half Moos Inn , Wreckington . George-Bitchie stated that he went into the pit on TVednesaEj morning , between four and five o ' clock , and remained there tmtQ abont seven ; when he went to the crane ( the place where the explosion occurred ) "the deputy overman 4 Bobert Spencej told him to pat iis candle oat When he went to w rk he had to pass a "place thai was foul , cabled the "head board , " and considering that his life was not safe , he did not begin ¦ work , but left tise place . He came out in the dark
irom the ¦* board ** which was dangerons . In going eut is met Robert Spence , who asked why he was not Tracking , when witness said that he thonght be had ¦ teen long enough thtre . Met Matthias Gray , the ander-Tiewer , and he also asked witness why he was leaving Trodc bnt "witness made no reply , and Gray said that ifi "wonld keep half ^ a-crown eff his wages for leaYiiy ; iis work . "Witness then came to bank , and he knew settling about the accident ontil bis wife informed him of ft after iis ofsurrence . After coming to bank he 3 » ever said a word to any one about tbe state of tbe pit . TTitness has been a pitman about sine years , bnt had never been in a pii which had fixed .
ilr . B . Davis , surgeon , stated that he lived close adjoining the colliery , and on the morning of the explosion saw all the bodies brought to the bank , twenty-foor of Whom were dead , and the other eight were all alive , but three died the next day . The bodies brought tp -dead had died from suffocation ; bnt the remainder were severely burnt , ^ nd be expected wonid recover . Robert Raskin , pifeaan , stated thar he worked at the -above colHery , ind web down tfce pit = t tbe time of the -explosion , and at tbe particular part which fired . He iad "worked in the pit nearly four years . The blast took place between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning , and he -bus working is & place about 200 yards from the . crane , bnt he did not know what cansed the expioboo . The place wh . eie . 2 ie worked was dangprons , and they generally nsed their lamps , but when they could they lighted their candles . He was bronght to bank nearly insensible , bnt sooc recovered .
John Ssin , pitman , stated tbat he worked at the Stormn-nt . Main CoHinry . Me was last down in tbe pic on Taesday , and was working at the second board from tke crane , at -which place hB found , foul air for nearly a fortnight . previous . Abont sevan days ago , -while he was at ¦ work with George Ditchburo , they took their lamps to Spence , Jhe depoty-OTerman , and complained of the bad -State in "wJdch they were . The lamps "were afterwards -cleaned , but they would not take them , for they eonai--dered the board ¦ where they were working to be very dangercni on account of tbe foci air . He did not know ¦ What caused -the present explosicn .
William . Sidiaxdsan , another pitman , stated that he 2 jad woiked at tte pit since Christmas , an § about six TreekB ago he complained to the deputy overman absut ¦ the hanging gf a door at his board end , for when any person went throsgh it did not close properly . Witness iowever . left that part of the worlnngs soon after , bnt -did notiuow -wtriher it fcsd been repaired or not . He -did not know what caused the expkmon . About seven weeks a § o -witness Tieard Spence tell the overman about ianging two doors for the better ventilation of the p : t . Imt the ovsrman « pHed that it wanld be too much . expense . The overman was tilled on -Wednesday morning . Daring tie time he woiied in the pit , be never had a lamp ia . good order . A few minutes before "tie accident he left the place where tbe explosion ¦ occurred , bnt Eccej-eded in reaching the bank . The stoppings of the pit be observed were oct of order , bnt ie nerer cosiplained ef them for fear of losing his employment .
John Alexander , also a pitman in the same collierv , stated lhat ha had worked in the pit for some time , but iiie last time he was dowc was the -day before the accident He kr-ew nothing abont the explosion , bnt be Itad observed - £ &at the stortings were not £ lose . The stoppings jrere all built of . clone , and were -considered out of repair . The men generally amonjj themselves spoke of the £ tste of the pit , but they never complained to any one . The j-ry , abont half-past nice o ' clock , and after an Lour aafl a halfs consultation , returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " { Fjnm iheGaiaheod Okscres- o / Sulurday . )
Tee public Hiind in this district was painfully agiiated on Wednssday last , \ y one of those calamities whicaare of toofnoBent ocenrrenee in connection with our staple indnstry—sanely , a coai-mine explosicn . The scene cf ihe disaster-is within four miles of the borough of Gales Lead , being the Stormont-ilain colUerT '^ at Wrekentoa , on Satescead yell , commoiily known by the name of ihe " Kmg PiL" The tiplosion occwred at sbeut « ven o ' clock in the morniBg , and proved fatal to twenty-BfeTtn mes and boysl We give s list cf the unfortunate sufferers : — MEU } Mi . 3 Iatthias Gay , 20 , tbe und = r-viewer , son ef Mr . Gray , of the Felling . Thomas Charlton , 25 , overman , < who basltft a wife and two children . ) Robert Speice , 3 t , depaty-overman , { -wife and fenr children . )
Thomas Mcnlter , 31 , shifter , / wife and two children . ) Thomas Hedley , 32 , hewer , ( wife and three chilgtbh . ) Hnmphrey Ditcb . bnm , hewer , iwifs . ) , ^ ° x rfe 2 bw *« ™» 21 , hewer , ton of Humphrey , tWue . ) ? John Jacques , 21 , hewer . John Bobson , 27 , hewei , ( wife ana three children . ) Edwaxd Bobson , 23 , hewer , brother of John . ^ Miciael degcom , 30 , hewc , ( wife , „ , ^ q ^ ThomasJUeghom , 20 , hewer , ( brother of Michael ) ? JamMicnng , 29 , hewer , ( wife and four children . ) John Bichirdfion , 26 , iewerJ iwife . ) James TFafeas , 39 , Sewer , ( wife . ) * Wedatadij sraa J * cgue » ' and Yotmg * a first day in fits pit .
• arrBM A 5 D pnnsi . Matthew psxford , ... . 1 ° David K ^ m , m 14 ThomuD ' aoQ ... ... IS Jehn Kidman , Ms bro-Jdbn Dixon , bia bro- ther ... ... ... . „ io ther 12 Jo ? n Smith 14 Jston Young „ . ... 12 + ^ i ^ ham Kel d 12 GeorgePelten „ ... 13 -J-John -rnHp 15 Eiomaa Morria ... ... 16 fHugtHK ^ 11 ¦ f AliTe when hronght out of the pit . Tke insUntaneoss loss of so many lires , we need hardly * iy , produced a stunniDg effect in the imfiiediate locality of the pit , snS inspired feelings of sorrow and jyoipathj ttrougligui % a » Euitoundiing , country . Srery
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household in aEdiseai the village of Wiekenton had to monm ihe loas of a friend or relative . Wives were widowed , and children rendered fatherless . It waa a mournful Bight to Bee the bodies of the dead brought to tbe mouth , of tho Bhaft , one by one , amidst the cries and tears of tbe living . Stiff and rigid ( the musclrs 61 tbe neck excepttd ) , tbe dead presented ihemselTes in succession—each of them , with cataleptic look , in the posture in which -death had overtaken him—the greater number ¦ with outstretched arms , as though ^ artled by sudden and unexpected danger . Although the loss of life is great , the damge done to the pit is remarkably trifling . Not a prop has been driven from its position . A few shillings , indeed , will repair all the injury to property that has taken place . Nor did the persons cf the hapless pitmen snffei greater violence . Few of th § m were burnt . It was the " afterdamp" that proved so destructive , bereaving &o many men and boys of life .
The workings of the pit are of great extent—eo extensive , indeed , that one of tiie pitmen , far removed from the site of the accident , continued quietly at bis work , and was not aware of tbe explosion unal an hour after its occurrence f But the pit , although so extensive , has only one shaft— -which 19 therefore bT&Wced , for purposes of Ye tilatton . Whether or not a tingle shaft be sufficient for safety , is a point which we hardly feel cempeteni to decide—or we should be inclined to give a decision in the negative . Mr . Grace , the viewer of the colliery , is a gentlemen of great experience and industry ; and , we are sure , would do all tbat lay within his power , t © secure the safety of the mine .
An inquest was held on Thursday , at the house of Mr . Joseph Crasswell , tbe Half Moon , Wrekenton , before Mr . J . M . FaTell , coroner for Chester ward , llr . John Grace , Jan ., the-viewtx , and one of the proprietors , attended the inqniry . Mr . W . Lockey Harle , solicitor , was in attendance on behalf of the Pitmen ' s General ¥ nion ; Mr . Swallow , of Wakefield , Secretary of the Union , was also present , both in his oficial character , and at the n quest of tbe relatives and friends of tbe deceased , and the men of the colliery . The Jury sworn to investigate the circumstances consisted ef tbe following householders : —Messrs . Simpson Buthford , Jacob Gowland , William Simpson , John Fe-wster , George "Wind . Jacob Ayre , John Palliater , John Miller . John Brown , Abntr Lucas , Henry Drummond , and Joseph CrasswelL
The " viewing <; f tbe bodies" occupied a considerable time—the Jury having ts proceed from house to house , in the discharge of this most distressing doty . On their return to tbe inquest room , the examination of witnesses commenced . George Kitchie deposed—I live at Eigbton Banks . I am a hewer in Stormom Main colliery . That is the proper name of the colliery , but it generally goes by the name of the King pit . 1 have woiked in the pit niDe months . 1 went down on Wedntsdny morning , between four and five a ' ciock , and remained uutil nesriy stve : ! . When 1 went to the crane— . a part of the pit to which the mtn gebt rally go , before starting worki Spence , the deputy ov-rman , eantioced Hie to put out my candle btfore passing the end of a certain b *> ard , which vraa very foni . [ The " boards '" aTe cells or recesses hewn at intervals in the sidis of a main
passage ; so that the jp itm ^ n , in proceeding along tht passages , necessarily pass the euds or entrances of the " buards . '" 3 1 went lo work near tbe foui board . Its pit was binding foul in the barrow-way . [ Taa * . is , the foulness of the board tx . ended to its mouth , and into tbe main passage-way ] I put « nt my candle , as I bad betn told , in the " headways course . " I considered the pit so nnsafe , that I aid x » ot begin tfori .. I lighted my ciiidle a ^ ain at James Youn g's , who was working near the foul b > ard . I remained with him about a quarter of an hour . He had only come to work ut the pit that morning . I put out my candle , and repasscd the fonl board . I then got a light from Ditchburn . who was working in an adjoining board . 1 mtt Spenctt at the crane . He asked ms if 1 was not joins to work .
I answered that ] had betn there long enough . I did not mention the matter to any other pt-rson | wiih a view to a remedy . ) I was afraid to do so , foi fear 1 ah ^ u ' . d be fined . It does not do to bo complaining : one gets to be thonght fractious . J met Mr . Matthias Gray , tLe under-viewer . He inquired if 1 was not going to my work . I said " No . " 1 gave fcm no reason for leaving . He said bo would stop 2 s . 6 i . from me . I said he durstiit . There is a fine ol 2 s 6 ii . on & man who leaves ¦ without having done his wort . There Tfaa no funhcr conversation between us . We parted good friends . 1 think be was probably not in e ^ ines ! about the fine for he tpuke laughingly . I have i ; tver had anything stopped off me for neglect of work . I got home about
eight o'clock . I had no talk wi ; h any one on tbe subject , before going home . The next thing 1 heard w&a ihat the pit had flrt-d . I had been aslwp , when my wife came in and told me . 1 was in bed at the time . I have been a pitman about nine years , and worked at SheTbarn Hill , Wingate , a . d other collieries . The board in question has beei ) considered dangerons tor some time—foul to the end . The deputy overman gave general instructions for candles to be put out in passli . g it . I cannot say tbat it was this board which fired . 1 have never made any complaint to the owners as to tbe state of tbe mine . 1 went to the pit immediately I heard of the accident . I went down , and assisted to get the bodies out . 1 did not so bejond the crane .
By Mr . Harle—I think means might have been used to get the foulness away , as it had continued for a long time . 1 think doors ought to have been stt at the main beadways-conrFe , with trappers at them . It ia Dot customary to fine parties for complaining of foulness . There are fly-doers at the entrance to the boardsfloors hung so as to open cither way ; but the slightest thin ? will prevent them from shutting . They are not attended by boys . The doors are out of repair , and dont shut close . 1 do cot know of any complaint having been made On tbe previons day , when at my work in tbe pit , 1 trembled ah tbe time , it was so foul . I do not think there was any " brattice " ' in tbe board—[ a partition , to guide the currt-nt of air to the face ef the workings . ^] The men hsd Davy lamps at the co mmeDCtment of thtir work , and candles afterwards . The moving about of the men helps to clear away the foulness . I never knew a man discharged for complaining of the state of the pit .
Mi Kobert Davis , of TVrckenton , surgeon—I was called in immediately after the accident—scon after seven o ' clock in the morning . Tbe messenger said a boy was burnt . A second messenger , who came ^ ilckly after be first , said they were afraid the pit had fired . I found this to have been the case . Tnlip , Haghes , and Smith , now dead , -were brought np alive ; aiao Tonng , Rankin , Menham , and Aynslty , who still sui-vive , tat are severely burnt , and some of them labouring under alarming delirium . Tbe cause of death , in nearly every
case , was the after-damp . Some of the deceased parties are much burnt , but they mieht have recovered nevertheless , had it not been for Ihe afttr-damp . The quality of the Eas varies in different collieries , li is of a very Injurious description in this pit . I took care , when on the pit-h « -ap , to keep tbe lampB in proper order for the men , as they went down the pit to bricg up the bodies . One of the lamps having a glass tube , answered better than the others , inasmuch as it extinguished of itself , when the bearer reached the limit of Eaftty . . Tbe Davy lamp al ' . owsa man to go farther thau he cin bear .
Robert Rankin . —1 iive at Wrekenton , andhad worked at the King pit nearlj icur yesra . I was in tbe quarter where it fired , when the accident took piace . This was about seven o ' clock . 1 was at woik in a board abont 2 G 0 yards from the crane , near to Young , ami knew nothing of the eause -of the explosion . The on ] j thing 1 noticed w » a a door <* ut of repair , abcat sixty yar ^ s from the place in which I worked . I saw the deputy get a hinge , and suppose it was to reptjr this doer . The part in which 1 -worked was dangerous . We had to work with lamps at first , and thtn got candles when the foul air bud cleared away . "We . bad
lamps as Jong as we considered them ntcessary . Abuut six weeks a ^ o , 1 Earned to Mr . Gray that I thought the western district tf the pit -was in a dangerous staie . Mr . Gray said he knew it was . The -west district waa then in a d . pl-rable slate . On the day after 1 spoke to Mr . Gray , the deputy -can : » to that p&rt of the mine , and 1 saw tim attending to h ; s duties , remedying whst had been cemplained of . The men were cautioned to avoid the dangerous parts . After tbe explosion , 1 waB "fcronght to bank insensible . When 1 became conscious , 1 felt languid , and as if I had lo * t ail my bodily powers . 1 ra"v « d about my son , who was in tte pit at the time .
By ilr . Lackey Harle—I do not recolleet what cepairs tfce deputy msde . He stopped persons from going into the dangerous parts with a light . Lamps are kait in the pit for tbe use of the men . There were two lafc _ ps in ute where I was workiug . I did not observe that they were out of order . John Burn—7 live at Wrekentrn , and bave worked 3 t the £ ing pit about a Jtar . I ¦ w as down *> u Tuesday . Tbe psrt where 1 worked tad ban foul fur a fortnight It was tfce second board from tte crane . A week to-day , my compssicn was at home ill , and George Ditchburn waa set to "work "with me . Two lamps were given to es , one of which was unsafe . I n-ade trial with the eibex lamp , and foned the b-rard fi . nl eJ ] the way from the mouth to the other end . About three yards up from the entracce the lamp filled with flame . We could not stop at our work- 1 went to the crane with
the faulty lamp , sad found Spence , tLe dt pnty , there . I said , " S pence , Ihsa is not a proper Ismp to go up the board with . " He replied , What ' s the matter with it ? " He took it t- i oieces . Tbe gauze vraa covered with oil and small coal * He held it lo the candle , and it flamed for a considtTafeje time , like a "low rope , " [ i . £ ., like a lighted ropel This was in consequence of ihe lamp not being kept clean . The gauze was filled up with oil and small coala . Speuce cleaned it . We met Charlton , the overman , and Jold him the reason of onr leaving . He only laughed &t kb . 1 went to work the next day ( March 28 ) , and found the pit not so foul Ths lamps were then cleaned Speace said he thought tbe air-courses had been etoppev ? tte day before , but he hid been through i \ , and it waa atf rffbt . There was no door or brattice to the board V&er 9 I » a "working .
William Richardson . —I lire at Wrekenton , ai" » d hare worked at the King pit since Cbristmxs . I have been twsnty-one years a pit-man . I made complaints to Speuce abont the doors . I dont think the fly-doora are proper things . The door at my board-end was out of repair . When any one passed through it it frequently did not close . There was a large vacancy between what it was hung ujxn and the pillar . I could cave walked through the post and the jgillai . 1 complained of this
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to Spence , who said he would have the space bnilt up . I can't say whether it was repaired yesterday . I never made any other complaint that was not attended to . I have frequently used lamps . They are never kept in good order . I have never seen & lamp in good order yet . There was a man sent to bring lamps yesterday , to enable us to get the » en oat of the pit . He brought four , not one of which was fit to trust a man ' s life upon . They were the lamps In general use . They were generally dirty , and we had to sit down to clean them , or lie idle .
By Mr . Harle . —About six monthsogo , I heard Spence tell the overman he could improve the air , by hanging two additional doors , and mending another . The overman said it would cause too much expense , and would require two additional trappers —( boys who open the doors , to allow the carriages and the workpeople to pass , and' then close them , so that proper ventilation may be kept . ) My brother was present at the convenation . Both Spence and the overman are killed . By tbe Jury—I never had a lamp that was not choked with dirt and greaBe , and quite unfit for use . The lamps are liable to take fire when oily and dirty . It is not the duty of the men to clean their own lamps . There is not a lamp-cleaner kept at this colliery . The stoppings are very open , so that the air penetrates them . Tbey are enly stone or dry stoppings , plastered over the outside . They ought to be brick , and built with lime . When tbe air penetrates the stoppings , the current is injured . I would have complained , but urns afraid .
John Alexander — I live at Wrekenton . I have been a pitman about twenty-eight years . I have worked about nine mouths at the King pit . I was down on Tuesday , but not on Wednesday . The air calls * ' ( whistles ) through the stoppings . They are built of stone , bo far as 1 ba-ye Been , and pointed , with lime . They are out of repair—very much so , Bome of them . We often grumbled among ourselves about them , and also to the deputies , who generally agreed with us that they were faulty . I complained three times to the deputies . I considered the pit in danger from tbe state of the stoppings . It was sometimes like a furnace when we were working , lu consequence of the escape of air through the doors uud stoppings . Sometimes tbe swing-doors did not close after a cerve or a person passing through . Sometimes they were knocked down , and lay three or four hoots before they were put up again . 1 have known them to lie for days . Thu deputy' was diligent , and I have seen him come to put them to rights , when called upon .
By Mr . Grace—I have never quarrelled with my masters . I never stated to the magistrates that tuo pit was in a safe and proper state , and that the owners had rtsurted to a trick in laying the pit idle on a particular day , in order that tbe men might not get their 30 s . I n * ver did . £ A pitman , accoiding to the " bond . " can claim a certain sum fov every day that the pit is laid ¦ jff , unless it be laid off for foulness ] By the Jury and Mr- Harlo— A' -oufc eight months ago , the pit was laid waste to the south of the waggon-way . The pillars were -worked out . This , which is called " working in the broken , " destroyed the n turn of the air . The deputy agreed with me that it did eo , but nothing was done to remedy this , to my knpwledge . By Mr . Grace—There waa a little foulne&s in tbe " broken , " while 1 was working it , but it would scarce flre . I did not think it dangerous .
Cuthbeit Todd , of Wrekenton—1 have been B pitman 42 years , and have worktd abuut five years at ibis colliery . I worked in that part of the pit which is supposed to have fired . Speuce told mo that no one was allowed to pass the board end in question with a light . The first board from tbe " mother-gate" was fouL The board-end pillar waa not built up , and there was no air passing . I pointed this out to Spnoce , and he agreed with me about it . I asked him why he did not get it done . He said it was the duty of the deputy I said , " No . it is your duty ; you are here to see these thiugs properly done . " This was on Friday last . It is not done yet 1 have heard the stoppings " calL" The last day I was down I said to Spence it was not right to s » nd men into that board , when it was foul to tbe bairow-way , and men wotkirg in the boards on each side with candles . I asked if he bad no other place for us . He said no ; if we did nut go in there , we must go home .
Edward Smith—I live at Eighton Banks . I have woTked two years in the King pit . I was not at work when the accident occurred . 1 mind the rolley-way . lu the middle-west crane , two pillars below , I have seen her fire two yards within tbe board in question . Abont three months since , 1 was in ths beard , and saw a boy ' s baitrpoke ( provision bag ) lying . 1 saw a boy go for it . Chorlton , the overman , brought a candle , and tried the board . H « found it would have fired a yard further in . There was a door put up shortly afterwards . Between the Bhaft and the bottom of the inclint-bank the stoppings are not perfect : they call " very much . I have often talked to the overman about them . He did not attend to his duty so as to put things in order . He seldom went furthw in than tbe top of the incline-bank . I have toid him it waa bis duty to attend to these things . Tbe reply was , that I had nothing to do wjth it .
By Mr . Harle—There were several falls of stones in the air-eoursts . They are about four feet hi ^ b . In some placeii there would ba about two feet of thai space tilled up by falls of atone . George Xowton , Wrekenton—I have worked , nearly two years at the King pit I was down < vi Tuesday . I am a deputy-overman . I can state no reason for the accident . I nevtr had any complaints made to me of the siate of Ue pit , either by tbo prrctding witnesses or other parties . I left it in perfVct safety on Tuesday night . Chariton was a veTy steady man , and very attentive .
By Mr Grace . — I went round the face of every board with a candle , on Tuesday afternoon . They were all quite safe . I observed nothing particular—no foulness . Tbe board mouth of the mother-gate was in a perfectly saf . state on Tuesday . I tried it with a candle . I never knew a board to require a door , but one was put up . I never knew a door knocked down , or out cf order , but it was always repaired immediately . I never knew the " broken , " when worked , to have any foulnets in it . By Mr . Harle—The deputies clean the lamps . I have cleaned them myself , A man is not allowed to take a
lamp until it has been proved , either by tlie deputy or some other person . I never had a lamp brought back to me as beipg unsafe . I think we have more than twenty lamps . We hav « always snffloipnt for all purposes . I never knew Charlton threaten the men with fines for making complaints . I have heard the btoppings ' caJl , " and they were then repaired . They are built of stone and lime . I consider a swing door quite safe . A trap-door would certainly be safer , if it were required . We have trap-doors wherever they are requisite . Tbo stoppings between the shaft and tbe bottom of the iiicline are not dangerous . The air passages were all clear of stones * and water .
By tbe Jury—1 never went round after two o ' clock on Tuesday . Jacques was there after me . G-eoree Jacqurs , deputy overman—I brought my son ( on « of the sufferers 1 to tins pit , from another in which be was employed . I would not have done so , had 1 considered the King pit unsafe . He came here from Hunwick , west of Durham . He only commenced work on tbe morning of the accideat- Both his mother aud I had pressed kirn to come here . The stoppings were good . One of them " calls : "' it is situated between the shaft and the bottom of . the incline . I did not consider it in a very bad state . No complaints were ever made to zne as to the imsafeness of tbe stoppings or the doors . They were always mended , when necesbary , as
soon as possible . I never knew a board requiring a door but it was supplied . The doors are always put up at the boards as soon as required . There are eiftbt ¦ working boards to tbe north of the jnother-gatt—a door at each boarci end , tbree fadt bearirjg-up doom , and an extra door at the mother-gate board . 1 think there was not a candle taken down the board in question on Tnesday . We always had a sufficient number of larapB , and in good order . We have instructions to take a lamp to every part first thing ; and if we see no foulness , we take the top off , and try with tbe naked lamp . The cause of the boards being occasionally foul is the falling of the £ oal : when this occurs , it makes a . temporary foulnesa .
By Mr . Grace—I never saw any foulness in the «• bcoken . ' - There is a proper air-oourse left on the side of tbe hroken—and stoppings put regularly in . Ntitbtr Smith nor Alexander ever complained to me of the state of the workings . I never saw any gas in the broken—which 1 considered a rare occurrence . I have sefa the broten worked at Backworth , Seghill , Morton , s-prinRvrt-ll , Black Fell , Bnd West-Moor . By Mr . Harle—There is only one shaft to the King pit , but it is divided by a brattice . At this stage cf tbe inquiry , a plan of the workings web produces , which Mr . Grose explained to the coroner and jury . Hp also stattd how , in big opinion ( judging freni the facts ) , the accutent had occumjd : — Mr . Gray , the nndcr-viewer , hati teen unwell for some , few dajs , and Vbertfore absent from the pit . On his retnrn , he had probably disputed the alleged foulness of the " board" so oftfn named ; and , together with Spence atd CLarlton , be had proceeded to the
spot , to test the allegation . His yard measure wae found lying in tbe board , acd , near it , the candlebox of Spence . Charlton was sitting close at hand , holding his account-book—dead . Gray and Spence were at a little distancefrom the board , on tbe floor ol the pit , as though they had been running for tbeii lives . Now , according to Mr . Grace ' s conclusion , Gray , on reaching the board , bad knelt down , and laid bis yard-wand on the ground—the ordinary practice on such occasions . Then , with a lighted candle in bis band , he had tested the atmosphere of the board . Spenee had stood behind him , watching the experiment which was to decide the justice of tbe condemnation that had been passed , ia tbe absence of tbe underviewer . This being the fcituation of the parties , and Gray raising the candle higher and higher to ascertain the condition of tbe board , some motion of ths body of Spence had in all probability wafted tbe gas down upon the light—and tbe explosion followed .
Mr . Grace having given this conjectural explanation of tbe saose of the calamity , one other witness was galled : — James Tnrnbull , wastemtn—I have worked nearly sight years in this pit I believe there ia air passing through the bioken , bnt I cannot get in to see . There is one point at which it can be perceived , after It has traversed the brokerj . I ean travel round BPy part of tbe waste with a candle , at all time * .
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No othtr evidence being offered , the Cortner delivered bis charge to the Jury , summing np the evidence with great care ; and wben they bad been about two bouts in consultation , the Foreman returned a verdict to tbe effect that the deceased individuals had come to their death , by accident , and that no blame could be attached to Mr . Grace ; but they recommended that the flydoors , the stoppings , and the general ventilation of tbe pit , should receive the strict consideration and attention of the owners , and tbat competent practical men Bhould be employed in its management-
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Mox \ day April 10 . Lord Brougham adverted to the expence and design of the Victoria Tower , connected with the new bouses of Parliament . The plan was a gross violation of everything like good tuste . Lord Duncaknon said tbat the tower was included in the original design , and the expence of building it in the original estimates . After a little routine business , tbe House adjourned . Tuesday , April 11 . Lord Ash burton expressed his acknowledgments for tbe vote of thanks passed by their Lardships . approving of bia conduct in effecting the successful accomplishment of the Ashburton treaty . Tbo Duke of WELLINGTON moved that the acknowledgmints of the Noble Lord be recorded on the minutes , which was agreed to .
Lord Brougham laid on the table of the House a bill for tLe more effectual suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa . In framing it he had received the assistance of tbe Lord Chancellor and of Mr . Bell , the eminent conveyancer . Its provisions were directed to three objects , to prevent ths buying and selling of slaves with plantations , by putting a stop to tbe trade in articles which were necessary to the maintenance of slavery ; to prevent joint stock companies from dealing in slaves by similar indirect means ; and to check trapping on tbe coast of Africa , by tbe establishment of a more effectual mode of trying tbe offenders . Lords Campbell and Ashuurton expressed their approbatiuu of tLe bill . The Eirl of Auehdeen said he absolved from all blame the gallant uffictjr ( Captain Dcnroan ) who commanded in the destruction of the slave bairucoons on the coast of Africa . Who , he considered , had acted in a vety praiseworthy spirit .
Lord De . NMaN thanked the Noble E- \ rl for the justice which ho had done to the gallant officer , and said that on the question of slavery he waa disposed to take a higher tone than that of many of hi 3 friends around him . He considered that slavery should be treated by every nation jia a crime against humanity , to be punibhed by every civiliz d power in the same way aa piracy ; it was a crime against all nations , and should be repressed by each on its own responsibility , and without reference to the wishes or laws i » f another . It was in this spirit that he considered that , in tha corre . « ponili Dee of Lord Aahburton , too low ground had been taken . The bill was read a first time , anJ the House a * - journed till the 25 th of April .
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? HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday , April 10 . Lord John Hcssell , read the resolutions on education of which hkf bad given notice , and which he proposes to bring forward after Easter . Tbey are as follow : — " 1 . That in any bill for tbe promotion of education in Great Britain , by which a board shall be authorised to levy , or cause to be levied , parochial rates , for the erection and maintenance of schools , provision ought to be made for an adequate representation of the rate-paye . a of the parish in such board . " 2 . That the chairman of sucb board ought to be tlected by the board itself . " 3 . That the Holy Scriptures , in the authorised version , should be taught in all schools established by any such board .
" 4 . That special provision should be made for cases in which Roman Catholic parents may object to tho instruction of their children in the Holy Scriptures in such schools . " 0 That no other books of religious instruction should be used in such schools , unless witb the sanction of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York , and tbe concurrence of the committee of Privy Council for education . " That , in order to prevent the disqualification of competent BcboolmnsterB on religious grounds , tbe books of relgious instruction , other than the Holy Bible , introduced into tbe schools , should be taught by the clergyman of the parish , or some person appointed by him , to the children of parents who belong to thu established church , or who may be desirous tbat their children abould be so instructed .
" 7 . Tbat all children taught in tooh schools should have free liberty to resort to any Sunday school , or any place of religious worship which their parents may approve . " 8 . Tbat any school connected witb the National School Society , or tbo British and Foreign School Society , or any Protestant Dissenters' School , or any Roman Catholic School , which shall be found upon inspection to bo efficiently conduced , should be entitled , by licence from the Privy Council , to grant certificates of school attendance , for the purpose of employment in factories of children aud young persona .
" % . That , in the opinion of this House , the committee of Privy Council for education ought to be furnished with means to enable them to establish and ' maintain a sufficient number of training and model ' schools in Great Britain . " 10 . That the said committee ought likewise to be enabled io grant gratuities to dtserving schoolmasters , and to afford such aid to schools established by voluntary coutrrbutions , as . may tend to the more complete instruction of tbe people in religious and secular knowledge , while at the sane time tbe rights of conscience may be respected "— ( hear ) . Sir James GkaUaii said that several of the points embraced in the resolutions bad been under tbe consideration of tbe Government , and that in consequence important modifications wuvlci be introduced into the Factories Bill . In reply to Lord PalmkRSTON ,
Lord Stanley said that iu the case of the Creole no fresh instructions bad been sen tout to the Governor of the 'Bahamas , with a view of providing for any future hypothetical case , but tbat thi ) confidential opinion of the law officers of the Crown has been transmitted to him ; and tbe Houhu might rest assured that the right of slaves to th « 'ir freedom , when in a British port , wwuid not suffer in the hands of the govornuient . Sir Robekt Peel , iu reply to Mr . Ewirt , said he bad not heard of the report that Mr . Ellis was on bis return tu this country from the Braeils without accomplishing his mission . In reply to Mr . Stuaut Wortley , it was stated by Sir Robert Peel that a slave trade was carried on by Arabs in tbe territories of tbe East India Company , chitiy on the Bombay coast ,, and that individuals had been prosecuted and punished for participating in it . A new act . however , of which the credit was due to Lord AUCKLAND , was just coming into operation , vhich would more effectually check tbe traffic .
The third reading of tlia Registration of Voters Bill was passed , and then Lord Charles Fiizroy moved the aldition of a clause , in order to ( lenuu move clearly the £ 10 franchise , bat it was objected to by Sir James Qrauah , uiid withdrawn . Mr . Coltiie proposed another clause , in order to secure tu a real voter who has been petsonated the exercise of his right , ao that it shall be received by the tbturning officer as a " tendered vote , " but not counted *> n the pol ) . Some conversation arose on the legal tff ^ ct of this clause ; but as the Solicitor and Attorney-Generals txpressed approbation of it , tbe clause was added to tho Bill by way of rider , aa Wtro one or two other additions .
Sir Thomas Wilde then called attention to the provision of the Bill giving to tbe Court of Common Pleas an appellate jurisdiction on the subject of disputed votes , in 1604 the House of Commons b « d secured its rfcht of absolute controul over the elective franchise , which bad not since been questioned . He pjinted out wh . it he considered to be the inconvenience of giving the appointments of the revising barristers to tbe judges : sucb a patronage bad a tendency to destroy the independence of tho bar , and , therefore , to injure the intrusts of the public , so far as an independent tur was concerned ; and he ol jected to bringing tbe elective franchise within the jurisdiction of a court of law at all . The preservation of its jurisdiction was essential to the existence of tbe House ; let them onse part , wjth their riftht , and it was gone for ever . Sir Kouliit Peel ' s bill fur the trial of controverted
olections had not yet received 0 . fair trial ; it was capable of great improvement At all events , he thought tbat it was too grave a matter to be disposed of in tbe prtsenfc manner ; it ought to be made the subject of a separate bill , and so receive a moia deliberate consideration . Sir James Graham complimented Sir Thomas Wilde as the intrepid defender of the privileges of the Hf use . But be denied that tho clause to which be had objected was any surrender of those privileges . Tbe argument of tbe Learned Gentleman wat > based on a
miscenception ; tbe clause did not go so far as a provision of the Irish Registration Bill , which had > been proposed by the late Government . Tbe power of an election committee of the House remained intact ty tbe present Bill ; and be could not see what danger conid be dreaded from the reference of a point of law to . * 'be Common Picas , which could be adjudicated upon in the face of pnblio opinion . He would much Booner trust the judges of a superior court of law , than assessors to be appointed by a majority of the House , or even by the more impartial judgment of the Speaker .
Lord JOHti RUSSELL could not allow the privileges of the House to be parted with without a farther protest , and the reference to tbe case of Ireland had but little weight with him . There , the judges had given a legal deeision relative to tbe franchise according to their known political feelings , Tories deciding one way , and Wbiga another . They were now proposing to render a decision ef the Court of Common Pleaa , on an appeal from the revising barrister ' s court , binding on a comffiltoe of the House . Mr . Fox bad said that the repre-
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sentation of the people , and trial by jury , were tbe two safeguards of the liberties of the people ; and here they were about to submit the rights of every elector in the kingdom to the conflicting and varying opinions and decisions of the judges . The Solicitor-General remarked , that by an act passed previous to the Reform Bill , there was an appeal , in Ireland , from the revising barrister to the Judge of assize . After tbe passing of tbe Irish Reform Bill , it was | a conflicting and disputed question-as to the right of election committees to open tbe registry in Ireland , and the late Sir Michael O'Loghlen , on tbe part of the then Government , brought in a bill to render tbe decision of tbe Judge , on appeal , binding
on a committee of the House of Commons . By the present bill ; tbe decision of tbe Common Pleas was merely made binding on an election committee hi the particular case , and on the point involved . He regretted that ! Lord John Russell , considering the weight of hia opinion , should have expressed himself as distrusting the judges of the land , in a matter where political feelings could not possibly operate . There was nothing given up by this bill which could bs considered as an abandonment of tbe privileges of tbe bouse ; it was merely carrying out an original intention of the Reform Act , only substituting as tbe court of appeal tbe four Judges of tbe Common Pleas , instead of three revising barristers .
Mr . Home supported the clausa , and in so doing would be sorry to 4 hink be was parting witb the privileges of the House . On a division , the motion of Sir Thomas Wilde was rejected ; by 102 to 26 . The bill then passed . The secoiid reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was next proposed ; and Sir R . H . Inolis said the opposition to the bill was various in its character , some opposing it because it went too far , others because it did not go far enough ; but all repudiated this particular measure . It was tbe destruction of ] ancient institutions—proposing at one fell swoop to extinguish no less than 380 courts , some of them coeval jwitb the Conquest . Clerical and lay
peculiars were to be destroyed ; tbe changes in tbe proving and custody Of wills were not justified by any necessity ; for on tbe principle that justice should , be brought bome to every maw ' s door , it was important that they should be enrolled as near tbe respective localities of the parties interested as possible ; and after reviewing , at some length , what be considered would be the effect of the various alterations contemplated by the bill , such as that It was a deliberate step towards the separation of the Church from the State , the destruction-of the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury , &c , he recommended [ its withdrawal , as it waa impossible to carry it during the present session cA Parliament . He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months .
Sir James Graham would not shrink from the responsibility of pressing this measure on the consideration of Parliament , because be waa firmly convinced it was for tb «; public interest . No judicial cfcaogo had » ver been proposed on higher authority , ecclesiastical , judicial , and ; legislative ; and until he heard the argument of . Sir R . H . Inglis , he was not prepared for tbe fact that any member of tho House cuuld possibly defend the existence of those scattered ecclesiastical courts , whose numbers and decisions had led to such txtensivsi litigation . The highest legal functlonnries had given thuir opinion that the expense of probate of
wills would ; not be greater in London than in the country ; while the convenience of centialising the custody of wills where all the great disputes on property were mainly adjudicated upon , were advantages of prime importance . and of the greut public utility of which they weru convinced , even though they admitted some private interests might be affc-cted by it In this spirit , the Government would neither withdraw the bill , nor refer it to a select committee , but leave it to the House to decide at once on its principle , and they would view ita rejection with tbe regret which their sincere conviction of ita importance involved .
Mr . JEHVJS contended that the Bill perpetuated , instead of reforming , the monopoly and abuses of Doctors Corpinons , in which tbiitj-four proctors bad the soie privilege of taking apprentices , witb each of whom a fee of a thousand pounds , or thereabouts , was ri quired . He strongly objected to the centralization of wills in London ; and as for the registry , if that wets all tbat waa required , they bad already all the machinery at tbe Stamp-office , in tbe collection of tbe legacy duty . Tbe irivbt objectionable parts of tbe criminal jurisdiction of tbe Ecclesiastical Courts were retained by tbe Bill , as the Bishops' Courts , with tbe trials for schism , herepy , bfawiing . ice . ; while the increase of salaries and patronage to tkc functionaries in London , and the fleet ssary withdruwal of the more respectable practitioners jfrutn the country , with the sacrifice of their established business , rendered the measure as objectionable on private as on public grounds .
Colonel yiuTHORPE protested against this . addition of salary ai . d patronage to the practitioners of Doctors ' Commons , who were already rich enough and idle enough . The Bill was an infringement of vested rights , and of tbe rights 1 f tbe people . The debate , utter some noisy contention , was proposed to beaiij . mrued , but a division on it was called for , when the numbers were—13 C for the adjournment , and 51 against it . The other orders were then disposed of .
, Ap . A number of questions were put and answered during the eat lief portion of the sitting . Mr . T . Dun-combe presented a petition from Mr . W . Jones , wh'j ban been recently tried at Leicester for sedition , complaining of the conduct of Baron Gurney , the Jailge ¦ who pr-t-svied at the trial . The Hon . Member also presented a petition from Leicester to the same effect , and praying for inquiry into the cose ; and that , if a new trial could not be obtained , tbat the House would take ete ps to procure remission of the sentence . In reply to 3 VIr . Hindley , Sir James Graham could not state the precisej extent of the modifications to be introduced into the Factories Bill . Mr . ViLLiERS . in rt-ply to Mr . EscOTT . said he intended to bring forward a motion on tbe Corn Laws early in May . ¦
In rep ' . y to Sir John Easthope , it was stated by Sir James Graham , tbat the Church-rate returns moved for last nession , and now collecting , were so voluminous , tbat he could not state the precise time when they would be made up , but tbat be would do all in his power to forwanl them , and would be able after the Esster recess to Rive a more definite answer . Mr . Roeuuck elicit * A from Sir James Graham that the Commissioner * irquiring into the criminal law had made ! several re porta , and some important recommendations , especially a condensation of the criminal law , more particularly relating to treason and murder . But the Government could not . undertake such a condensation , which he thought would more properly be attempted by a commission , if it were undertaken at all . On the mution of Sir Robert Peel , it was agreed that the House on its rising should adjourn till the 24 th of April , ifor the Easter rectos .
The adjourned d . bate on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed till tbe 28 th of April . Mr . Ewart , who had a notice on the pap ^ r for an address to her Majesty on the subject of education , said he was induced , by a statement from Sir James Graham , to postpone it till a later period of the session . Sir John Walsh moved for leave to brln ? in a bill to amend an Act of the Ut and 2 nd William IV ., c . 6 ' 0 , for the : better regulation of parish vestries in England and Wales . He staled the inconveniences and grievances which he wished to remedy , and the means which he proposed for that purpose to the adoption of the House . Mr . Gally Knight opposed the motion .
Sir Benjamin Hall also opposed \ t , defending the management of tbe Marylebone vestry , and expressing a confidence tbat tbe Government w « uld not lend their sanction to repeal the provisions of an act highly prized iby those who enjoyed the benefits of its operation . j Caplain Kous and Mr . Hawes in like manner declared their objections to the motion . Mr , Hume , las a resident in Marylebone of thirty years standing . ! adduced his personal knowledge of the beneficial working of Hobhouse's Act , which was only disliked by those who had been driven from the management under tho close system .
Colonel T . V % Ood ( Middlesex ) and Mr . MACKINNON both admitted that Sir John Walsh had gone too far , but were of opinion that be should be permitted to introduce bis Bill , and let it be printed . Sir James Graham was led to believe that in many parishes of the metropolis great discontent : prevailed With the existing state of tbe law . But after hearing tho statement of Sir John Walsh , and the sentiments expressed on both sides of the House in opposition to bia motion , he would recommend him to withdraw it . Sir John Wjalsh complained of the want of courtesj shown to him , and said he was not prepared for the degree of opposition manifested . Therefore , not expecting , from the want of support , to bring his measure to a satisfactory conclusion , he withdrew his motion . '
Dr . Bowrijvg then rose to move "for the correspondence of the British Government with the Porte on th « subject of . the Bishop of Jerusalem . He afterwards withdrew it . Mr . W . CowiPER then brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the propriety of setting apart a portion of all waste lands which shall be enclosed by Act of Parliament , to be let out in small allotments to the labouring poor of the district , and also into the best mode of effecting the same . Sir JaME * Geahau thought that the course proposed was a more safe one than the proposal of a bill ; and tL'Ough doubtful of tbe resnlts , be agreed to the appointment of a committee , in th » hope that it would institute * careful inquiry . Mr . x * EME Bald that it would be far better to repeal the Corn Laws , which would be a sure means of relief to the labofcrfn ? population .
Colonel T . \ "Vjood ( Middlesex ) suggested an alteration in the tsrms of Jhe motion , which Mr . Cowper acceded to , and the appointment of the committee waa ordered . Captain Pechel / - then rose to bring on a motion , but be was met by an observation tbat there were not forty members present , and thU proving to be the case , tte House necessarily adjourned .
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rpHE Surveyors of Highways for the Town ^ ,, X of Leeds are ready to receive Tenders for « , above description of W ^ rk . —Application to be mad ( between tha Hoors of Ten and Twelve in the BW noon ) at their Offise » Free Market , where SpecificT tions are now laying . Sealed Tenders to be delivered on or before Satn » day , the _ 29 ih instant . ~ v ' J . BltAHLET , Leeds , IOth April , 1843 . l
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct929/page/8/
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