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The fire had been very strong in this stenting, and in the back drift 

 as well as in the fore drift, on the out-hie side of the stenting. But 

 Joseph Tinkler, who was working in the fore drift, was not at all burnt ; 

 he seems to have remained in the face of the drift till after the explo- 

 sion, and had been suffocated in attempting to escape, as his body was 

 found at the place marked Q, on the Plan, Plate XVIII., which is 

 60 yards back from the face of the drift. The extent of the fire is 

 marked on this Plan by a pink shade, and the extent of the after- 

 damp, by a dark shade. 



From this it will be seen, that the fire was not of very great extent, 

 although so fatal in its consequences. It had been what we call a smart 

 fire — not a heavy one. In this examination, I was accompanied by 

 Messrs. Thomas and John Forster, Coxon, and others. 



The diagrams Numbers 1, 2, and 3, shew the shape and situation 

 of the block of Coal, and the cavity. 



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