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SOME of the facts elicited at the adjourned inquest on the bodies of the twenty-eight persons who lost their lives in an explosion at Elemore pit on December 2 last, appear to have a direct bearing upon the coal-dust theory, and are therefore worthy of being recorded. It will be remembered that the inquest was adjourned until January 18, when it was re-opened; it was concluded on the following day. The verdict of the jury was as follows:—
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GALLOWAY, W. The Coal-Dust Theory. Nature 35, 343–344 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035343b0
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