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<br /> <br />(~) <br />othex• portions o_' the z.,ine; third, to form a jacket of steam aranr:d <br />the scope to p?~ovent its spreading and assist in z,utting it out ard. as <br />sour? as possible to locate the fire and extingaish it ?with water and <br />s t earn. <br />History o.r" the Fire and Incidetzts Conzxected Therewith: <br />Early Sunday mornint; a smell o? gas was r_oticed b~+ workmen <br />worYing on ore between ou.r 6th %irl''i 7th levels. An examination was made <br />as far as possible, gut before it could o° concluded the men were <br />driven out of the scope by the smoke and gas ~rithout having beexx able <br />to locate the fire: This was about throe or four o'clock Sunday <br />morning, Nov. lath. Un arriving on the ground, i directed- that 'ooth <br />steam and vrater lines be laid on all of to levels toward the stape <br />,. sozitYi of oux• cross-cuts 1"rorn the shaft. In many instances, this part <br />of thernine being worked constantly , the lines were ai.l '-aid in the <br />scrape of air lines which were made use of. <br />Surraay morning we went into the burning shaft about 1() <br />o'clock and turned water on at the 6th level .through aline runn?xr>; in <br />towards .the tap of tixa stope allovting Lhis to nzn all !icy and the Fol- <br />lowing night. Sunday night we got steam on the Eth Ievel tzndr3r the <br />.r+~. i~ionday :sc corr~aenced throwing ste:+rri i~zto the stope cn the 7th <br />I,~vel. Eoth of these stet+.rn lines have been in contin?zoos opera.tiou <br />ever since farting steam both above and IDeluw tin efire. <br />About this time we crin+xnenced pouring water at the northern <br />edge of tkie fire which.seerne~. to be spread. over- a space of abozzt 4G <br />X 60 feat, at least smoke snd gas were comirt.; up a1..i. t~_rough chi".: <br />spaco. ,Yde di s;:~rntinued this r^anning of water at the r:quest of our <br />neighbors. lire endeavored to get through the burning stope to gst at <br />the seat of the fire vrith water, but in consequence of the li1-r~e <br />amount of water runrrir.~; rl.ovrn from 6tia level tend the loosening of the <br />,- ~. <br />~~ ~~ ~ <br />,._. .. _ _ . ,.. I :&~'~_,~,z"ti,~~ <br />