jury. Mr. T. Adams, assistant inspector of mines was present, also, Mr. Howell Jones, deputy colliery manager, Mr. J. Vaughan, chief mechanical engineer, and Mr. John Davies, miners' agent.

After evidence of identification, Thomas Morgan, rider in the No. 4 Drift of Fochriw No. 2 Pit, deposed that he was not on the journey that broke, and neither did he see the parting. He arranged with Elias Davies yesterday to take charge of the journey of trams which broke loose. He did not see the journey starting, but he saw the nine trucks which parted after they had come down. He helped to pick up Jones, who was dead, and he saw Lewis, and the other injured men. There were three horses killed. The drift was the ordinary travelling road for the men to go along, and it was well supplied with manholes. Twelve trams constituted the regular load. The shackles and pins coupling the third and fourth trams were produced, and the witness stated that they were found on the tram that broke away. In answer to questions from Mr. Adams, witness said he had been a rider for eight years. A crab brought the trams up to the No. 3 level, and the big engine up to the No. 4. He had never had any trouble with the engine giving the rope a sudden pull.
Edwin Davies, assistant haulier and shackler at the bottom of the number of No. 4 Drift, said he shackled five trams of the journey. There were two coal trams in front, a tub, and then two more coal trams behind the tub. One of the two hauliers, William Evans and David Williams, must have shackled the tub to the tram behind it, but he could not say which. John Morgan went with the trams for about 300 yards, and then Elias Davies would take charge of them. William Evans brought out two trams to one of which the tub was shackled, and David Williams brought out the other two in front. It was the practice for the haulier who drove out from the face-level, and it was his trams which were behind the tub.

Mr. Howell Jones explained the plans of the workings of the pit, and said that the gradient of the drift was about three inches in the yard. The average width of the road was about 6 ft, and there were manholes at regular distances, as required by the Act of Parliament. The journey proceeded about 90 yards, and ran back a distance of 40 yards.

lias Davies, assistant foreman haulier, said he was looking after the three horses which drew coal to the parting. He hitched the journey from the No. 4 Drift to the journey that came from the No. 3 He fetched seven trams on to the five for the big rope. He rode on the journey, between the second tram and the tub, at the request of Morgan, it being his practice to ride the drift when the rider was absent. He noticed all the shackles of the journey before starting with his safety lamp. He put his lamp between each tram so as to have light to see the hitching. He was able to say that the shackles of the first five trams were all right. He heard the pin on the other side of the tub click, and then he knew something was wrong. When the journey separated he went flying with the other three trams. In reply to Mr. John Davies, witness said h  did not notice how far the man found dead was from a manhole. Mr. Adams also questioned the witness on the point, and Mr. Howell Jones said that the deceased was found exactly opposite a manhole.

Edwin Davies, recalled, said that as the five trams went by him, he examined them with his lamp, and saw nothing the matter. He took the shackles produced off the tram that ran back. He could not say which was attached to the tub, and which to the tram.

Thomas Hughes said he worked in the fair level. On Saturday, he was on his way out, and saw Elias Davies on the crossing, waiting for the horses to clear.  He stood there for some time, because he did not want to go in front of the journey. Elias Davies hitched the rope to the full journey, and told witness to keep far enough back as he did not care much for the tub. When the trams ran back, witness was by the crab. Some men and three horses got in front of him. He did not tell any of these men about the journey having gone on.