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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1950 Feb 22 DOC CSR158
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Govt Inspection Report Noting Bad Conditions at Wittenoom Gorge
Ker s^report on Hines File 1301/47
Copy of report sent to Inspector Hoyland -
Ls COVERMHEN OF WESTERN
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Minan Department Markle Bar
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The District Inspector Boyland
Mines Department
CUE
22nd February 1950
143A 143A
Re Mittenoom Gorge
Feb.
I beg to waknowledge thoreceipt of your
together with your report on the conditions
at Wittonoom Gorge
:
memo of the as you found
14th them
blems Do you think it would warrant the
Ventilation Officer
to
make
them
roalize
appointuent that
of
a
going to be one of their Big pm
before their ventilation is
very long
Wittenoom supply
Would no nithe
it be
possible
for
you to get
the Department o
nithe Thermometer I think that the time has come
that it is most essential
now
Aluo Speo G.H. getting deeper
getting further in and the .
Hreenunennn ane an
vory I found things generally to be in
the Gorge and This was my report
bad condition at
pls The men wrking on the eurIsos have no proper Grip oe
the working
Request that
on
surface
a crib place be made available
the men were eating more dust
for the m^n
than food
Ventilation nothing had been done to
your visit
two
working
faces
improve the Ventura'a
things
since
placed but Six othery wore from
n^ z^ ressonably
back from the faces properly
twenty seven feet to fifty fent
be
made
inmediatoly
to
bring
muusured
them all
Also requested that a start
working facna
up to within TV feet of the
. . :
Electical Systom underground I was wised
competent riolane of
the appalling
state of
up by some very
existed in the wiring underground and no
affairs that
several
reporte
of mon boing knocked
earthing etc. while
I have had
the fhoes Also requested that this
handling their Leads at
matter be dealt with at once
J.
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