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"Douglas - minutes of which before the Council - Machado stated that on Monday the 12th instant, the day before the accident, he found the gang working still in the dangerous place and removed them to a spot 12 feet from it, which he considered quite safe. The result showed that he was mistaken in that idea, but his own evidence proves that he allowed the men to work at the base instead of sloping the top of the bank according to Mr. Bird's orders.
"It is clear, therefore, that Machado troubled himself very