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Show They Blame the Superintendent. Wheeling, January . 31. The coroner's jury, whioh has been inquiring into - the cause of the death of the thirty-nine miners killed by the explosion of fire-damp in the Orrel coal company's shaft, finished taking testimony last night. The jury finds that the accident was caused by leaving an open door in an air passage in the mine, thereby impairing ventilation and allowing gas to accumulate. They report the accident was due to a failure of the superintendent to obey instructions of the State Mine Inspector, In-spector, and pronounced the penalty affixed bv the act of the Legislature of 1883 for such neglect inadequate. - , |