TWO OF THE BODIES DISCOVERED.
The manager of the drive where the accident occurred — Mr W. Collins — was very strict in requiring that the timbering should be attended to. He was continually warning the men of the importance of properly timbering and of the peril of neglecting this work. The sides of the dip were 9ft apart at the top, and I Oft at the botton, and both sides were timbered with pieces of 9in by 2in. and the cap pieces averaged lOia by lOin, and the leg pieces lQin by 7in. Near the bottom of the dip was an air-shaft, but the men had driven past this shaft, and as the dip caved in immediately behind them, the shaft was closed, and their only means of escape cut off. Twelve men were employed in the drive, in three shifts of eight hours each. Later. The entombed Huntley miners were not extricated this morning. Casey and Harris ; have been reached, and will be got out to-day. Both are dead, and when found were clasped in each other's arms though when last seen they were a little distance apart. Hyndman, one of the rescue party, is so seriously injured that a fatal termination is feared. He has a wife and four children.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 81, 27 December 1890, Page 3
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211TWO OF THE BODIES DISCOVERED. Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 81, 27 December 1890, Page 3
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