One of those narrow, escapes, which, might almost be termed miraculous, occurred on the South Lead on Friday evening last. While two of the diggers were ascending the shaft, a distance of 100 feet, the horse which worked the whim on the Lagoon Claim suddenly became restive, and plunging violently snapped the head line, overthrowing the driver, James Trazise, one of the claimholders, and dealing him at the same time a violent kick, threw him a considerable distance off the whim ring. Hiss mates were only half way up the shaft, when the cord snapped, and although they fell a distance of fifty feet they were more frightened than hurt. The driver, however, not so fortunate, still remains an invalid, and is unable to leave the house. — Lachlan Reporter, August 15.
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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 257, 5 September 1867, Page 2
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