THE ELDORADO DISASTER.
Melbourne, August 19. The inquest on the victims of the Eldorado mining disaster has opened. The only information of importance elicited so far is that three days prior to the accident there was a slight inrush of steam,. Thompson, one of the victims, was instructed to erect a barricade. According to the directions lie received the centre prop should have been sunk in the ground eighteen inches, but he only sank it threC’!orfour inches, although he told the captain of the shift that he had sunk'it eighteen inches. Morrison, : who was Thompson's assistant, subsequently asked Thompson why he bad misled the captain, but the latter retorted : ‘ Mind your own business,’ adding that there was no danger to be feared. Morrison, being an experienced man, accepted Thompson's statement, and was afraid to inform the captain of the shift became it would make trouble. Morrison saw the prop swaying at three o’clock on the morning of tie accident, ai d told Thompson,
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1761, 21 August 1895, Page 2
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163THE ELDORADO DISASTER. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1761, 21 August 1895, Page 2
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