An inquest was hold at Coasett lately cm tho bodies of Susannah and Janios Snowdon, tuolher and sou, of Silyer Tongue, near Oonsetb. Tho evidenoe showed that the mother sent her son to a disused lead mine for water. Ho' was overpowerod by foul air at the mouth of the drift, and when the mother wout in eearoh of the lad she was similarly attacked. Both of them were unable t) get out. A policeman and a gamokeepar who tried to effeot a reeoao narrowly cso\ped with their lives, Tho bodies had to remain in the drift until tho foiu.wi.ig morniug. A vstdlgb of accidental (loath waa retiuntd.,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 251, 2 November 1892, Page 2
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108Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 251, 2 November 1892, Page 2
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