THE ELDORADO MINING DISASTER.
THE INQUEST.
Melbourne, thia day. The inquest on che victims of the Eldorado mining disaster has been opened. The only information of importance elicited so far is thab 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 he received, the centre prop should have been sunk in the ground eighteen inches, but he only Bunk ib throe or four inches, although he told the captain of the Bhifb that he had suuk ib oighbeen inches. Morrison, Thompson's assistant, subsequently asked Thompson why he had mislad the captain, but the latter retorted, " Mind your own business," adding that there was no danger to be feared. Morrison, being an iaexperienced man, accepted ThornpHon'a Btatemenb, and was afraid to iuform the captain of the shif b, because ib would make trouble. Morrison saw the prop swaying at three o'clock on the morning of fcbe accident, and told Thompson.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 197, 19 August 1895, Page 3
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