ACCIDENT TO THE CROMWELL CO'S. MACHINE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 26, 11 May 1870, Page 5

ACCIDENT TO THE CROMWELL CO'S. MACHINE.

Ifc ia with very sincere regret that wo ; have to record an accident to the crushing machinery of the Cromwell Company at Bendigo, aa a number of m6n will he thrown out of employment for a considerable time in consequence. From particulars of the accident supplied to us by Mr Logan (the manager) we learn that on Wednesday night last, while the battery was in full work, a three-inch nut fell in between the cogs of the driving and pinion wheels, smashing both of them in such a manner as to render them completely useless. New wheels have to be cast, and the order has been sent to Dunedin for them. Mr Logan informs us that it will probably be six weeks before the machine is in working order again. While crushing operations are at a standstill the company intend to erect the extra five head of stampers which they have on the ground, so as to start afresh with a ten-head battery. This accident will cause a considerable diminution in the district escort returns for the next few weeks, but this will be compensated for when the Company resume work with their increased crushing power. We understand that in the meantime about one-half of the men in the employment of the Company have been paid off.