REEFTON. 17th April.
A fatal accident occurred at tbe Golden Fleece mine to-day. A miner named Richard White was standing at the mouth of the shaft doing some work when his foot slipped, and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, 150 feet. Death is supposed to have been instantaneous, as when found a few mdmente later life was extinct. The body was dreadfully mangled. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 397, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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73REEFTON. 17th April. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 397, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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