The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-13 00:00:00

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE BEVERN TUNNEL
WORKS.

SIX MEN KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED.

A terrible accident cc:stirred in the neighbourhood of the
New Permute on Saturday morning. Nearly 3.009 men
are now employed upua the works, and in order to
facilitate toe lowering and raising ot the workmen the
contractor, Mr. Walker. has recently introduced at some
of the various ghat is large lilts which alit accommorate
from 20 to 30 men at • time. It is toe custom f.r the men
employed on the night shift to come up at midnight lot
thoir dinner hour, and on Thursday night 15 men were at
the bottom of the Portakewet shaft, and had given the
signal for it to be raised. Sourtiy before a large kip foil
of excavetion, from the works nad been sent up, furl was
near the shaft upon the rails on which it should be run
away to to tipped. From some unexplained canoe this
"kip" or truck was allowed to get Lowe au4 shunt back
to the mouth of the shaft, over whiMi it toppl end omit
crostini( down on the unfortunate anion et the bottom of
the shaft. The alarm of too,, upon the bank might be
readily iniagmed when they beard he cries ant coats of
their unhappy comrade., and they at once realised the fact
that • terrible accident had ocguiral. Tne tilt was
op/bodily brought to bank, and at was Lb diecovered that
four of its occupants had been killed instentaneouay, two
more were ea fearfully injured boat they died in to, cowls
of the day, and nine others are lepoitzd to be so woriouall
wound al am to be in a very danger.u. otate.
Another account say. :—A group of 15 men hal worn-
bled at the bottom of the ',aft, awaiting the descent of
the cage, not there is • Common iCstinit etival bwhwevh the
pitman at the iiottoin ol tta, eis t I too baultstuao, by
means of a et: ihins a.ug, w•ta ut akti the cag• ie never
raised or lowered. Rowover, before the guns was Enact
the skip on the tramway near the lower level entrance to
the shaft suddenly got in motion, and went mining beck
to the ttugurirded entrance. It is stated that the skip,
which is oval in form and is made of true, was not full of
rock at the time. Another statement is that all the rock
had been taken out of it. But even when empty it weighs
nearly heifo-ton. At any rate the skip on reaching the
gage of the shaft shot over, and with in:remould weight se
it went meshing down on the ill-fated men, it deacendel
on the group silk euhit velocity that only Iwo of tha
miners had time to step aside and canape its torrible force.
Four or them were killed on the spot The cries of the
others 'airing from fearful injuries Soon brought &ghat-
"ince, and the cage woe lowered and they were conveyed
to bank, when it was found that besides the four Lull
Insianteneodaly two were e., cr ,shed that they could not
survive, and Woo died during Friday. All the otrier oevo
men were more or lees injured, and were removed to
the infirmary of OkePsfollo

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with three htter serum for illostreted treatise giving
unfailing mean. or avlteure. W eld's Disoen.ary htel•cal
koviciatioo. N 3. Now Orford-atm,. Lbodon, W.C.
Ewell LAMILIBINCL—rtie thing, most to b • dres led we fall-
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parturit.on. MA fail 41 JOsI alter, for to h.o, mass mo,
grapirde matter m our. t tint lo 'gamut in Übe stomach
and howsla. the blood broom a foot, eud in diliku.t teeth-
ing. tattling and heaving
_will inevinalhil vague. Al this
mayday D. 1,11014.1 Hewitt's It 4 Drench ..at dvaose
toe ewes.! hil literuninatory (natter• cool said purify as
blood. and bring about safe delivery end streoath of off'
spring. Also where esairtanos is required, lubricate the
band with the matchless worming salva—the "grown
Ceetnlcal &stmt." and saes and comfort will result te
the ewe In larebtag.--311. Donet-street. Bekaretrert,
London. W.