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    Inquest - William Hyams, 1851, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.

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Inquest - William Hyams
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On the morning of 9 October 1851, William Hyams was working in a pit on the Ballarat diggings in the company of Alexander Watson and two other men. According to Watson, Hyams undermined the face of a hill, the slip of which then came down on top of him. Hyams was completely covered in soil, whilst another man was also partially buried. Although Watson and others succeeded in removing the dirt from Hyams before he suffocated he was severely injured. Carried insensible from the pit, he was examined by the surgeon Lacy Phillips, who declared his ribs broken and ordered him to be returned to his tent. Hyams died from his injuries about two hours later.

Date
1851
Control
VPRS 24/P0, Unit 9 Item 140
Archival Source
VPRS 24 Inquest Deposition Files; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

VPRS 24 Inquest Deposition Files

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