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Henry LEWIS died 16 July
1881
aged abt 41 yrs
at Shicer Hill
nr Creswick,
husband of Harriet SEDDON
 Accidental death of Henry LEWIS
The Creswick Advertiser
Wednesday 6th July 1881
A sad accident happened on Monday to a miner named Henry Lewis, who has resided for a number of years at Spring Gully. It appears that Lewis was working with two other miners named Duffy and Shaw in a tunnel at Shicer Hill, the dirt from which was drawn by a horse and truck. There was an incline in the tunnel of between 70 and 80 feet, and then 30 feet of level leading to the face where the unfortunate man was at work. Duffy was driving the horse out the tunnel at the time, and when near the top of the incline the rope broke, and the truck dashed along at a rapid pace and crushed Lewis against the face before he had time to escape. When brought out, the sufferer was taken to the hospital, where, on examination it was found that both his legs were so completely smashed from the knees to the ankles, that amputation was necessary. Every attention is being paid to the unfortunate man, who is reported to be wonderfully well considering his state, although there is very little hope of his surviving.

Monday 18th July 1881
The unfortunate man Henry Lewis who was admitted into the hospital on the 5th inst., suffering from injuries by being crushed in a tunnel in which he was working at Spring Gully, necessitating the amputation of both his legs, died in the institution on Saturday morning.

Wednesday 20th July 1881
An inquest was held at the hospital on Monday before the coroner, Mr. J.C. Thomson P.M., touching the cause of the death of a miner named Henry Lewis, who died in the institution on the previous Saturday, when a verdict was returned that deceased died of exhaustion from mortification, resulting from injuries to his legs on the 4th July from the accidental breaking of a rope attached to a truck which was being drawn up an incline by a horse in a drive at Shicer Hill.

Creswick Hospital

Creswick Hospital - former 1863 goldfields hospital now part of the Victorian School of Forestry at Creswick, a campus of the University of Melbourne. Postcard from the Creswick Historical Museum - heritage paintings by David R Williams ph (03) 9803 1285.
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Henry LEWIS m 1866 Harriet SEDDON

Thomas APPS SEDDON LEWIS m 1883 Phoebe SPARK
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