Hi Tia, I know it is a long time ago you asked about people falling down mine shafts, but on re-reading your email I found I have the inquest number for William Reynolds. Reynolds, William. 1894/00/00. Killed. Ballarat District. Fall down mine shaft. Sebastopol. Inquest No. 1894/1352 Dave in Ballarat At 07:16 AM 1/07/2008, Tia McCombes wrote: >Well I never thought of inquests for people >possibly falling down mine shafts! Would there >only be an inquest if they found the body? There >I was last night having just sent an e-mail to a >distant cousin about her ancestor who apparently >disappeared one night after having had a bit of >a drinking session at the local pub. It was >believed that he had fallen down a mine shaft >and apparently a search had been instituted for >him, but he was never found. We were >discussing newspapers etc as there doesn't >appear to be a death record for him, then the >very next post to the list was some one asking >about Inquest record for somone who had fallen >down a mine shaft. It's a small world! As a >long shot could some one do a look up in the >inquest index for me for a Johannes Volk around >1891. Thank you so much Tia in Canberra ----- >Original Message ---- From: Chris Ward ><[email protected]> To: Norman Archibald ><[email protected]>; >[email protected] Sent: Monday, >30 June, 2008 6:18:06 PM Subject: RE: Victorian >inquests The reference number is 1352. There >are no details at all in the index. Regards, >Chris -----Original Message----- From: >[email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Norman Archibald Sent: Monday, 30 >June 2008 3:43 PM To: >[email protected] Subject: >Victorian inquests Dear listers, Could someone >on the list do a look-up for me please. I am >looking for record of an inquest into the death >of a William REYNOLDS who is perported to have >disappeared down a mine shaft in the Sebastopol >area in 1894. Norm. >------------------------------- To unsubscribe >from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the >word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- :-) Victorian Mining Accident Index, over 12,100 names sorted Alphabetically as well as by Place. on CDROM $20.00 plus Postage. Mining Registrars Reports 1859 to 1887 all Victoria, most reports published, send for a list to Dave Evans 439 Main Rd. Ballarat, 3350 Victoria or email [email protected]