| [Index] |
| Laurence Theodore TURNER (1902 - 1929) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Living |
Laurence Theodore TURNER (1902 - 1929) + Amy MUDDELL |
Arthur John TURNER (1862 - 1951) | John TURNER | |
| Mary HENNESSY | ||||
| Sarah Ann Cecilia FREEBODY (1870 - 1953) | John Joseph FREEBODY (1843 - 1927) | John FREEBODY (1804 - 1890) | ||
| Sarah CONNELLY ( - 1898) | ||||
| Margaret Mary MCEVOY (1846 - 1912) | James MCEVOY (1808 - 1877) | |||
| Mary SHEIL (1820 - 1908) |
| b. 14 Mar 1902 at Cooma, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. abt 01 Feb 1929 Amy MUDDELL at Randwick, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 22 Feb 1929 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 26 |
| Cause of Death: |
| crushed in industrial accident |
| Parents: |
| Arthur John TURNER (1862 - 1951) |
| Sarah Ann Cecilia FREEBODY (1870 - 1953) |
| Children (1): |
| Events in Laurence Theodore TURNER (1902 - 1929)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 14 Mar 1902 | Laurence Theodore TURNER was born | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | ||
| abt 01 Feb 1929 | 26 | Married Amy MUDDELL | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | 1172/1929 | |
| 22 Feb 1929 | 26 | Laurence Theodore TURNER died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 220/1929 | 30 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Sydney Morning Herald 23 Feb 1929
TWO MEN KILLED. Tunnel Roof Collapses. CITY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Two men were killed and another was In-jured yesterday when huge sandstone boulders fell from the roof of the City Railway tunnel construction work near the Conservatorium. Those killed were :- Lawrence Turner, 30, of Riverview-road, Undercliffe; Walter James Eldridge, 23, a labourer, of Swanson-street, Erskineville. The injured man was William Currie, 44, of Blaxcell-street, Granville. A gang of about 26 men were engaged in excavating in the part of the tunnel where the fall occurred. They had cleaned out the rock and sand brought down by blasting, and a furthor set of shots was fired. The ganger, Eldridge, father of one of the men killed, as is customary investigated the rear of the tunnel to see if everything was safe. On receiving his report the men resumed their work. The timber men com-menced to place the timber pole across the roof, and the labourers and drillers went back to their job. Without any warning about 20 feet length of roof-solid sandstone-fell on the men. The electric lights on the tunnel roof were ex-tinguished. Currie was hit on the head and partly buried under the rock. Eldridge was struck by a huge boulder which pinned him down. Turner was knocked down, and a huge piece of stone rolled on his chest. Towser, Cole, and Barett, three other work-men, had remarkable escapes, for when the accident occurred they were working near Eldridge and Currie and Turner. Immedi- ately they and the remainder of the gang, together with the head ganger, Mr. Lawrence, and the engineer, Mr. Fraser, went to the rescue. They tore at the huge rocks with their bare hands, and it took five men to re-move the debris from Currie, and three to clear Turner. No sooner had the men been removed to the mouth of the tunnel than a further fall occurred. Altogether from 12 to 18 tons of stone fell. Eldridge died as soon as he was removed from the tunnel. He received a fractured skull and internal injuries. Turner's skull was fractured and he too, had internal in- juries. Currie received a crushed chest, scalp wounds, and injuries to his legs. Spoken to at the hospital, Currie said he and his companions had been working about five minutes after returning following the blasting, and without warning a large rock fell on his head. The whole accident occurred with terrible suddenness. He considers that the far portion of the tunnel should have been timbered. Currie and Eldridge are single men, but Turner was married about a fortnight ago. It was found after the explosion that a seam of clay ran through what was apparently solid sandstone, and this had probably been loosened by the explosions. The Central Ambulance rushed the men to the Sydney Hospital a few minutes after the accident was reported. |
| Source References: |
| 30. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Monaro Pioneers, Title: Monaro pioneers, Locn: http://www.monaropioneers.com/ |
| - Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/mcevoyj.htm (Death) |
| - Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/mcevoyj.htm (Birth) |
| - Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/mcevoyj.htm (Name, Notes) |