Killed in the Shaft single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 Killed in the Shaft
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Recollections of tragedy on the Victorian diggings (Green Hills) in 1857. The narrator's two mates fall in love with a store-keeper's daughter which leads to jealousy, murder and madness. (PB)

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