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Lismore, 1891 – Sixteen-year-old builder’s apprentice Herbert Cottee died when he became entangled in the shaft of a sawmill engine. He was only visiting the sawmill to sharpen some chisels and plane irons. He had worked with a firm called Brown and Jolly for about six months when, one  Tuesday afternoon,  he asked for permission  to visitContinue reading “Apprentice’s errand turned deadly”