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Lee died in 1870 his horse “Traveller” died a few months later in 1871

Both Vincent and O’Rorke gave their lives during the action

Although most ‘overseers’ and ‘foremen’ carried protective weaponry a strong force of the King’s soldiers would also be on hand to provide a kind of ‘military police’ presence on the work site

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