The Tragedy's of Oak Island
The first tragedy on Oak Island happened when a treasure company was pumping water (like they always did). One of the water pumps boiler machines overheated and exploded killing 1 and injuring several others due to severe scalds and burns.
The second tragedy happened when a digger was being lifted to the surface of the money pit. Out of nowhere, one of the ropes slipped off of the pully and he plummeted to his death at the bottom.
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth tragedy all happened on the same day. This was the greatest tragedy on the island. It is known as the Restall Family Tragedy. On Tuesday, August 17, 1965, shortly after 1:00pm, a man named Robert Restall Sr. was checking a shaft along the beach where he and his son had been working on previously, when out of nowhere, a poisonous gas started to evade the shaft and he lost consciousness and fell into the watery shaft. His oldest son Robert Restall Jr. saw his father fall into the shaft and he ran after him and jumped into the shaft to try and save him. A couple of nearby diggers for the Restall family saw Robert Jr. jump into the hole and they also ran after to help. They all jumped into the hole and were killed from the poisonous gas inside the hole. That was a truly devastating and shocking day for anyone on the island or who has dug on the island. The Restall family packed up and left shortly after this devastating day.
The second tragedy happened when a digger was being lifted to the surface of the money pit. Out of nowhere, one of the ropes slipped off of the pully and he plummeted to his death at the bottom.
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth tragedy all happened on the same day. This was the greatest tragedy on the island. It is known as the Restall Family Tragedy. On Tuesday, August 17, 1965, shortly after 1:00pm, a man named Robert Restall Sr. was checking a shaft along the beach where he and his son had been working on previously, when out of nowhere, a poisonous gas started to evade the shaft and he lost consciousness and fell into the watery shaft. His oldest son Robert Restall Jr. saw his father fall into the shaft and he ran after him and jumped into the shaft to try and save him. A couple of nearby diggers for the Restall family saw Robert Jr. jump into the hole and they also ran after to help. They all jumped into the hole and were killed from the poisonous gas inside the hole. That was a truly devastating and shocking day for anyone on the island or who has dug on the island. The Restall family packed up and left shortly after this devastating day.
