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Westonia > Westonia Mine Deaths
BENSON | Sven | Miner | 13/12/1917 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Collapse of Stull | Widower | 1 son left an orphan as his mother had died in Meekatharra from Typhoid 383 pounds in compensation was given to be held in trust for the boys education.. | ||||||||||
BRUCE | Wayne | Miner | 28/12/1989 | Westonia GM | Westonia | Overcome by carbon monoxide fumes | ||||||||||||
COE | Thomas | 56 | Carpenter | 14/10/1918 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Fell 200ft down shaft to his death | |||||||||||
CURTAIN | David | 52 | Miner | 31/07/1915 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Westonia | Crushed by large rock after blasting | Single | Died at Nurse Pattersons Private Hospital Westonia. | ||||||||
GREGG | Charles James 'Spider' | 41 | Miner | 7/11/1919 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Fall of rock | Moonta SA | ||||||||||
IVEY | John | 36 | Miner | 7/11/1919 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Fall of rock | Bendigo Victoria | Married | None | ||||||||
KENNEDY | Howard S K | Miner | 14/12/1932 | Princess Royal GM | Westonia | Fell into a tank of boiling water. | ||||||||||||
MANNING | Thomas Henry | 60 | Prospector | 13/03/1939 | Westonia GM | Westonia | Struck by falling bucket being winched to the surface by his son. | |||||||||||
MATTHEWS | Augustus | Miner | 18/07/1921 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | |||||||||||||
MCFARLANE | George | Miner | 13/07/1913 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Fell from unsecured decking, accident caused meningitis from which he died. | Accident occurred on 4/7/1913 | |||||||||||
OLIVER | Joseph Thomas Coxon | 38 | Miner | 1/04/1933 | Princess Royal GM | Westonia | Westonia | Carbon monoxide poisoning. | ||||||||||
STOCKDALE | Harry Gordon | Miner | 7/11/1919 | Edna May Consolidated GM | Westonia | Westonia | Fall of rock | NSW |
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