Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Monday 19 March 1934, page 5 Tragedy at ORA BANDA Ora Banda has once more been the stage for a sad and dreadful fatality. Mr. Charles Emery, who left the Ora Banda hotel with his cart and horse about 9 p.m. on Sunday the 11th March was discovered […]
A Dastardly Deed in Lefroy Street
Coolgardie Miner 28 December 1897, page 5 SENSATIONAL SHOOTING. Attempted Murder by Four Armed Men A party of shop workers was held up in Forrest Street Coolgardie by two armed and masked men. There is so far no known motive for the dastardly crime and no arrests have been made. The police are baffled. One […]
John B Ryan – an adventurous life
John B Ryan was also known as ‘Old Jack’ died near the end of November 1905, it is thought his age was about 60yrs. He was found on Sturt Meadows Station by a boundary rider some distance from Diorite King in the Leonora District. Jack was an old prospector who was reported as missing. When […]
The Desert Secret by Jules Raeside
There’s a shaker up the gully, There’s a paddock partly stripped And a shovel, pick and dishes lying round And a little heap of tailings Lying underneath the sieves And a heap of hopper stones upon the ground. But the hand that shook the shaker Nevermore will raise a ‘run’, O’er the ripples of the […]
Distressing Complications at the Yerilla Cemetery
Yerilla Cemetery The First Burial Distressing Complications From the Goldfields Morning Chronicle 26th March 1897 – On Monday morning 22 March 1897 Mr. Simon Elliott, age 63 yrs, manager of the Yerilla Claims died suddenly at GM Lease 64R. He was at work but died as a result of a rupture of the heart and […]
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