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The Lakeside Tragedy – grave tales

18/12/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Saturday 6 May 1922, page 5 As far as can be ascertained, no one actually witnessed the accident which resulted in George Lyall Luscombe, aged 19yrs,  losing his life by being run over by a wood train on the Lakeside line, near the 52-mile siding, at 5.30 a.m. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Richard Henry ‘Dick’ Ryan – grave tales

12/08/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 20 March 1908, page 8 The Perseverance Accident. The Boulder Branch has lost yet another of its members bv fatal accident. this time at the Perseverance mine. Richard Ryan, who has been in the Union for a number of years, was killed by falling against some […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

The Death of Dr Maxwell – grave tales

23/07/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 25 March 1902, page 20 Death of Dr. Maxwell. Death last Monday claimed one for whose demise this community is the poorer indeed Dr. Patrick Arthur Maxwell, such men as he, whose life as others knew it, was a conspicuous example of the most encouraging side of frail humanity, are but rare. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Dr Maxwell, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Two Lonely Graves – grave tales

18/05/2017 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Callion – Western Australia AKA Speakman’s Find Latitude 30° 07′ S Longitude 120° 34′ E Gold was discovered here by prospectors James Speakman, Cooke and Lukin in 1895, in an outcrop of quartz. The location was initially known as Speakman’s Find, until the town was gazetted as Callion in 1897. This name is thought to […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Soldiers Story, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Calder, Callion, Goldfields History, Kenny, Speakman's Find, Western Australia

CASSERLY- The Death of a Hero

11/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Paul Casserly Headstone - Southern Cross.

On the 6th October 1938, at the Edwards Find Gold Mine near Southern Cross, an elderly miner called Frank Pagoda was overcome by dynamite fumes. His mate, Paul Casserly, made several attempts to rescue him, sustaining a fracture of the skull in his attempts, which eventually claimed his life on the 12th October 1938. He […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Casserly, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mine accident, Southern Cross, Western Australia

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