BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS. Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903. – A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night […]
The Killer Cyclone of ’28’
RAVAGED GOLDFIELDS TOWNS Cyclone Claims Child Victim. PREMIER CAUGHT IN STATION WRECK Total Damage Estimated at £150,000 Albany Advertiser 14th Feb 1928 – Sent hurtling through the air by the fury of the cyclone that devastated the goldfields towns on Friday, a sheet of iron struck down six year old Violet Guy, of 198 Piesse […]
Death on the Woodline
It wasn’t only working on the mines that was a dangerous occupation but working on the wood lines, was also marred with frequent accidents. This article is about a well know wood cutter “Ilija Radunovich’ who was killed in a terrible accident at Lakewood. Ilija ws a married man of 45yrs whose wife, Kece, and […]
An Eerie Premonition – Michael Madden
I had been researching the accidental death of this miner because of an entry I found in the Annual Report from the Department of Mines for 1897 which stated, that a miner called ‘John Madden’ had been killed in an accident on the Goongarrie GM. As this name was not one I had listed I […]
Tragedy at the Vale of Coolgardie
THE FUNERAL – An Impressive Ceremony – Kalgoorlie Miner 11th Jan 1906 As anticipated, the funeral was the largest seen here for many years. The procession left the Government Hospital at 4 o’clock, and, headed by the Federal A.M. A. Band — 24 strong — was a most impressive sight when passing up Bayley […]
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