Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Edward SNELL
Age at Death45
Date Of Death11 September 1908 : Reg 164/1908 Boulder
Place Of BirthBelfast, Victoria (now Port Fairy)
OccupationSurface labourer
Spouse's NameMary Ann 'Annie' ROGERS
ChildrenJames born 1893 - Catherine Mary born 1894 - Edward born 1895 - unnamed female born 1898 - Richard Joseph born 1901- Annie 'Allie' born 1904
Evening Star, Friday 11 September 1908
The Evening Star, Sat 12 Sep 1908
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - photo Paul Doust
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - photo Find a Grave
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden Horseshoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
John McRAE and Edward SNELL were engaged unloading a truck by means of a crane when the latter swung round and came in contact with a live electric wire, with the result that the current, equal to 550 volts, passed through their bodies.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
James SNELL born 1927
Mother
Mary MULAVAN born 1831
Place of marriage
20 March 1893 • St Francis Church, Melbourne, Victoria
