James Berry (seated) with Henry Joseph Berry (brother) - 'Creswick Volunteers'
James BERRY
Age at Death54
Date Of Death26 November 1913 : Reg 138/1913 Boulder.
Place Of BirthForest Creek (Lincoln Gully), Creswick, Victoria.
OccupationEngine Driver
Spouse's NameEmily (Emma) Cox IRESON
ChildrenJoseph Berry born 1881 - Charles Berry born 1883 - William Henry Berry born 1885 - Lucy Lily Berry born 1890
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 27 November 1913,
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 27 November 1913
Kalgoorlie Miner, Wednesday 3 December 1913
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Emily 'Emma' Cox IRESON (wife)
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Boulder Perseverance GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Over-wound the cage, severing the steel cable which flew into the engine room, striking Berry, the engine driver, and killing him.
According to the Mines Dept Annual Report 1913, Berry had been subject to fainting spells but, following a holiday, had returned to work with a medical certificate. It appeared that he may have fainted again. The engine room temperature was 106F (41C).
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Joseph BERRY
Mother
Mary Anne MASON
Place of marriage
Walhalla, Victoria. 1880
Other Information
President of the Kalgoorlie Engine Drivers' Union.
