Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
John Joseph Francis HODGES
Age at Death36
Date Of Death13 April 1902 : Reg 495/1902
Place Of BirthDonnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameMary Agnes O'KELLY
ChildrenOne child stillborn male 1902
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Monday 14 April 1902, page 2
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Yesterday morning a braceman named John Hodges died in the Kalgoorlie Hospital as the result of a fall down a winze at the Great Boulder mine.
- The West Australian, Mon 14 Apr 1902
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John HODGES
Mother
Catherine FOX
Place of marriage
4 July 1901, All Hallow's Church, Boulder, Western Australia
Other Information
Kalgoorlie Miner, Saturday 19 April 1902, page 4 Items of News.
Inquest. — The adjourned coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Hodges, who died at the Government Hospital on the 13th inst., was resumed yesterday before the acting coroner, Mr. P. Whelan, and a jury consisting of Messrs. H. G. Downey, J. McAuliffe, and S, Cook. The inquiry was conducted by Corporal Tyler. The evidence of John and Thos. Edwards was that on the afternoon of the 12th inst. they and the deceased were employed at the Great Boulder mine in sinking a winze. Deceased and John Edwards were hauling dirt by means of a windlass, and the deceased, after landing a bucket of dirt, was in the act of swinging it around when he slipped and fell into the winze. Thomas Edwards stated that he was engaged filling buckets at the bottom of the winze, a depth of 40 feet from the surface when Hodges fell on the bucket at the bottom. He was immediately conveyed to the drive. He was then conscious, but badly injured, and was subsequently conveyed to the hospital. Dr. Hill described the injuries sustained by the deceased and said that death was due to shock, consequent upon his having fallen down the winze.
'The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony and added that no blame was attachable to any person.
