Samuel and Elizabeth Jane JONES & Family Boulder, 1900 - Photo Ancestry.com
Samuel JONES
Age at Death49
Date Of Death25 May 1904 : Reg 150/1904
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameElizabeth Jane TRELEASE
ChildrenSeven
Memorial to Samuel Jones, Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
The winding mechanism lost grip and the cage precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, killing four men instantaneously and another expiring shortly later.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Lynne Stonehouse, great grandaughter. Updated by D.McMillan (volunteer)
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Other Information
Those killed were Thomas BATES, Samuel JONES, Thomas NORLEY, James HARPER and John RISEBERRY.
Read about the Great Boulder Disaster here: The Great Boulder Disaster
