Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
John “Bungaree Jack” KEATING
Age at Death24
Date Of Death10 December 1898 : Reg 66/1898 North East Coolgardie
Place Of BirthDean, Ballarat, Victoria
OccupationMiner
Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 for John Keating
The Evening Star, Sat 10 Dec 1898
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
White Feather GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
The brake gave way when the deceased was in the cage and forty feet from the bottom. The cage then descended with lightning rapidity causing a severe shock in addition to a compound fracture of the left leg. He died in hospital that day.
Place Of Burial
Kanowna Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Moya Sharp. Updated by D.McMillan (volunteer)
MSW
Single
District
Kanowna
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John KEATING
Mother
Honora WHELAN
