Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Robert Terence WOOD
Age at Death24
Date Of Death25 October 1937 : Reg 9/1937 Dundas
Place Of BirthPerth, Western Australia
OccupationTrucker
The Daily News, Mon 25 Oct 1937 Page 1 MINER DIES WHEN STONE FALLS
The Daily News, Tue 26 Oct 1937 Page 5 Mine Deaths
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - photo Paul Doust
Norseman Cemetery, Norseman, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
Norseman Cemetery, Norseman, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Central Norseman GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Norseman Cemetery, Norseman, Western Australia
Submitted by
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MSW
Single
District
Norseman
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Robert Garner WOOD (KIA 1919)
Mother
Adine WILKES
Other Information
Norseman Cemetery records Robert Terence WOODS.
Alan Warne, Norseman miner, rescued Hilton Alwin McNamara, and attempted to rescue Robert Terence Wood from a fall of earth at the bottom of the main shaft of the Central Norseman goldmine in October, 1937. When a fall of earth buried his two companions Warne, after ringing for assistance, set to work to rescue his mates. Seven or eight tons of earth fell in the first slide, but falls continued until 20 tons had given way. Warne kept at the task of digging, and was later joined by other miners.
McNamara was extricated seriously injured, but Wood was killed.
Warne's bravery earned tributes from the Coroner, the mine's representative, the miners' inspector, the police sergeant, and the men's inspector, and he was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society.
- The Daily News, Fri 3 Feb 1939
