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James Watson FREESTONE
Age at Death46
Date Of Death11 March 1899 Reg:- East Murchison 3/1899 (Death registered by father in Law James MEEK)
Place Of BirthSaddleworth, South Australia
OccupationEngine Driver
Spouse's Name1st marriage - Catherine Elizabeth COLE - 2nd marriage Jane MEEK
ChildrenFrom Catherine - Anne Elizabeth Grace born 1882 - Wesley James Alfred born 1883 - Catherine Mercy Gordon born 1886 - William John born 1887 + 4 children to Jane
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Tuesday 14 March 1899, page 5
Headstone Lawlers Cemetery, Western Australia
James Watson FREESTONE -Photo Ancestry.com
Catherine & James Watson FREESTONE - Photo Ancestry.com
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Eastern GM, Lawlers, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Pulled into a pulley while fixing a belt connected to the Battery.
Place Of Burial
Lawlers Cemetery, Western Australia - Buried 12th Mar 1899
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Married
District
Lawlers
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John Freestone 1812-1890
Mother
Ann Watson 1818-1854
Place of marriage
1st 14 Apr 1881 at Kiata Victoria - 2nd Horsham, Victoria. 1890
Other Information
James Freestone married Jane Meek in 1890 in Horsham, Victoria, after the death of his first wife Catherine. There were 4 children from each marriage.
In 1899 he was working as an Engine Driver at the Great Eastern Gold Mine in Lawlers. His wife and children had remained living in Victoria. Whilst attempting to fix one of the belts in connection with the battery (ore-crushing machinery) he was drawn under a pulley and killed.
An inquiry found that he came to his death accidentally while performing his duties as Engine Driver. The inquiry also found that the company was guilty of negligence in not providing any means of protection whatsoever for workmen at the place where the accident occurred.
Jane re-married to August Wills in 1906. W.A. BDM Reg. No. 1363/1899.
- Contributor: Chris Abbott 49895910. Find A Grave
