Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
John BYRNE
Age at Death45
Date Of Death5 January 1899 : Reg North Coolgardie 2/1899
Place Of BirthIreland
OccupationLabourer
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Copperfield GM, Mt Ida, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Six men were engaged on the lease moving a heavy block of timber with levers. The block weighed five tons, and was required for the engine bed. The men had got the block of timber on the rollers, with one side resting on one of the sheer legs, when the block slipped, and, catching the end of the lever held by John BYRNE, caused the lever to fly up and strike Byrne on the chest. He was dead in less than ten minutes.
Place Of Burial
Mt Ida, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
District
Mt Ida
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Other Information
Byrne, John. "Western Australian Lonely Graves and Burials at Sea Vol One A-E". (2017) Coate, Yvonne & Kevin. Hesperian Press. Page 146.
Mount Ida Cemetery: BYRNE John d. 5 Jan 1899 age abt 45 b. Ireland
