Goulburn Herald NSW - 12 April 1901, page 2
Joseph Charles MCINNES
Age at Death37
Date Of Death18 Mar 1901 - Reg 1656/1901
Place Of BirthGoulburn, Middle Arm NSW
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameSarah WILCOX died Perth WA (1874-1942)
ChildrenAlexander Charles born 1901
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Peak Hill GM, Murchison
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Died from injuries in a explosion at the Peak Hill GM -
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 21 March 1901, page 2 - DISTRICT NEWS - PEAK HILL.
A serious mining accident occurred at the Peak Hill Boulder mine, when a miner named Charles Mclnnes on Monday afternoon was very badly injured by an explosion of dynamite, it is supposed that a shot put in an hour previously partly exploded, and in cleaning out the hole again he had come into contact with the remaining portion of the dynamite. Mclnnes received severe injuries to the face and his condition at present very critical.
Place Of Burial
Peak Hill Cemetery, Murchison, WA
Submitted by
Admin - Moya Sharp
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Angus McINNES -Hotel Keeper at Goulburn - (1818-1888)
Mother
Annabella Catherine NICOLSON (1826-1903)
Place of marriage
Perth WA - 1900
