Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Thomas GLASSON
Age at Death57
Date Of Death29 October 1900 - Reg 604/1900
Place Of BirthCrowan, Cornwall, England
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameLavinia LUKEY
ChildrenMinnie - Jane - Arthur - Thomas - Ezra - Lavinia - Charles - Cecil.
Evening Star, Wednesday 26 September 1900
The Menzies Miner, Sat 29 Sep 1900
Kalgoorlie Miner, Monday 29 October 1900
Kalgoorlie Miner, Wed 31 Oct 1900
Daily News, Thursday 15 November 1900
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Glasson was working in a shoot filled with cyanide refuse, when a block of stuff came away on him. He was dug out, and found to have sustained paralysis of the lower limbs. He died in hospital a month later.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Thomas GLASSON
Mother
Grace COLENSO
Place of marriage
Redruth, Cornwall, England. Jan 1867.
Other Information
Thomas, a miner, left Plymouth, England on 6 September 1876 with his wife and three children aboard the ship DUNTRUNE. They arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 29 November 1876.
