Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
William Linton CRAINE
Age at Death47
Date Of Death27 July 1911 : Reg 123/1911 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie)
Place Of BirthLinton, Victoria
OccupationMiner
Evening Star, Friday 28 July 1911, page 3
Kalgoorlie Miner, Friday 28 July 1911, page 4
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden Dream GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Killed by a fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Admin. Updated by D.McMillan (volunteer)
MSW
Single
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
William CRAINE (1839-1908)
Mother
Jane SHIMMIN (1840-1925)
Other Information
An article in The Evening Star, dated Friday 28 July 1911, reads:
FALL OF EARTH CAUSES A MINER'S DEATH
Yesterday afternoon William Craine was killed while working at the Golden Dream Gold Mine. Shortly before crib time, Joseph Jackson, his mate, and he fired some holes, and afterward they worked down some of the loose ground.
Craine started to loosen a piece of rock with a large bar and Jackson walked in another direction. In a minute he returned and found Craine under some loose rocks, apparently dead.
With assistance, Craine's body was got from the weight upon him, and on the arrival of Dr. Arkle, it was found that life was extinct. An inquest was afterward formally opened and adjourned until 2.30 pm on August 1. The deceased was a single man and very popular among his mates.
