Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Arthur Samuel SMITH
Age at Death38
Date Of Death10 March 1914 : Reg 30/1914 Boulder
Place Of BirthRichmond, Victoria, Australia
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameCaroline COOK
ChildrenThree children, Mary Smith and Alfred SMITH, both stillborn in 1911; this child is buried with him in the Boulder Cemetery, and a third not named
Grave of Arthur Samuel Smith Boulder Cemetery Western Australia, also buried with him is his stillborn son Alfred, born Boulder 1911 - Photo Danelle Warnock
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thu 12 Mar 1914 Page 4 Family Notices
Arthur Samuel Smith - Photo: Ancestry.com
Arthur, Caroline and Mary Smith - Photo Ancestry.com
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Crushed by fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia.
Submitted by
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Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Samuel James SMITH
Mother
Marion Emily JOHNSON
Place of marriage
26 Dec 1910 - Boulder, Western Australia
Other Information
Kalgorlie Miner 11 Mar 1914 FATAL MINE ACCIDENT - GREAT BOULDER PROPRIETARY - MAN CRUSHED TO PULP A particularly shocking, accident was recorded at the Great Boulder Proprietary mine about 7 o'clock last evening, when a miner named Arthur Smith, married, who resided at No. 163 Hopkins street, Boulder, was killed by a fall of earth at the 1300 ft. level of the mine in question. The deceased and his mate, Frederick Uren, were at work in a stope when a mass of rock, estimated at between 13 and 14 ton, fell without warning and struck the deceased, who must have been killed instantaneously. Uren was fortunate enough to escape without injury. The body of the deceased, when recovered, was found to be crushed and mangled beyond recognition. It was removed to the Boulder morgue at nine o'clock. An inquest on the remains will be formally opened by the acting Coroner. Mr. B. Leslie, before a jury, at the Boulder Courthouse at eight o'clock this morning. The deceased, who was a comparatively young man, is understood to have left a widow and one child. - Inquest: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207258821
