Coolgardie Miner Thursday 28 June 1900, page 4
Augustus “Gus” OUSEN
Age at Deathc 40
Date Of Death19 June 1900 : Reg 1371/1900
Place Of BirthDenmark, Scandinavia
OccupationMiner
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Emperor GM, Day Dawn, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Ousen's body, badly battered, was found in the water shaft, where there was five or six feet of water. He died from a wound in the head, as shown by medical testimony, and there was no evidence to show how the wound was inflicted.
Place Of Burial
Cue and Day Dawn Cemetery, Western Australia (entered as Onsen, Gus).
Submitted by
Admin - Moya Sharp
MSW
Single
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Other Information
A miner named Gus Ousen met his death in a somewhat mysterious manner at the Emperor mine, Day Dawn, last Tuesday-His dead body, badly battered, was found in the water shaft where there was five or six feet of Water. There appears at present very little to show how Ousen got into the water, and whether the death was due to drowning or a shattering blow from the cage.
Acting-Coroner Hicks and a jury of three, Messrs Coonan, John Moloney, and Stansfield, commenced an inquiry on Wednesday morning, but after the body had been viewed and identified proceedings were adjourned till today (Saturday) on the application of the police. The magistrate ordered a post mortem examination to be made, which may go a little way towards clearing up the mystery. Ousen was a native of Denmark and a man of about 45.
