Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial, WA Museum, Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA
Charles Henry NELSON
Age at Death43
Date Of Death22 September 1906 : Reg North East Coolgardie 21/1906
Place Of BirthSt. Kilda, Victoria
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameElizabeth TEASDALE
Kalgoorlie Miner, Saturday 11 May 1907, page 3
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 27 September 1906, page 4
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 27 September 1906, page 4
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie, WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
New Queen Margaret GM, Bulong, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
BULONG BITS. (By " Moonraker.")
Yet another fatal mining accident the third within a year. The victim in the present instance was a man named Charles H. Nelson, who was tributing at the New Queen Margaret Bounty mine. The deceased had only been below some half hour when he was discovered in the drive in which he had been working, lying face downwards and almost covered by a slab of stone when found—the face being deeply buried in the dust on the floor of the drive and no bones being broken—it is asserted that death was due to suffocation. The deceased, who had been in this district about ten years, was a native of Victoria.
Place Of Burial
Bulong Cemetery, Western Australia (No Headstone)
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
District
Bulong
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Frederick Julius NELSON - one brother and five sisters.
Mother
Marion STAUNTON - one brother and five sisters.
Place of marriage
Boulder, Western Australia, - Boulder Reg 90/1904 (Registered as HELSON)
Other Information
NELSON Charles Henry, d 22 Sep 1906, Queen Margaret GM, Bulong, 43yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Suffocation due to fall of ground at the Queen Margaret GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Parents unknown, Born:- St Kilda, VIC, In WA 9yrs, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery. - NE Cool death cert. Bulong, Sept. 28
A meeting of the Bulong branch of the Australian Natives' Association was held in the Miners' Institute last night ; the president, Mr. A.F. Walters, in the chair.
The president reported the death through a mining accident of Mr. Charles Henry Nelson, who had gained the respect of all who knew him. The funeral took place on Sunday, and was largely attended. The president and vice-president headed those marching. The pall bearers were Messrs. Hancey, Peach, Keogh, Corry, Keast, and Grant. Dr. read the burial service in a very impressive manner. Mrs. Townsend made a beautiful wreath on behalf of the members of the branch, and Mrs. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Hancey, and Mrs. Butcher also sent wreaths for the grave of their late member.
