Joseph Henry DOBRIGH - Photo Ancestry.com
Joseph Henry DOBRIGH “DOBRICH”
Age at Death45
Date Of Death13 July 1907 : Reg East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie) 119/1907
Place Of BirthInglewood, Victoria
OccupationTribute Miner
Spouse's NameJulia TOOHEY (1867-1951)
ChildrenJoseph Patrick born 1890 - Mary Frances born 1892 - John Percival born 1894 - Veronica 'Vera' born 1898 - Stillborn male 1901 - William Francis born 1903 - Margaret Ellen 'Rita' born 1905.
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Roman Catholic Section A Plot 2857 - Photo Ancestry.com
Kalgoorlie Miner, Monday 15 July 1907
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie, WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie, WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Ottoman's Reward G.M, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
While putting in timber, Dobrigh was in a kneeling position when a large piece of stone, said to weigh about three tons, fell from overhead and pinned him by the head and back to the floor of the stope. Death was almost instantaneous.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Roman Catholic Section A Plot 2857
Submitted by
David McMillan (Volunteer)
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
George 'Jure' DOBRIGH (1833-1902)
Mother
Mary MCMAHON (1836-1925)
Place of marriage
Bendigo, Victoria - 1889
Other Information
DOBRIGH. — In loving memory of - my dear husband, Joseph Dobrigh, who was killed 13th July, 1907. at Ottoman's Reward G.M.
'We miss you from our home, dear father,
Your kind and tender care;
Our home is sad without you,
We miss you everywhere.
May his soul rest in peace.
— Inserted by his loving wife and children.
DOBRIGH. — In loving memory of our dear brother-in-law, Joseph Dobrigh, who was killed on 13th. July, 1907.
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Your prayers for him extol;
O! Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on his soul.
— Inserted by his loving brother and sisters-in-law, D. and M. Edwards. T. Toohey
DEATH - DOBRIGH.—On the 13th July, 1907, at Boulder City, W.A., result of a mining accident,
Joseph Henry Dobrigh, beloved husband of Julia Dobrigh, and much loved son-in-law of
P. Toohey. Lucan-st. Bendigo, Victoria, aged 46. R.I P
- Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) Thu 18 Jul 1907
Breach of Mines Regulations.
William Henry Williams, the Registered manager of the Hannans Reward and Sit. Charlotte, Ltd., was fined £1, with 2/ costs, by Mr. E. P. Dowley, R.M., in the Kalgoorlie Police Court yesterday morning for having neglected to examine a portion of the mine in which Joseph Dobrigh, a tributer, was recently killed by a fall of earth. The proceedings arose out of the evidence the defendant gave at the inquest into the cause of the death of the deceased, at which he admitted not having inspected that part of the property for three weeks, because he considered the tributers competent. A heavy penalty was not asked for.
