Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Dennis Joseph OBRIEN
Age at Death48
Date Of Death28 August 1914: Reg Boulder 99/1914
OccupationMachine Miner
Funeral Notices:- Kalgoorlie Miner, Saturday 29 August 1914, page 4
Funeral Notices page 2:- Kalgoorlie Miner, Saturday 29 August 1914, page 4
Inquest:- Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tuesday 15 September 1914, page 40
Page 2 - Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tuesday 15 September 1914, page 40
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden Horseshoe GM, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
On Friday, August 28th, a sad fatality occurred at the Golden Horseshoe Estates mine, Denis O'Brien, a miner, being the victim. It appears that deceased and a miner named Michael Hefron were assisting Alfred Jose, who had met with an accident, to the shaft. O'Brien stepped on a plank when crossing a winze. The plank broke and he was precipitated to the bottom, where he received very serious injuries, from which he died before reaching the surface. The deceased was a brother of the late Mick E O'Brien, the famous Victorian jockey. The funeral was very largely attended.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Patrick O'BRIEN
Mother
Maria HOUGHERAN
Other Information
Probate:- Denis O'Brien, late of Boulder, miner, to Peter Perfeld, £89 16/4; (sealed from South Australia).
Kalgoorlie Western Argus Tue 6 Oct 1914.
He was the brother of Mick O'Brien a jockey who twice won the Melbourne Cup, on Sheet Anchor in 1885 and Mentor in 1888.
