Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo by Danelle Warnock
Richard John MICHELL
Age at Death36
Date Of Death17 March 1913 : Reg 24/1913 Boulder
Place Of BirthSandhurst, Victoria
OccupationBattery Hand/Millman
Spouse's NameMarion Daisy DODD (1877-1936)
ChildrenRichard John Michell, born in 1904 and Winifred Jane Michell, born in 1905.
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Funeral Notice: Kalgoorlie Miner, Monday 22 June 1908, page 4
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Ivanhoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fell from a staging and landed on an iron bar.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Danelle Warnock - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Richard MICHELL
Mother
Josephine HICKS
Place of marriage
Perth, Western Australia - 1903
Other Information
Richard was born in Sandhurst, Victoria to Richard Michell and Josephine Hicks. He was married to Marion Daisy Dodd in Perth, Western Australia.
An article in The West Australian dated Tuesday 18th March 1913, reads:
A MINING FATALITY - KILLED BY A FALL Kalgoorlie, March 17
Richard J Michell, a battery hand, employed at the Ivanhoe Mine, received injuries this afternoon which shortly after resulted fatally.
The unfortunate man was working on the top floor when by some means he lost his foothold and fell a long distance. Dr Sawell, who was summoned at once, ordered his removal to Nurse Egan's Hospital, and he was taken there in a dying condition and expired a few minutes later from internal injuries.
Michell, who was a married man, about 40 years, lived at 113 Hanbury Street, Kalgoorlie. An inquest was opened this afternoon before Mr P Troy, R.M. and adjourned. He left his estate of 844 pounds to his wife.
