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Samuel Slater BENTLEY
Age at Death26
Date Of Death19 April 1905 : Reg 108/1905
Place Of BirthHooley Hill, Lancashire, England
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameRosalinda Violet FOX
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 20 April 1905
Kalgoorlie Miner, Wednesday 19 April 1905
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Rosalinda Violet BENTLEY nee Fox (wife)
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Lake View Consols GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Killed by a premature explosion.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Thomas Beverton BENTLEY (Railway Engineer)
Mother
Annice SLATER
Place of marriage
Boulder, WA- 5th April 1905
Other Information
Story: Samuel Slater Bentley – grave tales
Died two weeks after his wedding.
The jury added the following rider:—"That the noble conduct of Edward Nicholls in rushing back, at the risk of his own life, to rescue his mate, is deserving of great praise, and should be brought under the notice of the Royal Humane Society."
