Outback Graves Markers

Kenneth Harry CADDY (more)

Cause of Death: Bronchial Pneumonia

The child is buried in Plot 27, Section B, Church of England section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Magnus Maxton CALDER (more)

Cause of Death: Typhoid

Known as Max, the deceased, a partner in the firm of Calder & Co., of Mt Magnet, had recently moved to Lawlers to open a branch of the business. He was very popular in the area. The deceased was a brother of Herbert Keith Calder, of Cue, to whom he left an estate of £750. Mr Calder was buried in Plot 09, Section C, in the north-east corner.

Archibald Harold CALE (more)

Cause of Death: Suicide - cut his throat

Deceased spent 18 years in New South Wales before moving to Western Australia. Mr Cale is buried in Plot 28, Section B, Church of England section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Vincenzo CATTANEO (more)

Cause of Death: Mine Accident - Thrown down mine shaft

The deceased was one of three men who were killed in a fall of a cage down a mine shaft at Waroonga Gold Mine, six miles from Lawlers. The men got onto the cage at one of the lower levels and the signal to hoist was obeyed. It is believed that when the cage was nearing Level 1, one of the men, Pietro Andreoli, leaned too far out and was caught, then pushed into his companions with the result that the other two men, Vincenzo Cattaneo and Owen Owens, were knocked off the cage. The lifeless body of the Andreoli was brought to the surface still in the cage but Cattaneo and Owens fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 400-500 feet. Cattaneo and Owens, were hurled from side to side of the shaft in their descent, and were literally smashed to pieces. Cattaneo's estate amounted to £19 17s. Cattaneo had been working in the mine since the beginning of the year. Vincenzo is buried in Plot 01, Section A. Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Battista Pietro COMETTI (more)

Cause of Death: Suffocation in mine accident

Alias Robert. The deceased was employed at the Vivien Gold MIne, Lawlers. He was last seen around 9pm on the Saturday evening. By 8am the next day, it was discovered, after extensive searching, that Cometti was missing. The skipman at the mine was underground at the time, and went to the surface to tell the cyanide men to stop sending sand down the No 8 pass until Cometti was found. They then went down each level and, upon finding some tracks, took some sand out, then took four trucks out, and at the fifth, they saw a man's leg. The body that was taken out was found to be that of the deceased. Cometti had been working on the mine for about a month. The deceased had a brother, Giovanni, who came to Western Australia and was at the time working in the Gwalia Mine, Leonora, but his four sisters, Elizabetta, Aginesa, Maria and Catterina, all remained living in Lombardy, Italy, as did their parents. The deceased left an estate valued at £131/16/6. The deceased is buried in Plot 08 Section A, Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.

John CORBOY (more)

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

The deceased was described as having a reddish beard and moustache and of medium build. He arrived in Lawlers from Leonora a few weeks previously, did a little wood-cutting at the Vivien Gold Mine and was supposed to have been going shearing for Messrs Routledge, Morris and Willis. A post mortem examination on the body found that the cause of death was double pneumonia with complications. There was no sign of any violence. On the body was found a newspaper cutting concerning the death of Corboy's father, which occurred near Hamilton, New Zealand. The police subsequently received a wire from a brother of the deceased, who had a station property in the North-West. A bicycle and gun comprised the personal effects of Corboy. Deceased is buried in Plot 07, Church of England section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Agostino DELLAQUA (more)

Cause of Death: Fall of stone - Mining Accident

The deceased was working at the Waroonga Mine, at the 300 foot level, cutting hitches for stulls to form a pass. After working for about three minutes, and using a quarter of a plug of gelignite, some ground fell from over the deceased's head and pressed him to the bottom of the stope on to a lath that was sticking up, catching him in the ribs. The amount of gelignite used was not thought to have been sufficient to dislodge any earth. The stone, later identified as being about a hundredweight, appeared to fall on the back of the deceased's head and shoulders. The most severe external injury was on the right arm. The bicep and tricep muscles were torn through but no bones were broken. There were other slight cuts and bruises about the head and face but not of any serious importance. The hip condition showed that there must be some-internal injury to account for the shock. A post mortem on the deceased found that he had a perforation of the ileum, the final section of the small intestine. There was no external bruise and it was the opinion of the Lawlers medical practitioner who attended the deceased, that death was caused by shock and secondly by perforation.

The deceased was a man who had been very saving, and is said to have had considerable property in Italy, which place he had intended visiting shortly.

Dellaqua had been working in WA for 13 years.  He was one of 13 to emigrate from Lombardy to Australia and, just prior to his death, told how 12 of those 13 had met death in various forms. Agostino Dellaqua's death made the party extinct. He told the nurse that early on Friday morning he would die. He appeared resigned to the fate which he himself anticipated. The hour came and he died as he said he would.

The deceased is buried in Plot 05, Section A, Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.

John DINEEN (more)

Cause of Death: Mine accident - fell when staging collapsed

The deceased, in company with another miner, was working on a stage in a stope at the May Be Gold Mine, breaking ore, when the staging collapsed and sent him down a pass, along with the broken ore and timber, a distance of about 40 feet, where he became jambed against the sides by the debris. His mate was able to jump clear as he felt the staging collapse and shouted out for deceased to get clear, which he was unable to do. The work undertaken to extricate the deceased and free his body took hours of digging and at times, when three shots had to be fired to loosen the ore, was extremely dangerous for the rescuers. The deceased was a well-known and highly respected prospector of this and other districts, including Darlot, Lawlers and Wilson's Patch. He had only recently gone to work at the May Be Gold Mine. The deceased is buried in Plot 25 at Lawlers Cemetery.

Female child DONALDSON (more)

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The child is buried in Plot 02, Section A, Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Margaret Mary DONALDSON (more)

Cause of Death: Childbirth Exhaustion

Deceased lived in Victoria for 17 years before moving to Western Australia. Deceased died 2 days after the birth of a stillborn daughter. Interestingly, Mrs Donaldson's death began a serious of unfortunate incidents connected with the Lawlers Police Station, where there was once three families. Following her death, Corporal Goodridge was attacked with a severe illness, the wife of Senior Constable Douglas took ill and was removed to the hospital, Corporal Cunningham finally recovered from an illness which at one time was considered almost impossible to survive, and finally an attack of appendicitis necessitated Constable Donaldson's retirement in a private hospital at Perth. He left Lawlers in search of health and rest. It was decided that the police quarters had little to recommend them in light of these events. Margaret Mary is buried in Plot 03, Section A, Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Joseph DONOVAN (more)

Cause of Death: Peritonitis

Deceased suffered from an abscess on the liver. Donovan was buried in Plot 13, Section C, in the 2nd row.

Thomas DOOHAN (more)

Cause of Death: Acute Alcoholism

The deceased was very well known on the goldfields as an old goldfields identity. Some years previously, he had contracted a severe attack of fever which apparently ruined his constitution and was directly connected with his demise. He was liked and respected by all persons with whom he came in contact and the expressions of regret were many on his death becoming known. He passed away while sleeping peacefully. Doohan was buried in Plot 37, Section C, in the 5th row west.

Simon David DUNCAN (more)

Cause of Death: Marasmus

The child was buried in Plot 30, Section C, in the 4th row west.

James DUNN (more)

Cause of Death: Mine Accident: Fracture of the skull

The deceased had lived in Victoria for 17 years and in New South Wales for 6 years before moving to Western Australia. Deceased was employed by Northern Mines Limited, working in the machine room. A work mate went down onto the feeding platform and saw the deceased lying on his back with both legs over the main driving shaft. He was clear from the belt but one of his feet was touching the spokes of the pulley as it revolved. The tension pulley was thrown back and the guard rail was down at one end, while the other end was in the socket. It was split and otherwise broken. The rail was a new one, made of sound timber. The workmate removed the guard rail and took the deceased clear of the shafting. A post mortem revealed a cut over two inches wide above the left knee and a small cut on the left groin. Every bone in the top of the skull was broken into small pieces. The immediate cause of death was respiratory failure subsequent on laceration of and haemorrhage into, the brain, caused by the injury to the skull. The deceased is buried in Plot 7, Section A, Church of England section of Lawlers Cemetery.

Harry ELLIOTT (more)

Cause of Death: Brights Disease

Mr Elliott was buried in Plot 12, Section C, in the 2nd row.