Outback Graves Markers

Oswald Heinrich WIESE

Burial Location:Burtville  (details...)
Occupation: Prospector, merchant
Place of Death: Abandoned shaft near Burtville
Date of Death: 17 January 1904
Date of Burial:21 January 1904
Age:45 years
Cause of Death:Fell down an Abandoned Mineshaft
OGM Ref#: 1376
Headstone:None
REF 1376 OSWALD HEINRICH WIESE -BURTVILLE

REF 1376 OSWALD HEINRICH WIESE -BURTVILLE

Biography

It appears that Wiese was lost on the night of Sunday 17 January and apparently climbed onto the dump of an abandoned shaft to look for the lights of the town. He probably stumbled and fell head first down the shaft, which was only 20 feet deep. The result was a fractured skull, a broken neck and other injuries. About 100 men were searching the bush for miles around until the Thursday morning, when he was found in the shaft close to town. He was buried the same day.

Birth Details:Circa 1854, Germany
Death Certificate:1494/1904
State Records Office: Auriferous Lease No 377 Coolgardie forwarding application AU WA S20 cons964 1894/0502 Item 1894-01-04 - 1894-05-01 Part of FILES - MINING Oswald Heinrich Wiese, Max Karl Schneider, Robert Isaac and Sidney E Davies - Lady Louise East lease, Coolgardie; W