Biography

Deceased spent 20 years in South Australia before moving to Western Australia. Evans was engaged as a miner at the Vivien Gem Gold Mine. He was driving a horse and dray on a very dark night when the dray was over-turned by a wheel striking a stump, Mr. Evans was killed by the rail of the dray coming on his throat, from which position he could not extricate himself. He was considered to be an expert miner.

Mr Evans is buried in Plot 23, Section B, Church of England section at Lawlers Cemetery.