The deceased had been suffering for 55 days before he finally succumbed to his illness.

According to the Death Certificate, the convulsions, brought on by excessive heat, lasted just 5 minutes before this little girl lost her fight for life.

The child's father, Mr. Ernest James Beart, owner of Bamboo Springs Station, near Nullagine, died at the station. The late Mr. Beart came to this State in 1894 and went to Menzies, where he built a pipeline about seven miles long to serve the mines. A few years later he worked as an engineer for Smith and Timms in building the railway from Kalgoorlie to Menzies. After that he entered business as a forwarding agent and timber merchant and in 1906 acquired Bamboo Springs.

For many years he divided his time between his station and his home in Claremont.  Ernest was in Port Hedland hospital in 1938 and, knowing he was dying, he requested that he be allowed to die on a property that he owned.  So his family chartered a plane and he died several days later at Bamboo Springs.

His wife (formerly of Menzies) died in 1929 but he left two daughters, one of whom was Mrs. 0. A. Beattie, the wife of the Commonwealth Architect at Canberra, and the other was Mrs. M. J. Quin, whose husband became the manager of her late father's station. 

Kathleen Marjorie's siblings were Kathleen Mary (later Mrs 0scar Alexander Beattie, the wife of the Commonwealth Architect at Canberra), who was born  23 November 1899 at Kalgoorlie, and Dorothy Kingsbury (later Mrs. M. J. Quin, whose husband became the manager of her late father's station), who was born 12 March 1906 at Claremont (Birth Registration 1600101/1906, Claremont).   An unnamed brother to little Kathleen was born in 1904 at Claremont (Birth Registration 1158/1904) but lived just 12 hours (Death Registration 449/1904).

Sadly, Ellen BELL died in Menzies General Hospital just over a week after the death of her daughter, Lavinia, who died on 21 March 1898.  Lavinia also died of enteric fever.  At the same time, two of Ellen's sons, brothers to Lavinia, were also laid up in hospital but both boys pulled through.  William lived until 1919 when he died of pneumonia and his brother, Robert John, died in Victoria Park, Perth, in 1949.

Ellen's husband, Robert James BELL, was born 7 December 1851 in  Kincardineshire, Scotland.  Following the death of his wife, he married Isabella SEDDON in Coolgardie on 25 August 1900 and a further three children were born to the marriage.  They were Richard Lionel born 1901; Alexander James born 1903 and Lavinia Emma born 1905.  He died in Perth on 7 August 1927, aged 75 years.

Ellen is buried in the Roman Catholic portion of the Menzies Cemetery.

James Bell left his estate to J. T. Bell, his brother.  The estate was sworn at £370.

Monday 24 July 1905 was the tenth anniversary of the first Warden's Court held at Menzies.  Looking back on the events of that day, Warden F Grill had arrived a few days earlier and taken possession of a small wood and iron building at the south end of Shenton Street.  The courthouse consisted of one room unlined and without a floor and was furnished with a table and a couple of chairs.

During the sitting of the court, one of the numerous onlookers, unable to gain admittance, discovered in an adjacent tent, the body of a man.  His cries drew the attention of others and in a few moments, the courthouse was empty and the crowd had gathered round the tent.  It appeared that the deceased, Phil Bill by name,  had fallen a few nights previously on a stump and received internal injuries, although at the time it was not thought that he was seriously hurt.  His mate had left him that morning to go to work, on his assurance that he was feeling quite well.

A coffin was hastily made from such timber as was readily available, consisting principally of old cases and the Warden read the burial service over his body in a grave in the bush to the north of the town.

Apparently the young man had tripped upon one stump and fell onto another, rupturing his intestines, from the effects of which he died. 

It was believed the young man was a foreigner, hailing from Gippsland, and who had an uncle in Ballarat, Victoria.

Florence died very suddenly of a heart condition.  Miss Bingham was found dead in her camp near the Golden Rhine. Dr. Duncan was called in and attributed her death to syncope.  The deceased had been on the fields some time, both in Menzies and at Coolgardie. She was highly esteemed. Recently she had been suffering greatly from neuralgia and rheumatism.

Miss Bingham had been ailing for some time past, distressing attacks of neuralgia causing her great pain and suffering.  On Sunday, she was so distressed that she went to the hospital and remained there all day with Matron Sly.  There was a slight improvement the next morning and her lady friends were hoping that the attack had abated.   Late in the afternoon, she complained to Mr Durbridge of feeling very fatigued and he, noticing her low condition, induced her to go to see Mrs Webb, who administered a stimulant.  This revived her somewhat and she went home. 

Miss Penny, who has been most kind and attentive to the deceased all through her illness, thought that after she had finished and posted her letters for the eastern colonies, she would call in and see her friend before going home for the night.  Miss Penny was a little surprised, on reaching her friend's camp, to find the door open and the place in darkness.  So she called out, but got no response.  Looking in through the open door, Miss Penny then saw the deceased lying on the floor.  Thinking that she must have fainted, Miss Penny ran in and lighted a candle.  The moment the light came, she realised what had happened because she saw that Miss Bingham was lying on the floor with her hat on, evidently as she had fallen as she reached home after walking back from town.

Miss Penny swiftly passed her hands over the limbs of her dead friend and, finding them cold and stiffening, hurried down to Dr Le Messurier, who she knew was at work in his office, and detailed to him what had happened.  Doctor Le Messurier then communicated with Dr Duncan and Sergeant Mitchell.

Dr Duncan, after making a cursory examination of the body, said that he thought death must have been due to syncope or heart failure.  Dr Cave was the deceased's medical attendant, who was due back in Menzies that day and would provide a Death Certificate.

The deceased arrived on the goldfield about 18 months before and, after spending three months in Coolgardie, she arrived in Menzies and carried on her duties with the typewriter ever since.  She was wonderfully cheerful and courageous and very well informed on the current topics of the day.  It was understood that she had married sisters in Sydney, Goulburn and England and is supposed to have been a distant relative to C.Y. O'Connor, the Engineer-In-Chief at the time.

After the administration of probates and letters, the sum of £200 was left to William Lambden Owen from the estate of Miss Florence Bingham.

Also known as Miles Bjorkman.

By 1892, at the age of 31, Nils Bjorkman had done well for himself. He had asked the local council to build a sewer as he was about to build a terrace of houses in Paddington, NSW. The next year he was described as a 'gentleman' when he was appointed sole executer for his deceased uncle, Magnus Bronner. On 27th June, 1896, the Consul for Sweden and Norway requested information about the death of Nils Bjorkman from the WA government. In March 1899, the auctioneers had received instructions from the Consul for Sweden and Norway to auction the property of Nils Bjorkman, consisting of 7 houses in Paddington and a block of land. There were no beneficiaries named.

The deceased's siblings were: George born 1868 (Birth Registration 7789/1868, Buninyong); Mary born 1869 (Birth Registration 7258/1869, Buninyong); Margaret Ann born 1871 (Birth Registration 7639/1871, Buninyong); Eliza born 1872 (Birth Registration 21873/1872, Buninyong).  Their parents were married in Victoria in 1867 (Marriage Registration 1532/1867).

This young man was yet another victim of the typhoid epidemic which swept through the district.  In March 1896, the local council was doing all they could to keep the town clean, burning brush fences and clearing out scrub which surrounded the town, sweeping the streets regularly etc.  But without sufficient funds to create a closed pan system for sewerage, they expected this would continue for some time.  Evidence shows it was still rampant in 1899.

This young man suffered from a life-threatening inflammation of the inner lining of the heart's chambers and valves for 6 days before he died.  He was brought to the hospital from Mulline in a dying state. Brown was the first discoverer of fresh water from Mulline.  It was wrongly reported that he died of fever.

Known as Bob.

Bob Mullen for many years resided at Gympie in Queensland, where, upon receiving news of the death of Mr Bullen, The Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette newspaper correspondent wrote: "For many years, "Bob" Bullen was a familiar figure both in his business as a builder and contractor, and as a heavy speculator, while his famous lawsuit with the now defunct South New Zealand Company, in which he was successful, brought him both fame and gold.  He left the field about twelve months ago, but Mrs. Bullen still resides on Gympie."

In April 1882, in the Supreme Court of Queensland, the highly publicised case of Bullen v. the South New Zealand Gold-mining Company action was brought by Robert Bullen against the above company for the recovery of 1800 shares, which he previously held in the company, and which he alleged had been wrongfully declared forfeited, and for £2000 damages for their wrongful forfeiture.  Interestingly, the case was heard before His Honour Sir Charles Lilley, Chief Justice. The Attorney-General, with Mr. Noel instructed by Mr. Power, of Gympie (by his agent, Mr. Chambers), appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Bullen.

Mrs Chappel suffered for seven weeks before death released her.  She was the eldest daughter of the Manager of Danedite Station, Victoria. 

In fact, Emily Marion was the eldest of eleven children born to Jacob and his wife, Alice Elizabeth.  There were 5 girls and 6 boys in their family.  They were: William Nairn born 29 October 1869 near Port Fairy, Victoria; James Herbert born 1871 in Kingston; Ernest Reed born 31 July 1873 in Belfast, Victoria; Alice Mary Ann born 1875 in Camperdown; Charles Witton born 26 April 1876 in Camperdown; Mary Maud born 19 May 1878 in Camperdown; Jacob Edwin born 2 May 1879 in Camperdown; Nina Mabel born 1881 in Camperdown; Stanley George Allen born 12 December 1885 in Camperdown; Elfe Muriel born 1887 in Camperdown.

Emily's father died 24 April 1902 in Wellington, New Zealand.  He is buried at Camperdown, Victoria. He was born 17 February 1841 in Geelong, Victoria.  His wife was born in Port Fairy on 18 March 1844.  She died 5 June 1918 in Brighton, Victoria, aged 74 years.

Percy Cobbett had been suffering meningitis and enteric fever for 30 days before his death.

In Percy's Marriage Certificate, he was described as a 'gentleman'. His parents were married January 1859 (Marriage Registration Volume 2a Page 699); Robert Newberry was born about September 1830, West Hackney, died March 1881 in Devon, England.

His mother was born 29 October 1828 in Hackney, Middlesex, died 18 March 1904 in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Percy was the second of three children born to this couple. His siblings were his older brother, Charles Newberry born January 1863 in Southgate, Middlesex, and his younger sister, Eleanor Florence born 30 December 1866 in Southgate. 

The deceased had been suffering out in the bush for some time before seeking medical attention.  He died after being a patient in the Menzies Hospital for a week.

His death was reported in a Tasmanian newspaper, which described him as "Another of the pioneers of the West Coast ... has passed away in the Coolgardie hospital. No one was better known on the Coast in the seventies and eighties than Alfred Conliffe. He made some lucky finds, but his case was that of many prospectors “the man who found the metal being Ieft in the cold" and the shrewd calculating speculator stepping in and scooping the pool. When the Westralian goldfields broke out Mr Conliffe was sent out on behalf of a syndicate, and from the news to hand he did well for the syndicate, but bad for himself. Typhoid took him off at the age of 46. He leaves relatives in Tasmania."

Alfred's father, Charles Oakley Conliffe, was born about 1819 in Tasmania.  He married Elizabeth Flexmore on 24 November 1843 in Hobart.  She was born 16 April 1820 in Hobart.  Of their three known children, Alfred was the second.  His siblings were: George Charles Flexmore Conliffe, born 4 October 1844 at Sandy Bay, Tasmania; Mary Frances born 16 January 1852 but died just a few days later on 31 January 1852.  Their mother died 26 December 1879 at Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand, her husband in 1882 at Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Alfred's wife, Margaret, remained in Tasmania and died 17 October 1943 at Sandy Bay, Tasmania.