Andrew Grahame was admitted to hospital in Menzies on 6 June 1897, suffering from typhoid fever.  He died in the hospital on the morning of Wednesday 30 June from a complication of enteric fever and pneumonia. He was in a dying condition since the day he was admitted on 6 June.

He came from Kyabram in Victoria, where his people were living at the time. One of his brothers, who was reported to have been about 17 years of age, possibly Thomas, had been in Menzies for some time and he was continually at the dying young man's bedside for the days before he died. He completely broke down when his brother passed away.  

Beresford Lawson Grahame married Mary Jane Bell in 1876 in Victoria.  The marriage produced three sons and a daughter, of which Andrew was the eldest. Then came Thomas Beresford who was born in 1879 in Long Gully, Victoria (Birth Registration 10331/1879, Long Gully); Mary Jane, was born in 1882 (Birth Registration 6523/1882, Avenal); and David who was born about 1885.

Mr Hamann left an estate with a sworn value of £71 to his father, John Hamann. 

Hermann was one of nine known children born to Annie and John Hamann in Dunedin, New Zealand.  The eldest of the family was Adolph William Philip (born Phileph Adelph William), later Major Hamann, born 1864 (Birth Registration 1864/16158); Marie Minna was born 1865 (Birth Registration 1865/18813); Louis Christian Evelin born 1868 (Birth Registration 1868/31267); then Herman in 1871; Gustav Conrad born 1872 (Birth Registration 1872/37117); John Philipp born 1873 (Birth Registration 1873/34996); Norah born 1877 (Birth Registration 1877/11073); Anna Albrecht born 1879 (Birth Registration 1879/9617); Wilhelm August born 1880 (Birth Registration 1880/14738).

Hermann's elder brother, Adolph, a mining expert from the School of Mines at Bendigo, Victoria, also died of typhoid just four years later, on 9 January 1900.  He was a Major commanding the 5th Battalion Infantry Brigade, Bendigo, Victoria.   He was 36 years of age.

Their father, John Theodore Hamann, died in 1897, aged 67 years.

Young Dennis Hayes suffered from Dipsomania, which is a form of alcoholism, characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol.  He suffered with that condition and enteric fever for six days before his death.

Little is known about the life of this young man but the names Dennis Hayes and James Hayes appear on a February 1896 list of missing persons on the Coolgardie Goldfields.  It is not known whether this is the deceased and his younger brother.  Similarly, it is not known whether other reports of a Dennis Hayes in minor trouble with the law for disorderly conduct and other minor offences refer to the deceased.

Dennis had spent 24 years in Victoria before arriving in Western Australia.

The deceased's father, Michael Hayes, was born in 1822 in Bruree Parish, Limerick, Ireland.  He appears to have migrated to Victoria about 1851 and married Hannah Nugent in Melbourne in 1857.  In 1836, Hannah was also born in Bruree Parish, Limerick.  Their family consisted of eight children, of which Dennis and then James were the two youngest of the four boys and four girls.  Their siblings were: John Thomas born 1859 in Melbourne; Catherine born 22 June 1861 in Coburg; Annie Maria orn 1862 in Kalkallo; Hannah Theresa born 1864 in Kalkallo; Michael born 1865 in Kalkallo; Mary Ann born 1868 in Kilmore; Dennis born 1871 in Kilmore; James born 8 July 1873 in Kilmore.

The father of this family died on 10 August 1877 in Glenburnie, Victoria.  His wife died 11 August 1909 in Avenel, Victoria.

It is not known what happened to Dennis' wife, Ellen. 

This young lady succumbed to the dreaded typhoid just four months after she was married.   For three weeks she had suffered from enteric fever, an abortion and ultimately, heart failure.

Jane was the third of twelve children born to Elizabeth and James Stevens, who were married 18 June 1862 in Guildford (Marriage Registration 1798/1862).  Jane's siblings were: John Thomas born 25 April 1863; Sarah born 1 December 1864, died 28 January 1878; James born before 1872; Walter William born 1872; Isaac born 1874; William Dobson born 5 May 1877; Dorcas Tabatha born 1880; Eliza Rose born 1883; Edward born 1886; Annie Ruth born 2 March 1888; Mary Elizabeth born 8 October 1889.

Jane's father, James Stevens, died on 30 April 1892.  Her mother, Elizabeth, died 11 June 1928 at Bedfordale.

This young man, late of Boulder City, left an estate to the W.A. Trustee, Executor and Agency Co. Ltd, to the value of £194 ls. 6d. 

Young Alexander was the fourth of six children born to Hong Sip, who was born in China in 1836, and his wife, Margaret Moran, born about 1847 near Geelong.  The couple were married in 1869 (Marriage Registration 381/1869) and began their family which consisted of: Mary Jane born 15 April 1869; Margaret born 1871 (Birth Registration 7877/1871, Cavendish); William born 1873; Alexander; Sarah born 1878 (Birth Registration 21716/1878, Cavendish); George Thomas born 1881 (Birth Registration 8043/1881, Cavendish).

Hong Sip died on 28 January 1885, in Hamilton, in horrific circumstances after being tortured. John Fleming and George Trail were charged with the manslaughter of Hong Sip, a Chinese cook, recently employed in a station in the district of Hamilton. The evidence was similar to that taken at the inquest and the jury, after a short deliberation, found both prisoners guilty but with a strong recommendation to mercy. Fleming was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and Trail to two months, with a fortnight's solitary confinement in each case.

Hong Sip's wife died on 7 June 1921 at Cavendish. 

Frederick Charles Hosier was the younger of two boys born to Emma Susannah and Henry John Hosier, who were married in 1849 in London.  His younger brother, Harold Henry John, was born in 1860.  Emma Susannah died in July 1869, aged 49 years.  Her husband lived on until 23 October, 1898, when he died in London.

Frederick Charles arrived in Melbourne on 22 July 1879 on the Carlisle Castle.  His brother, Harold Henry, also migrated to Queensland and married in 1885, just a year after Frederick.

Frederick's wife, Margaret, died 16 August 1945 at Goodna, Queensland, and was survived by her two youngest children.

There is very little in the way of evidence to determine just who this young man was and where he came from.  HIs father, an unknown Mr Howard, was apparently born in 1842, his mother in 1847 but that is as much as is known.

Miss Howard had suffered for 45 days until death relieved her of her pain.

The deceased had suffered from bronchitis for some time and had a fever.

One of three Post and Telegraph office officials, Thomas Jackson was suffering acutely with enteric fever but little hopes were entertained for his recovery, haemorrhage having set in. The hospital was overcrowded, with two or three fresh cases occurring daily.

With the enteric fever raging in Menzies, Mr Jackson was down in a private hospital and was seriously ill, too weak to be removed. He died at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th March, despite the unremitting care and attention bestowed on him by Drs. Duncan and Moore and the Post and Telegraph officials.  He was buried at 9 o'clock in the morning on the 18th.

The deceased had been suffering from the typhoid fever for twenty-five days before his death.

It was reported that this young gentleman came over from Victoria quite recently and was very obliging in manner and to be cut off so suddenly at the age of 22 years was indeed a sad fate.  During the previous three months, there had been nine cases of fever in Menzies, three of which had terminated fatally.

The deceased was yet another victim of the typhoid epidemic which was sweeping through the Menzies district.

This little boy had been under treatment for 7 days before he died.

Little Leslie's mother, Johanna Crowley, was born 23 December 1869 in Kilmore, Victoria (Birth Registration 22396/1869).  Three sons, John born East Melbourne in 1889 (Birth Registration 23668/1889, Melbourne East), James Walter, born 1891 in Hotham, Victoria (Birth Registration 34039/1891, Hotham East) and Charles born Carlton, Victoria, in 1893 (Birth Registration 20652/1893, Carlton), were registered under Johanna's maiden name with an unknown father. 

In 1898, Johanna married James White Lamb, in Perth (Marriage Registration 861/1898) and their son, Leslie Phillip was born that same year.  There is a suggestion of another son, Richard, being born to this marriage but no registration of his birth has been found.

James White Lamb was born 6 January 1863 at sea. He died 30 June 1931 in South Richmond, Victoria.  His wife died 15 August 1935 in Melbourne (Death Registration 7227/1935, Melbourne), aged 65 years.

This little boy suffered from inanition and exhaustion for the entire 14 days of his life before succumbing.

His parents were married in what was then known as Palmerston, in the Northern Territory - renamed Darwin in 1911.  Palmerton remains a planned satellite city just 15 minutes from the current city of Darwin.  Their marriage took place on 10 August 1890 at the Wesleyan Church in Palmerston (Marriage Registration 164/1241, Palmerston (NT)).  Martha was 20 and her husband was 35 years of age.

The child's father, Frederick, was born in October 1855 in Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, England.  He arrived in New South Wales on 6 May 1879.  Martha was born 4 April 1870 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.  She arrived in Brisbane on 10 December 1888. 

Little Arthur Frederick was the fifth child born to this couple to whom were born 8 girls and 4 boys.  Sadly, six of those children died before the age of 12 months and one died at 5 years, leaving a family of five children.  They were: Stella born 22 January 1891 at Gawler Belt, South Australia (Birth Registration 473/112, Barossa); May born 6 June 1893 at Frances, South Australia (Birth Registration 523/447, Wellington); Ada born 2 November 1894 at Frances (Birth Registration 553/470, Wellington), died 12 May 1895 (Death Registration 227/27, Barossa). 

The family then appeared to have moved into Western Australia where the following children were born: Frederick born at Broad Arrow in 1896 (Birth Registration 253/1896), died at Menzies in 1902 (Death Registration 845/1902), aged 5 years; Arthur Frederick; Martha born 1900 at Menzies (Birth Registration 1643/1901), died 1901 in Menzies (Death Registration 734/1901), aged 9 months; Thomas born Menzies in 1902 (Birth Registration 1814/1903), died in Menzies in 1903, aged 6 months (Death Registration 758/1903); Freda born 1904 at Malcolm (Birth Registration 3777/1904); Rose born at Kurrawang Siding in 1906 (Birth Registration 1800380/1906, East Coolgardie); Ellen at Kurrawang in 1908 (Birth Registration 170004/1908, Coolgardie); Twins Martha (Birth Registration 1700006/1911, Coolgardie) and Frederick (Birth Registration 1700007/1911, Coolgardie) born 1910 at Kurrawang.  Unfortunately, the twins both died after an hour of life in 1910 (Death Registrations 1700003 and 1700004/1911, Coolgardie).

A former manager of the Half Mile Reef Gold Mine, on 9 June 1897, Frederick Lambert applied for a publican's general licence at the Australasia, which is believed to have been one of the eight hotels of which Broad Arrow boasted in 1900.  He was involved in mining for many years.

Little Arthur's father, Frederick, died 9 December 1928 at Kurrawang, Kalgoorlie, at the age of 75 years (Death Registration 1800149/1928, East Coolgardie).  His wife, Martha, died 22 December 1955 at Kalgoorlie (Death Registration 1800230/1955, East Coolgardie).  She was aged 85 years.

This little person, born Agnes Maller, was known as Sadie.  Her Death Certificate and Registration list her names as Sadie Agnes Maller LEDLIN.

This little girl had been suffering from gastro enteritis for 8 days before she succumbed.

Sadie's parents were married in Menzies in 1897 (Marriage Registration 284/1897).  Their other children were: Jules Augustus born 1899 (Birth Registration is 1157/1899); Francis Gilbert born 1902 in Subiaco (Birth Registration 5688/1903); and an unnamed female stillborn 1905 in Subiaco (Death Registration 2590/1905).

Jules Augustus LEDLN died 12 December 1960, in Vancouver, Canada, having married Ada TINSLEY in 1918 in Liverpool England.  The couple had two sons.