The deceased was the third son of Susanah and Richard Leftwich, of Kangaroo Point, Queensland.
The deceased's father, Richard William Leftwich, was born 16 April 1833 at Rotherhithe, London, England. He married Susanah Wynn on 19 September 1857 in Sydney, New South Wales. Alfred George was the fifth child in a family of six born to this couple. His siblings were: Richard William born 1858; Frederick Henry born 25 May 1860 in Sandridge, Victoria; Harriet Grace born 1 July 1862 in Sandridge; Charles Edward born 3 March 1864 at Paddington, New South Wales; Alfred George in 1865 in Brisbane; Arthur Frank born 6 November 1867 in Brisbane.
Their mother, Susanah, died 8 September 1890 in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, aged about 58 years. He husband, Richard William, died 22 July 1916 in Brisbane.
The child has been suffering with her complaint for ten days before she died.
Her parents were married in Southern Cross in 1895 (Marriage Registration 285/1895). Dorothy was their firstborn. Their other children were: Wallace Urbane at Malcolm in 1899 (Birth Registration 2685/1899); Dorothea Olive at Malcolm in 1900 (Birth Registration 3101/1901); Percival William at Leonora in 1904 (Birth Registration 3858/1904); Doreen Coverdale in Leonora in1906 (Birth Registration 4300039/1906, Mt Margaret).
Miles Lewis died in Leonora in 1907 (Death Registration 4300037/1907, Mt Margaret).
The deceased came from Providence, United States of America, but it is not known which state.
Known as Lui.
The charred body of Lui Marlo was found in his camp late on Tuesday 1 August. The townspeople heard an explosion and then saw flames. It was found that Marlo's head had been blown off. The police believed that he put a detonator in his mouth and then lit the fuse after setting fire to his camp. He had threatened to commit suicide for some weeks. He suffered from wart injuries and miner's phthisis.
Lui enlisted into the AIF, Service Number 1232, joining 13 Reinforcements, 18 Battalion Mining Corps, Sapper 2, at the age of 27 years. He served from 1915 to 1919.
Mr McCulloch suffered through 20 days of Enteric Fever before his death.
Two weeks was all it took for Peter McInch to expire from enteric fever and pneumonia.
Alexander McLean, late of Menzies, left an estate to the West Australian Trustee, Executor and Agency Co., Limited, to the value of £104 19s. Id.
He is buried in the Menzies Cemetery.
1896 was a very sad year for Alice and Donald McSwan. Donald's brother, Norman John McSwan, died at Coolgardie hospital from typhoid on the 16 February 1896. He was buried at Coolgardie Cemetery. The very next day, Alice and Donald's only child, a six month old girl named Bessie Marian, also died of typhoid at her mother's home in MacKie St. Bessie was buried at the East Perth Cemetery. Alice fell pregnant later that year and gave birth to a son prematurely on 3 December 1896. Norman Geoffrey died 4 days later and is buried in the Menzies Cemetery. Alice gave birth to another son in 1898 who they also named Norman Geoffrey. This son survived and lived to be 79 years of age when he died.
This young man, another victim of the typhoid epidemic, is buried in Menzies Cemetery.
Constable Nethercott's father was a Police Sergeant in Galway, Ireland. Young Robert was taught in Dublin, where he received a superior education, eventually securing a position as assistant schoolmaster to one of the Irish regiments. He relinquished this position to seek his fortune in Australia. He secured an appointment as warder at one of the Sydney lunatic asylums but he resigned about a year before his death to join in the western exodus. He was associated with the Railways Department for a couple of months, then he was accepted as a recruit in the Police Force.
He was first stationed in Perth but around Christmas, was transferred to Menzies. For some time, he acted as gaoler and his humane and considerate treatment of the prisoners showed him to be a kind-hearted, feeling man.
About three weeks before his death, he felt unwell but he kept on his duty till he developed high fever. Even then, he was trying to do his work until Sergeant Mitchell noticed his condition and sent for Dr Corlis, who ordered his immediate removal to the hospital.
When admitted, his temperature was 107 degrees Fahrenheit, so it was apparent that the case was serious. The matron and nurses lavished every care and attention upon him but even as he was a big, full-blooded man, he did not improve as might have been expected.
Margaret Newton's husband, William Henry Newton, died on 29 July 1897 at the Railway Hotel, Malvern, Victoria, the premises of his brother-in-law, Duncan Campbell. Probate on the Will of Henry William Newton, of Menzies, was granted to Margaret Newton and John Kennedy, to the value of £2,206 14s.5d.
Just a few years later, Probate was granted on the Will of Margaret Newton to John Kennedy to the value of £1,371.
Following Margaret's death, David Edwards applied to take over the licence of the Menzies Hotel.
Margaret's father, Lachlan (or Laughlan, as he was Christened), was born about 1831 in Lysmore, Argyleshire, Scotland. He married Mary Collingwood on 15 August 1852 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Their eldest son, Duncan, was born in Glasgow in 1854, after which the young family migrated to Australia where the rest of their family of 13 children were born. Margaret was the sixth child and one of four girls and nine boys. Her other siblings were: Mary born 1856 in Geelong; William born 1858; Archibald born 1859, died 1860; James Thomas born 1861 in Geelong; John born 1866 in Geelong; Donald born 1868 in Darlington, Victoria; Clara Elizabeth born 1870 in Darlington; Andrew Cecil Collingwood born 1871 in Hamilton; Andrew George born 1873 in Hamilton; Isabella born 1876 in Campbell's Creek; and Colin.
Mary, who was born in 1832 in Glasgow, died 28 May 1922 in Malvern, Victoria, and was buried the following day in the St Kilda Cemetery.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury at a hearing held at Menzies on 29 January 1898, identified the death as having been an accidental death caused by a fall of earth at the Lady Harriet Gold Mine.
The deceased was a Mount Isa prospector who originally came from Tasmania.