Hyperpyrexia is the term for exceptionally high fever (greater than 41 C), which can occur in patients with severe infections.   James had been undergoing treatment for 30 days prior to his death and was obviously experiencing this symptom.

In his Will, James O'Donnell, of Menzies, left the sworn value of £1,510.6s.2d. to Annie O'Donnell, his wife.

The Informant of the death of this little girl was John Thomas BAWDEN, her adopted father, of Menzies.

Nora Hartigan and John Thomas Bawden were married in Coolgardie in 1896 (Marriage Registration 72/1896).  They witnessed the burial of this little girl.  The Bawdens had five children of their own between 1896 and 1905.  

It appears that Mr Pearce may have been a Mining Manager for the West Australian Tin Mining Company, as one of his reports appears in the newspaper for 1890.

Herbert Pederick was admitted to the Menzies Hospital on Saturday 18 September from the Four-Mile.  A native of Port Gawler, his father and brothers and sisters were still residing there when he died.

Patrick arrived in Menzies in March 1897 and began work for the Menzies Consolidated Mine. 

In Gawler, he, along with other members of his family, was a member of the Gawler River Band of Hope, a religious group which highlighted the practice of temperance.  They were Methodists by religion.

The deceased's father, William Henry Pederick, born 30 December 1830, in Devon, England, had arrived in South Australia 13 December 1840 with his parents and siblings from Plymouth.  He married hIs first wife, Anna Benney CHIVELL, on 29 July 1852 (Marriage Registration 5/130, Adelaide), with whom he had five children before her death in 1864.  William then married Emma Rose WHEATON on 14 March 1867 (Marriage Registration 70/583, Adelaide) and a further six children were born, of which Herbert William was the second eldest.  His siblings were: Edith Victoria born 24 May 1868, Kate Elizabeth born 23 August 1872; Ellen Louisa 15 July 1875; Ernest Arthur Jeffrey born 20 October 1877; Frederick John Adams born 1 March 1880.

William Henry died 25 November 1904 at Gawler, South Australia.  His wife, Rose, had predeceased him when she died 15 October 1891 at Pine Park, Lewiston, South Australia.

The deceased had just arrived in Menzies from Lawler's, when he dropped dead in the main street near Menzies Hotel. He had come in with pack-horses for the purpose of procuring a load of provisions for his mates, who were working in the vicinity of Lawler's. At the time of his death, he was in the company of another man who had known him for years. The men had been working some 16 miles from Menzies on the Mt Ida road. An inquest held at Menzies on 4th November 1895 (as reported in the Police Gazette No. 47, 1895), by the Warden, Mr. F. Gill, Resident Magistrate, and a jury, when after the evidence of Dr. Collis and others had been taken, a verdict was returned that the deceased had died from Natural Causes. He had apparently arrived in Menzies from Lawlers with pack horses, for the purpose of procuring a load of provisions for his mates, who were working in the vicinity of Lawler's. At the time of his death, he was in the company of another man who had known him for years.

The deceased died intestate and subsequently, Letters of Administration were to be granted to Mary Ann Prior, his mother, a widow, of View Street, Bendigo.  It is believed the deceased had a brother named Stanley.

John Morris' father, Johann Melchior Prior, was born 1843 in Merkel, Hesse Cassel, Prussia.  His wife was born about 1845 in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales.  She arrived in Hobart on 20 January 1853 on the Derwent Water.  The couple married in 1866 in Sandhurst, Victoria, where their twelve children were born.  They were: Louisa born 1867; Emily Elizabeth born 1869; Wilhemina Edith born 1870; John Morris born 1871; Beatrice Elizabeth born and died in 1873; Maud Agnes Mary born 1874; James Ernest born 1876; Robert Norman born 1878; Adelaide born 1880; Gerald born and died 1881; Stanley born 23 December 1882; Irene born 1887.

John Melchior Prior died 12 March 1889 at View Street, Sandhurst.  His widow died 24 September 1909 in Bendigo.

Mr Ridley had been suffering for 41 days before his death.

The child's father was born 6 January 1861 at Harcourt, Victoria (Birth Registration 22849/1861, Harcourt).  He married Emily Jane Marshallsea in Victoria on 14 September 1886 at Castlemaine (Marriage Registration 3988V/1886).  The couple had six children.  They were: William James Marshallsea born 1887 at Yackandandah, Victoria (Birth Registration 25123/1887), died 1894 at Fremantle (Death Registration 343/1894); Isabelle Evelyn born 1889 at Yackandandah (Birth Registration 27571/1889), died 1894 at Fremantle; Ruth born 1892 at Fremantle, died 1894;  Flora born 27 April 1895 in Perth; Emily May born 19 May 1897 at Menzies, died 23 May 1897; Leonard Marshallsea born 1900 at Yackandandah (Birth Registration 7589/1900).

Mrs Rutherford had spent 12 years in New South Wales before moving to Western Australia.

Jane was the eldest of six children born to Susan and Albert Wiltshire, in Gloucestershire, England.  The couple were married in January 1875 at Redruth, Cornwall, England.  Jane's siblings were Orlando Mitchell born about 1879, died 1895 in Newcastle, New South Wales (Death Registration 2178/1895, Newcastle); Ada Clare born October 1881, died 1904 in New South Wales; Alice born about 1895.  These four children were born in Gloucestershire.  The family apparently then migrated to Australia where the next two children were born in New South Wales.  They were  Richard Henry born 1887 in Glebeland (Birth Registration 31252/1887, Glebeland) and his twin, Ellen Grace (Birth Registration 31253/1887, Glebeland).

Jane's father, Albert, died in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 30 December 1888.  His wife died on the same day, 55 years later, on 30 December 1943, at Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.

Jane is buried in the Wesleyan portion of the Menzies cemetery.

The deceased had been suffering for 2 days before his death.

He is buried in the Anglican portion of the Menzies Cemetery. 

For six weeks, Mr Shepperd fought against the disease and, despite the best medical attention obtainable and the tenderest nursing his companions were able to give him, he expired on the 13th May. His parents, brothers and sisters had the sad consolation of knowing that though far away from home, strange but kind hands did all that was possible to soothe and alleviate his hours of pain.

Having known this young man for just a short while, his employer conveyed the following upon his death: "He was nearly six weeks ill. I stood near him and saw him pass away. No doubts or fears distressed him; he had a very peaceful end. I always felt greatly interested in him as he was just the sort of young man I needed here. He was straightforward in business and always helping me. He was greatly respected by all who knew him."

The deceased's parents were married in Queensland in 1867 (Marriage Registration 1867/C/120).

Mr. Kennedy Smith, who had recently arrived from Oamaru, New Zealand, was stricken down with fever almost as soon as he arrived on the field; but recovering from the fever, he was then attacked by pneumonia and, in spite of the unremitting care of his friend, Mr Grenfell, and others, he succumbed to the attack and was interred on Tuesday.

The deceased's parents were married 31 October 1848 in Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland (Marriage Registration 20/105, Straiton).  Kennedy Jnr was the second youngest of seven children born to this marriage which produced 5 girls and two boys.  His siblings were: Jane (Jeanie) born 8 August 1849; Elizabeth Brown born 10 June 1850; Barbara Rae born 19 December 1853; Robert born 26 November 1855; Helen born 17 September 1858; Kennedy born 1860; Mary born 5 April 1863.

Their father was born 26 May 1824 at Girvan, Ayrshire, and died 19 May 1870 at Straiton.  His wife was born 03 April 1821 at Dalmellington, Ayrshire, and died 13 January 1903 at Dalmellington.

The deceased had lived in New Zealand for 5 years before arriving in Western Australia.

This little boy had been suffering for 10 days before his death finally came.

HIs father, Bernard Henry Martin SPALHOLTZ, was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1848.  Matilda ROOKE was born 29 July 1859 in Probus, Cornwall, England.  She arrived first in Brisbane in 1879 before finding her way to Perth.  Harry arrived in Fremantle on Wednesday 16 November 1892 aboard the SS Saladen.  It is believed he departed from Port Darwin, as in 1890 he was living in Burundi, NT.   Also, the SS Saladen originally left Singapore but it was very common that ships from Singapore would stop via ports like Port Darwin, Cossack etc. The couple were married in Perth in 1894 (Marriage Registration 211/1894).  Their other children were: Henry Alexander born 1897 in Guildford (Birth Registration 3461/1897) and Francis John (Jack) Wilhelm born 11 October 1900 in Guildford (Birth Registration 5008/1900).

At one time, Henry Spalholtz was a cameleer  and collected sandalwood.  In 1897, he conducted a general store in Menzies in partnership with the late Mr. Frank Walton. Some years later, he removed to Yunndaga and opened a business which was successfully carried on by Mrs. Spalholtz, the indifferent health of her husband precluding him from taking an active part for some years. Henry was also interested in mining and had done a considerable amount of prospecting. By his kindly consideration for others and his many charitable acts, he had made a large circle of friends.   The couple's eldest son, a bright promising young man, known as Alick, was killed in action in France on 4 October 1917.  He left an estate valued at £113/12/8 to his mother, Matilda.

Harry Spalholtz died in Yunndaga, 30 June 1918 (Death Registration 1900009/1918, North Coolgardie), at the age of 70 years.  Matilda continued living in Woolgar for a time before moving down to Gabbin, where her son, Jack, and his wife, Eileen, ran the Gabbin store.  Matilda died in the Wyalkatchem-Koorda & Districts Hospital on 4 August 1943, aged 84 years (Death Registration 4900168/1943, Northam). 

The deceased is buried in the Menzies Cemetery in the Wesleyan section.