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Field's Find Cemetery
The sad deaths of 4 men during an explosion underground. The accident shocked the community and the remains were buried in two coffins in a grave large enogh for four. There graves were the only ones with a headstone erected by the community.
Name | Date of Death | Other Information |
Boxlaff, Mary Parkes | 1/8/1945 | Died aged 82 at Fields Find |
Hay, George Hopetown | 22/12/1901 | Aged 15 months |
Hogan, Daniel | 31/8/1899 | Aged 22. He was killed in explosion underground at Fields Find. |
King, Edward Era (Ned) | 31/8/1899 | Aged 26. He was killed in explosion underground at Fields Find. |
Payne, William | 31/8/1899 | Aged 36. He was killed in explosion underground at Fields Find. |
Smith, Frederick | 31/8/1899 | Aged 27. He was killed in explosion underground at Fields Find. |
Smith, John | 22/9/1900 | Aged 55, he was a water carter and committed suicided by strangling himself. |
Tobin, Patrick | 25/12/1941 | Aged 74. Died of heart and lung disease. |
Walsue, Robert | 4/1/1927 | Aged 54, Died of heart failure, and he was a prospector. |
Wilks, Salina Pearl | 17/8/1911 | Aged 6 weeks. The baby died from convulsions. |