Biography

The informant of the death was Frederick Nash, Secretary, Niagara Hospital. James Allen had been working as mates with G Dagenhardt, in on leases at Mt Catherine. Sadly, both died within a few hours of one another - Dagenhardt in the private Hospital and Allen in the Niagara Government Hospital. Both men were brought into town about a week before their deaths. Dagenhardt left a wife and seven children in Victoria, and it was reported that Allen left five children, who are now parentless, the mother having died some little time before.