The deceased had been ill since her confinement, which took place some few weeks before, and it was found necessary to remove the patient to the hospital, where she died on Monday morning. The body was interred in the local cemetery on the afternoon of the same day. Her husband took his own life just 24 days later and their only child died a week after her father.

The child's father was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1872. Her mother was born in Melbourne the same year. Alfred and Mary met in a Perth Hospital when Alfred had typhoid and Mary was a nurse. They were married 7 July 1898 at Bummers Creek, Mount Margaret, Western Australia. Maurice was the first of their eight children. Following Maurice's death, the couple moved back to Victoria where the next two children were born. They were: Alfred Cecil born 1900 and Neville Francis born 1903. The little family then moved back to Dunedin, where the next five children were born. They were: Erena Alice born 1906 (died 2002); Clive Charles born 1909; Mary Mavis born 1910; Isabell born and died at 16 days old, 1913; Ailsa Valeria born 1915. Mary died 27 August 1929 at Dunedin. Alfred, who has been listed as being a storekeeper and a commercial traveller, died 12 August 1943 at Dunedin.

Shortly after midnight on the night of 7/8 November, it was reported to Constable O'Halloran that a camp at the Gwalia had been destroyed by fire and an old woman burned to death. The police proceeded to the spot, and found a camp, which had been occupied by Sarah Armstrong, aged about 60, in ashes, and the body of the occupant lifeless outside. Enquiries showed that William Jones and another man were returning to the Gwalia about the time stated, when they heard screams and saw the camp on fire. They ran to the spot and found a woman named Nana Levi outside, screaming out. that another woman was in the flames. Jones approached the tent and saw a body lying near the entrance, with the clothes on fire. He secured a bag and, passing it round the body, dragged it outside. The victim was then recognised to be the woman Sarah Armstrong. Life was almost extinct and she expired before medical aid arrived. At the inquest which followed, Nana Levi stated : 1 am a laundress and live near the Sons of Gwalia; know the deceased, Sarah Armstrong; she has been living with me since the middle of June last; remember 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, when the place was on fire ; was asleep on my bed and the deceased was lying on her own bunk in the tent adjoining ; the burning of the roof and the falling pieces awakened me ; I rushed outside and screamed to the deceased to come outside and she came to the door of her tent, with her clothes all charred and fell down: was quite dizzy when I awakened : had no light in my tent; could not say if deceased had a light; was pretty sober when 1 went to bed ; did not notice if deceased was under the influence of drink when she went to bed at eleven o'clock. Two men who were proceeding on the way to the Gwalia volunteered the statement that they had seen the flames and ran to the spot, when they discovered the old woman with all her clothes burned off : she was just gasping. They endeavoured to remove her a short distance from the fire and in doing this her shoes had come off. Nana Levi added that no fire was in the place when she retired. She believed the fire was the work of an incendiary, as when she was roused by the screams of Armstrong she saw the fire burning from the top of the tent, while the sides and walls were free. She said threats had been made to burn her tent and Armstrong's. The tent in question was near the spot where dynamite was exploded under a bed about six months previously. After retiring to consider their verdict, the jury returned with the following verdict: "We find that the deceased met her death through shock caused by burning ...there being insufficient evidence to show how the fire originated."

The informant of his death was James John Henry HISLOP, father-in-law. The deceased left the amount of £291 10s to his wife. He died from Injuries caused by a bullet wound self-inflicted while temporarily insane. The deceased had lived in Victoria and New South Wales for 34 years. Deceased was

The finding of the jury in connection with the death of W. H. Armstrong was as follows: "That the said William Henry Armstrong came to his death from the effects of a dose of prussic acid self administered." William Henry Armstrong was Accountant and Auditor of the Mt Morgans Municipal Council. He was also Secretary to the Morgans Race Club. He was found dead in bed just 24 days after the death of his wife, who never recovered from childbirth. Sadly, the child, aged 8 weeks, died the day after her father. It is understood that the couple had only married that year.

Harry Arnold was brought to the Mt Malcolm Hospital by the Lawler's Coach from Diorite King. He was part of a prospecting party at Wilson's Creek and was proceeding there in a spring cart and two horses. It appears the horses bolted and he was thrown out. He managed to get as far as his mate's camp but was unable to speak. He was considerably cut about the face and nearly all the bones in his face were smashed. He was also suffering from a fracture of the skull. He developed pneumonia and lingered for 10 days before his demise.

The deceased died from the shock from a fall of rock at the 25th level of the Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine.

At the inquest held at Leonora following the death of Daniele Arrigoni, Dr. H. E. Clarke stated that Arrigoni was conveyed to the Leonora Hospital at about 8pm on 4th January, suffering severely from shock and internal injuries and he died at about 3 o'clock the following morning. A post-mortem examination that day revealed that several ribs were broken and driven into the lung which had collapsed and was full of blood. The doctor concluded that Arrigoni died from shock and injuries to the lung and kidneys and loss of blood.

Harry Greyman, relieving shift boss on the Gwalia Mine, gave evidence and said that Arrigoni started work in the stope about 4.30 that day. It sometimes took ten minutes to bar down ground, and sometimes two hours.  Arrigoni had started boring. In the witness' opinion, he did not take sufficient trouble in barring down, and he thought that was the reason of the stone falling; the vibration of the machine would also help.

Further witnesses were called and evidence produced until eventually, the jury presented their verdict: That Daniele Arrigoni came to his death about 3 am on 5th January, 1932, at the Leonora District Hospital, from shock, following injuries received in No. 1000 stope on No. 25 level in the Sons of Gwalia Mine, through a fall of rock, and that no blame is attachable to anyone; the jury is of opinion that the shift boss should devote the whole of his time to the inspection of slopes, and not to the filling of trucks."

The informant of his death was Police Constable Michael O'Halloran (Regimental No 52) of Roebourne. The newspaper published a notice from the Curator of Estates informing that he had possession of the assets of William James Ashton of Marble Bar and any claims against same were to be directed to him.

Ashworth settled in Bardoc some 8 or 9 years previously, where he remained until the time of his death. He was for some time carrying on cyanide operations in partnership with Mr. Hepburn. Mr Ashworth was married about ten months before his death and just a week prior to his death, his wife gave birth to a son.

In September 1894, the deceased was possibly at the IOU claim, according to a letter written by his cousin, Charles Atkin. He was mining at or near Black Flag throughout 1896; working with Charles' brother, Samuel Haman Atkin at Bonnie Vale in 1897, then at King Solomon mine in Coolgardie October 1897. The family have tracked him to possibly being at Lawlers in 1903 but by May 1908, he was deemed by his family to be missing, having been last known at Kohinoor Mine, Black Range (Kalgoorlie Miner, 12/5/08). By 1910, it appears he was at Kathleen Valley, some 45 miles north of Leinster and, four years later, at Lake Darlot. William was working with his brother, Louis, at the British King East Mine at Darlot, in 1914. Louis' death that year was particularly sad as it took his brother three days of travelling - 85 miles in a sulky - from Darlot to get him to the hospital in Leonora, where he died shortly thereafter, of pleuro-pneumonia (Leonora Miner, 21 February 1914). From this article it is presumed that the brother in question was William, as the other brother, Ernest, was at Wiluna not Darlot at that time.

In 1916, William was at Lawlers. At the time of his mother's death, in 1924, he was known to be at Wiluna where he died six years later. William's father, Samuel Atkin, was born in Timberland, Lincolnshire, England, in 1844. On 3 July 1856, he migrated from England, landing in Melbourne on 13 September 1856 on the "Almora". He was a farmer and married Elizabeth Maria Webb at Castlemaine, Victoria, on 7 March 1867. Their eleven children consisted of four girls and seven boys. William was their first born child. His siblings were: Susan Ann born 4 July 1870; Emma born 17 December 1873; Henry born 1 December 1875; Louis Henry born 23 July 1876; Ernest Samuel born 30 December 1878; Gertrude May born 3 May 1881; Samuel Foss born 1883, died 1884; Florence Foss born 19 March 1885; Charles born and died 1888; Ruby Constance born 10 December 1889; Clifford Vernon born 1893.

Elizabeth Maria died 26 October 1924 at Creswick North, Victoria. Her husband died there on 4 June 1926. William's sister, Emma, and brothers, Louis and Ernest, also came across to WA during the goldrush and made their homes here.

William is buried in Plot 60 of the Church of England portion of the Wiluna Cemetery.

Known as Willie.

The deceased joined the Australian Imperial Forces at Perth on 3 February 1916 but on 5 May 1916 was discharged due to being medically unfit.  The reason was a deviated septum with a horizontal ridge in the nostril and with a history of nose trouble of chronic rhinitis and nasal obstruction for the previous 14 years, he was deemed to be unfit for active service.

Willie was the second of eight children born to Mary Ann and Charles William Atwell, who were married in Toowoomba, Queensland, on 7 April 1885 (Marriage Registration 1885/C/524).  Charles William was born in Nottinghill, London, on 14 August 1863 and arrived in Queensland on 25 August 1975 at Brisbane on the Ophelia.   His wife was born in Toowoomba on 10 December 1864.  Their family began with Florence Maude on 22 February 1886; followed by William Herbert; Percy Edgar on 16 January 1890; Sydney John born 6 July 1892; May Dorothy born 5 December 1894 in New South Wales; Beatrice Pearl Mary was born in 1897 on the South Perth road; Leslie Norman was born in Victoria Park, Perth in 1900; and a stillborn male in Perth in 1902.

Mary Ann Brennan died 6 May 1904 at Victoria Park.  Her husband died 6 September 1918.

Mrs Atwell, wife of Mr G. Atwell, proprietor of the "Gwalia Coach Office.'' The deceased lady had been suffering for some time from chronic dysentry and, being unable to obtain admittance to the hospital, was compelled, during the absence of medical advisers, to depend upon the assistance of friends. Just previous to death haemorrhage set in, and all hope of recovery was lost. The deceased was 62 years of age, and the remains were interred in the local cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.

Known as Bessie. Mrs Walpole committed suicide after a month of wedlock. Death resulted from phosphorus poisoning, self administered "while in no other state of mind but normal", with no blame "being attachable to the husband". According to the deceased's husband, she had taken the heads off three boxes of wax matches, dissolved them in water and then drank the fluid. Dr. Smith, at the inquest, spoke very highly of the treatment administered by the husband of deceased, stating he had done everything possible to save, the unfortunate woman's life.

Ayles was caught in the driving belt of a Berdan pan at the state battery, Wiluna, and crushed. He had been employed at the State Battery for two months. His first wife died in May1913 and he remarried, his second wife bearing him two children. The deceased left an estate valued at £329 11s. 4d.

The deceased was the youngest of nine children born to John Burn Bailey, born Surrey, England, and his wife, Ann, who was born in Bedfordshire in 1817. The couple married on 6 July 1847 in Luton, Bedfordshire. Siblings of the deceased were: Agnes Jane born 1850; Walter John born 1851; Eleanor Matilda born 1852; Edith Elizabeth born 1854; Blanche Isabel born 1855; Alice Maude born 1858; Mary Caroline born 1860; Ernest Edgar born 1861. Hugh's father died in 1895 and his mother in 1898, both in Middlesex, England.