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BLACKMORE, Francis Kenwood

Birth Name BLACKMORE, Francis Kenwood
Gender male
Age at Death 44 years, 4 months, 27 days

Narrative

Newspaper Notice
 FRANK BLACKMORE, a well-known miner of Northcote, near Herberton, is dead. He had his right hand blown off by a dynamite shot the other day, at the bottom of a 22ft. shaft. A shot had been put in, and, apparently, didn't take. Blackmore went down to draw it, when it exploded. He managed to put his foot in the sling, and his mates drew him to the surface. He was conveyed to Herberton Hospital, where Dr. Bowkett amputated the arm above the elbow, but death resulted from the shock sustained by the system.

Family Notices. (1885, June 13). Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld . : 1883 - 1885), p. 3. TROVE

Narrative

A sad accident occurred a few days ago in the Publicans' Purse mine, Northcote district. Francis Blackmore was in the act of drawing a charge of dynamite that had missed fire, when it exploded, blowing his hand off and shattering the arm to the elbow. A party of miners immediately carried him to the Herberton Hospital, thirty-four miles distant, but they being unable to stop the bleeding during the journey, the patient arrived in such a weak state from loss of blood that he died a few hours after admittance to the hospital.

OUR GOLDFIELDS. (1885, June 23). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 3. TROVE

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1841 Exeter, Devonshire, England    
Death 28 May 1885 Herberton, Queensland, Australia    
Burial   cemetery, Herberton, Queensland, Australia    
Immigration 16 March 1852 Port Adelaide, SA Sibella  
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father BLACKMORE, William17991 May 1841
Mother PAGE, Elizabeth180315 April 1870
         BLACKMORE, Francis Kenwood 1841 28 May 1885
    Brother     BLACKMORE, William 26 August 1838 22 December 1888
    Sister     BLACKMORE, Sarah Ann 23 May 1830 27 April 1897

Families

Family of BLACKMORE, Francis Kenwood and WHITFORD, Elizabeth
Married Wife WHITFORD, Elizabeth ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 16 May 1881 Queensland, Australia    

Family of BLACKMORE, Francis Kenwood and HAMMOND, Marion
Married Wife HAMMOND, Marion ( * 1852 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1 January 1885 Queensland, Australia    

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