William John Hugh (Willie) MCLEAN

1876 - 1889  (12 years)

• Name	William John Hugh (Willie) MCLEAN  [1]
  Nickname	Willie
  Born	31 Mar 1876	Kingston SA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography Notes	2 Feb 1889	Kingston SA   [1]
  	Died there tragically aged 11 years and 11 months on 2/2/1889. An account of the fatal accident, but without any names given, was printed in the "Border Watch" Mount Gambier newspaper of 6/2/1889 under the heading "Personal, Kingston".
  	The shark eaten uncle was William Mclntyre, a brother Willies mother; Maryanne McLean nee McIntyre, and not just a few months earlier, but about 6 years before in 1882!
  Cause of death	2 Feb 1889	Kingston SA
  	"February - an accident of a most terrible nature today, (error it was 4 days earlier) on the jetty to a little boy of about 13 years of age, which resulted in his death in the course of a few hours. It appears that the lad was looking after the truck brake for his father, who was shunting up coal for the steamship "Emu" for the use of the railway and by some means got under the wheels. Injuries were of a frightful nature, the lower part of the body and one hand being literally torn and crushed, to such an extent as to all chances of saving the lad's life was next to hopeless. Dr Holmes was prompt in attending, and decided to amputate the leg at the thigh, and take off the torn Willing hands gave all the assistance in their power, and the operation was successfully performed in the goods shed, but to no avail. Death took place about 5 o'clock, 4 hours after the accident. Not many months have elapsed, since an uncle of the boy fell off the jetty, and his body was not discovered until it had been partly eaten by sharks. Other accidents of a serious nature at the jetty are continually taking place, and point to the necessity of providing a suitable building, where such cases could be properly attended to until they were sent to hospital. Willie was buried at the Kingston cemetery.
  Died	2 Feb 1889	Kingston SA   [1]
  Person ID	I-2325	Christina and Donald McLean | Ewen (Hugh the elder) McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	5 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Hughie MCLEAN,   b. 21 Mar 1850, Tailem Bend SA ,   d. 28 May 1913, Parrakie SA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	-765
  Mother	Mary Ann MCINTYRE,   b. 26 Mar 1854, Mt Charles SA ,   d. 11 Dec 1927, Kingston SA  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	-765
  Married	20 Jul 1874	Kingston SA   [2]
  Family ID	F-765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Sources

  [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. . [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=32, 26 Jul 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. MARRIED,1874 RegNo:100/200 groom:MCLEAN,Hugh bride:MCINTYRE,Mary Ann at district of Robe SA