Margaret McCUTCHEON [10320] ⁸¹²⁰

  General Notes:

Margaret McCutcheon married James McCutcheon in 1859. James was said to be a 42 year old widower with 2 living children and one deceased at the time of the marriage. His occupation is given as superintendent of Benevolent Asylum and Margaret's occupation is given as Matron of Benevolent Asylum.

1. Catherine Alice McCutcheon 1860-1909
2. Sarah Sophia McCutcheon 1863-1929
3. James Oliver McCutcheon 1866-1915
4. George Birnie McCutcheon 1868-1912

Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) View title info Fri 15 Mar 1895 Page 11 Sports and Pastimes.
MARGARET McCutcheon, of " Tarella," Chapel Street, St, Kilda, widow, by her will dated October 10th, 1893, and presented for probate by Messrs. Eggleston, Derham and Martin, of Melbourne solicitors, appointed her daughter, Sarah Sophia McCutcheon, sole executrix. She bequeathed to her daughter, Catherine Alice Whitehead, £25; to her sister, Sarah Jane Brady, .£15; and to her daughter, Sarah Sophia McCutcheon, the residue of her estate. Testatrix died January 24th, 1895, and the estate is sworn at £175 real and .£4992 personal; total, £5167.

The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Wed 31 Mar 1915 Page 1
Family Notices
McCUTCHEON. - On March 30, 1915, at Perth, W.A., James Oliver, the dearly-beloved husband of Annie McCutcheon, of 58 Randell-street, Perth, W.A., and late of Messrs. P. Falk and Co., Ltd., aged 49 years.

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954) Wed 31 Mar 1915
Page 6
MAN'S CRITICAL CONDITION
MAN'S CRITICAL CONDITION
fracture of skull . base,'caused by falling article
Perth, March 30.
James McCutcheon, an employee of P. Falk and Co., met with a serious accident to-day. J McCutcheon, who is a married man living in Randell-street, was working on a lower, floor of the premises; above which a lad was wheeling a; number of caddies, By some mischance one of these down the well, striking McCutcheon. on the head. He was rendered unconscious and at the hospital it was ascertained that he had sustained a fracture of the base of the skull. He is now on the danger list and his condition is regarded as critical.
Later.
The unfortunate man James McCutcheon, who was injured during the day by a caddy of tobacco falling on his head in Falk and Company's warehouse, died early this evening.

The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thu 1 Apr 1915 Page 6
NEWS AND NOTES.
Warehouse Fatality.-Before the Coroner (Mr. T. F. Davies) and a jury of three an inquest was opened yesterday concerning the death of James Oliver McCutcheon, which took place on the previous day, following on injuries received in an accident at Messrs. Falk and Co.'s warehouse.
After evidence of identification had been given, the proceedings were adjourned until 2.30 p.m. on April 8.

The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) View title info Fri 9 Apr 1915 Page 8
A WAREHOUSE FATALITY.
A WAREHOUSE FATALITY.
CORONER'S INQUIRY.
The Coroner (Mr. T. F. Davies, P.M.) and a jury yesterday resumed the inquiry into the recent death of James Oliver McCutcheon at Messrs. Falk and Co.'s warehouse.
With the Coroner's permission Mr. Hardwick watched the proceedings on behalf of Messrs. Falk and Co., the deceased's employers. Sergeant Pilkington examined the witnesses.
- Michael Hayman, employed at Messrs. P. Falk and Co.'s, gave evidence that at about 3.40 p.m. on March 30 he was on the first floor near the hatchway at the rear of the warehouse, with a quantity of goods on a wheeler. He called out to the attendant below to send up the hook of the electric hoist. As witness pulled the wheeler forward
to the opening, the corner struck a stack of caddies of tobacco standing a few feet from the edge. Three caddies were dislodged, and two bounded over the edge of the pit. The gross weight of each caddy would be about 13 lb. Witness looked over the edge, and saw one strike the deceased McCutcheon on the head and knock him down.
To Mr Hardwick: Deceased, when struck, was standing in the doorway adjacent to the hatchway on the ground floor.
Dr. J. S. Landon, acting .RM.O. at the Perth Public Hospital, produced the report of Dr. Sweet (at present absent from the city) of a postmortem examination on the body of deceased. The report stated that death was due to fractures of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage. Deceased died, at the hospital at 4.55 p.m. on the date of the
accident.
Evidence of a corroborative nature was given by employees of Messrs. Falk and Co. Robert C. Smith, in reply to the jury, said that about twelve months ago a wheeler loaded with crockery, had fallen down the pit, but on that occasion no one was injured. The spot where deceased was struck down was frequently occupied by persons other than the firm's employees.
To Mr. Hardwick: If protective doors were installed in the hatchway, they would have to be opened or removed to allow of the manipulation of the hoist.
The jury after a short retirement, returned a verdict that deceased came to his death through fracture of the skull, caused by a caddy falling on his head, as the result of an accident. A rider was added: "'That, in our opinion, the well hole or hatchway should be cased in."

Margaret married James McCUTCHEON [12205] [MRIN: 4202], son of George McCUTCHEON [12206] and Margaret BIRNIE [12207], on 10 Dec 1859 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia.⁸¹⁶⁰ (James McCUTCHEON [12205] was born about 1817 and died in 1878 in , Victoria, Australia.)