Person:Richard Matthews (17)

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Richard James Matthews
b.15 Sep 1900 Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
d.27 Feb 1929 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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  • H.  Richard James Matthews1900 - 1929
  • W.  Rose Marston (add)
m. 1923
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m. 28 Feb 1927
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Name Richard James Matthews
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Sep 1900 Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
Marriage 1923 New Zealandto Rose Marston (add)
Marriage 28 Feb 1927 Adelaide, South Australia, Australiato Julia Ruth Kitson
Death[1] 27 Feb 1929 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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James married Ruth bigamously (deserted wife Rose Marston). James deserted Ruth when she was pregnant with twins, and was not with Ruth when he died.

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  1. ↑ Coal Staging Collapses, in Advertiser (South Australia, Australia)
    2 Oct 2016.

    [Wednesday, 27 February 1929]
    COAL STAGING COLLAPSES
    Workman Seriously Injured
    Mr. Richard Matthews, a volunteer
    wharf laborer, sustained a fractured
    skull and a fractured thigh, while work-
    ing at the McIlwraith, McEacharn coal
    boat Kooringa, berthed in the Basin, at
    Port Adelaide, on Tuesday morning. It
    is believed that the accident was caused
    through a falling tide giving the Koo-
    ringa a list away from the wharf, caus-
    ing the overhead coal platform to fall
    on to the ship's deck. Mr. Matthews
    fell on to an iron hatch beam on the
    deck. He was taken to the Port Ade
    laide Casualty Hospital for attention,
    and later removed to the Adelaide Hos-
    pital in a serious condition.

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