Elsie Victoria Annie Bates (1895 - 1915)

Born 25 Feb 1895 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 3 Oct 1915 at age 20 in American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Biography

THE KANGAROO ISLAND ACCIDENT. Kingscote, October 7. All hope has been abandoned in the case of Mr. R. Bates, mail contractor, and Misses Elsie and Millie Bates, whose sailing boat was found at the bottom of the American River in an upright position with all the sails set. It appears that Mr. Bates had delivered the mails on Sunday to the Muston and American River post-offices, and was seen by Mr. Jones returning home. He had on board his two cousins, Misses Elsie and Millie Bates, daughters of Mr. E. S. Bates, of Hog Bay. When Mr. Jones saw them they were just off his house, and he exchanged greetings with them. It was blowing a stiff gale at the time. On Monday his children reported that a boat with a mast was close by wrecked. The police of Hog Bay were informed, and soon they were searching for the missing people. The terrible tide, however, made the work extremely difficult. The police and harbormaster from here were on Wednesday searching for the bodies, using drags, but the tide was very strong. Five other boats are constantly searching. Mr. Bates was the son of Mr. Harry Bates, and was a clever seaman, but the line on the mainsheet was found to be made fast when the capsized boat was examined. Great sympathy is felt here for Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bates and the other members of the family. No one saw the accident, and it is only surmised that owing to the heavy gale blowing a large sea struck the boat, which is only 14 ft., and capsized her, thus drowning the three occupants. ^[1]

Birth

Date: FEB 25 1895

Place: Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia^[2]

Death

Date: OCT 03 1915

Place: American River, K.I., South Australia, Australia^[3]

Accidentally drowned ^[4]

The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951) Sat 9 Oct 1915 Page 5

Burial

Place: Penneshaw Cemetery, South Australia, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Friday 8 October 1915, page 8
2. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Yan 561 136 Data: Text: Given Name(s): Elsie Victoria Annie Last Name: BATES Birth Date: 1895, February 25 Gender: F Father: Ephriam Steen BATES Mother: Annie DAVIDSON Birth Place/Residence: Hog Bay District: Yankalilla Symbol: Book/Page: 561/136 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
3. ↑ Source: #S4 Data: Text: Family Notices. (1915, November 6). The Given Name(s): Elsie Victoria Annie Last Name: BATES Death Date: 03 Oct 1915 Gender: F Age: 20y Approx. Birth Year: 1895 Marital Status: S Relative 1: Ephriam Stein BATES [F] Relative 2: Residence: Hog Bay Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
4. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189513577

• Source: S4 Title: SA BDM Abbreviation: courtesy Genealogical and Heraldry Society of SA Publication: SA Genealogical Association Text: South Australia Births Deaths and Marriages (Digger Index) Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y