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John Francis Lister 1900 - 1937

John Francis Lister was born in 1900 to Rachel Annie (Rowan) Lister and John Henry Lister, and had siblings Ernest Lister and Herbert Henry Lister. John Lister died at age 36 years old on November 18, 1937 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Fawkner Memorial Park 1187 Sydney Rd, in Fawkner, City of Moreland County.

John Francis Lister

1900

November 18, 1937

Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC, Australia

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The Argus, Melbourne. 19th November 1937. KILLED IN FALL DOWN HOLD. Geelong, Thursday. John Francis Lister, aged 36 years, of Kerley-street street, Geelong, waterside worker, received fatal injuries when he fell down the hold of the steamer Yaye Maru at the Cunningham Pier. The deputy coroner Mr. F. G. H. Ritchie on Friday morning opened an inquiry into the death of John Francis Lister, waterside worker, who was fatally injured when he fell down the hold of the steamer Yaye Maru at the Cunningham Pier on Thursday evening. The inquiry was adjourned to a date to be fixed. The Argus, Melbourne. 15th December 1937. WOULD NOT HEAR SOLICITOR. Coroner's Decision. Geelong, Tuesday. After evidence had been given at an inquest today into the the death of John Francis Lister, aged 35 years, waterside worker, of Kerley-street, Mr. F. G. H. Ritchie, J.P., deputy coroner, refused to hear Mr. E. E. Wilson, who appeared to represent the owners of the steamer Yaye Maru. Yae Maru was torpedoed by British submarine in 1942. Malacca strait.
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1900

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November 18, 1937

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Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia
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Fawkner Memorial Park 1187 Sydney Rd, in Fawkner, City of Moreland County, VIC 3060, Australia
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The Age, Melbourne. 20th November 1937. LISTER. - On November 18, at Geelong, ( result of accident ), John Francis, the dearly loved son of John and Rachel Lister, of 228 Ross-street, Port Melbourne, and loving brother of Herbert and Ernest, late of 7 Kerley-street, Geelong. Aged 37 years.

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John Francis Lister lived 35 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 37.

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In 1900, in the year that John Francis Lister was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

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In 1918, he was 18 years old when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.

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