5/30/2023 0 Comments Board to Death by C.J. Connor![]() ![]() "But what is definitely not true is that he killed himself because the pipeline failed, that's what everyone believes." ![]() "His latest biographer says he was bipolar and had manic depression and killed himself in a state of depression. The latter engineer was of course O'Connor, who on March 10 1902, shot himself as he rode his horse into the water at Robb Jetty, south of Fremantle. ![]() The former engineer was Hodgson, O'Connor's second in charge, whose reputation was damaged due to his believed involvement in his colleague's death after the pair had a falling out. "At the opening the Minister for Works at the time said the scheme in many respects was a sad one, it had ruined the reputation of one engineer and been the death of another," Diana said. Education officer Diana Frylink is visiting schools with a representative from the Water Corporation to shed some light on the myths surrounding CY O'Connor's suicide.Ĭharles Yelverton O'Connor was an Irish engineer, well known for the construction of Fremantle Harbour as well as for the pipeline that still brings fresh water 530km from Perth to Kalgoorlie, known as the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. ![]()
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