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Casterton Suspension Bridge Collapse, 1920
In July 1920 the Suspension Bridge in Casterton collapsed throwing schoolboys into the swollen Glenelg River. A passerby rode into the river on his Piebald Horse and helped to rescue the boys. Unfortunately one of the boys Peter McKenzie aged approximately 8 years old, drowned, his body was found 3 weeks later below ‘The Bluff’.

Information related to Casterton Historical Society Member by Geo. Richardson (formerly of Coxons Motors) he was the best friend of Peter McKenzie

Casterton Suspension Bridge 1920

The Family of Peter McKENZIE

Peter Herbert McKENZIE was a son of Robert Herbert McKENZIE 1874-1936 and Clara HUMPHRIES 1884-1969. Robert and Clara McKENZIE had the following family:

  1. George Ernest McKENZIE 1904-1971 m. Mary Ann DAVIES
  2. Lucy Jane Frances McKENZIE 1907-? m. John JAMES, m. William PRYOR
  3. Robert Oliver McKENZIE 1909-1978 m. Agnes Dorothy Foxall DAVIES
  4. Fanny Phillis Bertha McKENZIE 1910-
  5. Peter Herbert McKENZIE
    6. 1912-1920
  6. Vincent Joseph McKENZIE
    7. 1914-1978
  7. Ernest Humphries McKENZIE
    8. 1916-1978
  8. Allan Charles McKENZIE
    9. 1918-1976
  9. John Ross McKENZIE
    10. 1920-1985
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