Miners involved in Queensland mining accidents (1882-1900) - surnames beginning with Al-An

Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Alexander, Daniel

20 Apr 1895

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C. No.3

Injured. Caught whilst capsizing a derailed truck. (Crushed thumb)

1896/4/147

Alexander, Higham

3 May 1892

Walsh and Tinaroo

Gordon (Glenlinedale)

Injured. Fall of rock. (Fracture of limbs)

1893/3/662

Allen, A.

18 Jan 1895

Rockhampton

Barry Paterson

Killed. Accidentally fell from ladder. (Fractured limbs)

1896/4/146

Allen, Arthur

4 Jun 1898

Gympie

No. 1 North Smithfield

Injured. Riding on truck which got off the rails and caught sufferer's leg against the wall. (Broken leg)

1899/3/420

Allen, George

12 Nov 1892

Clermont

Alluvial Mine

Injured. Rope broke and bucket fell on him. (Bruised head)

1893/3/664

Allen, James

29 Sep 1898

Mount Morgan

Mount Usher

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruised ankle)

1899/3/421

Allen, Joseph

25 Nov 1887

Tenningering

Reid's Creek Co. Mine

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1888/3/472

Allen, Thos.

14 Jul 1891

Paradise (Gayndah)

Surprise

Injured. Detonator exploded. (Hand injured)

1892/4/317

Allen, William

24 Jun 1895

Gympie

Eastern Miners

Injured. Explosion of cap or small portion of dynamite. (Slight wounds)

1896/4/147

Allen, William

9 Jul 1897

Gympie

South Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Struck by windlass handle. (Wound on forehead)

1898/3/126

Allison, Thomas

28 Dec 1900

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. A fall occurred whilst sufferer was shovelling quartz and caught him unawares. (Severe wounds and bruises to body)

1901/4/467

Anderson, J.

24 Aug 1896

Gympie

No. 1 North Phoenix

Killed. Fall of rock whilst working off a shot in the footwall. The stulls above and the mullock came away with the loosened rock and caught the sufferers, one of whom was manager. (Crushed)

1897/4/130

Anderson, James

15 Dec 1900

Ipswich

Aberdare

Injured. These were fitters going down the shaft in which a rope is run down to draw wagons from the dip. When it slackened and got entangled with the cage and injured its occupants. (Scalp wounds)

1901/4/467

Anderson, John

16 Oct 1900

Gympie

No. 2 S. Great Eastern

Injured. A small stone caught his thumb whilst he was cleaning up after firing.  (Slight wound on thumb)

1901/4/466

Anderson, Simeon

20 Dec 1889

Palmer

No.1 Anglo-Saxon

Injured. (Miscellaneous) no particulars given. (Crushed hand)

1890/3/355

Andreas, Christian

13 Oct 1896

Charters Towers

Good Hope

Killed. Negligent, signalling sustaining bar gave way with weight of rope and bucket which fell down shaft and caught deceased. (Crushed)

1897/4/131

Andrews, E.

4 Nov 1895

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Jammed between bucket and clip of machine. (Fingers crushed)

1896/4/149

Andrews, H. J.

17 Apr 1894

Charters Towers

Old Imperial

Injured. Fall of rock from between props while preparing a permanent set. (Bruised foot)

1895/3/572

Andrews, John

14 Mar 1889

Croydon

Gold M. Lease 125

Injured. Explosion of dynamite. (Left hand shattered)

1890/3/353

Angus, Alexr.

15 Dec 1899

Ravenswood

Studleigh Castle Rochford

Injured. Fall of rock after shot firing; he supposed it was safe but some fell and caught him. (Severe bruise on body)

1900/2/261

Annear, Wm. Vivian

29 Jun 1900

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Killed. Sufferer was riding up the shaft on the skip and having to change his position on reaching the vertical, fell off and was crushed. (Severely bruised; tetanus)

1901/4/465