Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Behan, Michael

25 Aug 1890

Charters Towers

Dan O'Connell

Injured. fall of rock. (Broken finger)

1891/4/341

Bell, Cain

13 Jun 1898

Croydon

1 and 2 S. True Blue

Injured. Fall of rock from the roof. (Shock and a few scratches)

1899/3/420

Bell, John

27 Aug 1889

Croydon

The Gem Lower 12-Mile

Killed. Fell down abandoned shaft. (Death caused by shock)

1890/3/354

Bell, Thomas

17 Jan 1891

Ipswich

West Moreton

Injured. By wagon at top of dip road. (Slight bruises)

1892/4/316

Bell, Thomas S.

28 Oct 1890

Charters Towers

Hidden Treasure

Injured. Was dragged with truck down the underlie. (Bruised body)

1891/4/342

Bemi, Henry

27 May 1882

Woolgar

John Bull

Killed. Explosion of charge; supposed to have put a match in the hole with paper from his pocket before ramming.

1883/1/531

Bennett, I.

24 Aug 1888

Tenningering

Reid's Creek

Injured. Fell down a winze. (Shoulder dislocated etc.)

1889/3/539

Bennett, J.

14 Sep 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Small piece of stone fell from the timber. (Scalp wounds)

1901/4/466

Bennett, Richard

17 Sep 1890

Charters Towers

St. Patrick Grand Junction

Injured. Head crushed by rocking-post of pump gearing. (Severe scalp wound)

1891/4/341

Bennetts, James

10 Oct 1899

Gympie

Scottish Gympie Gold Mines

Injured. Stone fell when working out a shot. (Bruised ankle)

1900/2/261

Benson, Edward

5 Oct 1885

Ipswich

Waterstown

Injured. Scaffolding fell away in shaft. (Arm broken)

1886/3/77

Bentley, Henry

22 Nov 1887

Glastonbury

"Without a Friend"

Injured. Fall of part of reef. (Arm broken)

1888/3/472

Benyon, Thomas

12 Apr 1886

Gympie

Crown and Phoenix Extended

Killed. Bucket caught cage-guide causing it to spring out against one of the men on the bucket. (Jaw and cheek-bone broken)

1887/3/930

Beresford, A. G.

23 Sep 1891

Gympie

5 North Phoenix

Injured. Accidental explosion of blasting charge. (Contused eye)

1892/4/318

Berry, Samuel

24 May 1898

Croydon

Richmond P.C.

Injured. A tributor had fired a shot and went in too soon when the stone fell and caught him. (Wounded on body)

1899/3/419

Berryman, James

25 Jan 1889

Charters Towers

Phoebe

Injured. Blasting accident, sufferers drilled into a charge which had previously missed. (Slight wounds)

1890/3/353

Berryman, James

15 Sep 1891

Charters Towers

Sunburst P.C.

Injured. Working off the burden after a charge had been exploded. (Broken collar-bone)

1892/4/318

Besson, John

26 Oct 1892

Gympie

Inglewood United

Injured. Caught in frame whilst ascending the shaft. (Heel cut)

1893/3/664

Bevan, J.

21 Oct 1896

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Injured. Foot jammed between floor and eccentric. (Bruised foot)

1897/4/131

Bevan, Owen

21 Apr 1885

Charters Towers

Mosman G.M. Co.

Injured. Fall of stone, not serious. (Arm and thigh injured)

1886/3/76

Bevan, William

6 Oct 1894

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Fall of rock in the face of a level. (Fracture of skull)

1895/3/574

Bevan, William

23 Oct 1896

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock. A piece fell from back of lode although the level was timbered to the face. (Fractured collar-bone)

1897/4/131

Beynon, Thomas

12 Apr 1886

Gympie

Crown and Phoenix Extended

Killed. Bucket caught cage-guide causing it to spring out against one of the men on the bucket. (Jaw and cheek-bone broken)

1887/3/930

Billings, J. W.

13 Jan 1890

Gympie

No.1 S.Great Eastern

Killed. Fall of rock. (Body crushed and legs broken)

1891/4/339

Bishop, A.

2 Feb 1888

Eidsvold

1 and 2 S.Australian Amalgamated

Injured. Fall of earth. (Cut and bruised)

1889/3/537

Bishop, Wm.

16 Oct 1900

Gympie

Oriental Extended

Injured. Wedge fell on him whilst timbering shaft. (Injuries slight)

1901/4/466