Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Black, James

29 Sep 1897

Gympie

Glanmire P.C.

Injured. Fall of quartz.  (Fracture of right leg)

1898/3/127

Black, James

6 Mar 1885

Gympie

Hall's Lease

Injured. Earth falling from near the top of the shaft. (Collar bone broken)

1886/3/76

Black, John

11 Dec 1889

Gympie

1 N. Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1890/3/355

Black, John

1 May 1899

Gympie

No.1 North Glanmire Eastern shaft

Injured. Caused by the fall of a piece of rock out of the side of the shaft. (Bruises on right arm and hip)

1900/2/259

Blackburn, A.

23 May 1899

Gympie

South Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Explosion of detonator. (Injury to fingers)

1900/2/259

Blackburn, Robert

19 Aug 1889

Gympie

Gympie Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of drill out of bucket. (Injury to collarbone)

1890/3/354

Blackmore, Francis

27 May 1885

Hodgkinson

Publican's Purse Northcote

Killed. Went in too soon supposing the charge had missed fire.

1886/3/76

Blair, William

21 May 1894

Charters Towers

Band of Hope

Injured. Whilst securing movable skids at the foot of the vertical shaft sufferer slipped and fell about 5 feet.  (Scalp and sprained wrist)

1895/3/572

Blakeney, Theo. Gunning

19 Apr 1888

Croydon

Waratah United

Injured. Fell 50 feet down a shaft. (Severely shaken)

1889/3/537

Blane, Sydney

20 Feb 1888

Charters Towers

Black Jack and Newton Butler

Injured. Piece of rock fell from hanging wall of shaft.   (Shoulder wounded)

1889/3/537

Blewitt, Jonathon

26 Jul 1884

Gympie

Band of Hope

Killed. Fell down shaft 40 feet deep with 10 or 12 feet of water in it. Stunned and drowned before recovered. (Drowned)

1885/3/86

Boddington, Wm.

7 Mar 1884

Charters Towers

North Queen Gold Mining Co.

Killed. Fall of rock while clearing up after a shot. (Bruised)

1885/3/86

Bohun, Henry

21 Jul 1886

Charters Towers

Revenge

Killed. Blasting accident.

1887/3/930

Bolton, David

18 Oct 1894

Ipswich

Aberdare

Killed. Fall of coal. (Crushed)

1895/3/574

Bond, Frank

4 Nov 1893

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block

Injured. Underlie truck derailed and knocked sufferer down, injuring him slightly. (Abrasions)

1894/3/933

Bone, Plimsol

16 Jan 1900

Rockhampton

Mount Chalmers

Killed. Heavy rains loosened the ground at top of shaft causing it to fall when sufferer was down. (Spinal injury)

1901/4/463

Booth, Alexander

29 Oct 1891

Ravenswood

West Sunset Claim

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Sprained Back)

1892/4/318

Bootle, Thomas

28 May 1900

Ipswich

Waterstown

Killed. Sufferer went into a place known to be dangerous and an explosion occurred. He died from its effects on 2nd June. (Burnt)

1901/4/465

Bootle, Thomas

28 Apr 1900

Ipswich

Waterstown

Injured. Finger caught between wagon and coal pillar. (Wagon accident)

1901/4/464

Borrison, John

14 Aug 1890

Charters Towers

Mexican P.C.

Killed. Fell down shaft.

1891/4/341

Boscoa, A. D.

7 Jan 1900

Ravenswood

City of Melbourne

Injured. Two shots had been fired, only one was effective, the sufferer took an iron scraper to clean the hole and an explosion occurred.   (Lost two fingers of left hand)

1901/4/463

Bothwell, Thomas

17 Jan 1883

Charters Towers

No.1 St. George

Injured. Fall of rock ; accidental. (Severely shaken)

1884/3/233

Bottom, W. Sheppard

23 Mar 1894

Charters Towers

North Australian

Injured. Whilst charging holes, a piece of rock fell from the face on his arm.   (Severe wound on arm)

1895/3/572

Boujioni, Stephen

1 May 1883

Nebo

Not Stated

Injured. Fall of earth.(Arm broken)

1884/3/233

Bowater, Joseph

19 Mar 1885

Charters Towers

Victory

Injured. Fall of rock. (Serious)

1886/3/76

Bowen, John

10 Nov 1896

Etheridge

Big Reef Mine

Injured. Thrown over the platform by engine starting whilst unhooking the truck. (Collar-bone and rib broken)

1897/4/131

Boyle, Francis

11 Oct 1900

Charters Towers

Imperial

Injured. A piece of formation fell from the face on him.  (Wounded hip)

1901/4/466