Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Bracewell, J.

17 Nov 1887

Ravenswood

King's Freehold

Killed. Fall of rock. (Wounds and bruises)

1888/3/472

Bracewell, John

12 Aug 1884

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Fall of ore from roof of drive. (Bruised leg)

1885/3/87

Bradley, J.

14 Sep 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Fell from the windlass brace in the level. (Fractured wrist)

1901/4/466

Bradley, John

19 May 1890

Charters Towers

No.6 West Day Dawn

Killed. Man truck capsized in the underlie and deceased fell 150 feet to the flat below.

1891/4/340

Bradshaw, Joseph

15 Nov 1895

Herberton

Vulcan (Irvinebank)

Injured. Unexpected explosion of a charge that had missed fire. (Lost left leg and eye removed)

1896/4/149

Brady, James

23 Apr 1898

Clermont

Yank

Injured. Brady was being lowered by a whip-rope by hand (a dangerous proceeding) and as the man on the surface could not hold him, he went down too rapidly and hence the injuries. (Both ankles)

1899/3/419

Brangan, John

28 Jul 1899

Ravenswood

Donneybrook P.C.

Injured. Sufferer was struck down by piece of rock falling after a shot had been fired, when another fall came and buried his lower limbs. (Fracture of left leg severe lacerations of right and abrasions on body)

1900/2/260

Brannigan, John

20 Jun 1891

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Fall of rock. (Lacerated wound on arm)

1892/4/317

Bray, Richard

1 May 1895

Charters Towers

Carrington

Injured. Whilst descending the shaft the pulley at top had worn through the bearing and fell out and clear of the shaft but the fall of the bucket injured those on it. (Severe wound on thigh)

1896/4/147

Bray, William Jos

6 Oct 1885

Charters Towers

N. Queen No. 416

Injured. Fall of stone. (Broken leg)

1886/3/77

Breen, James

25 Nov 1897

Ravenswood

John Bull

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1898/3/127

Brennan, Jas.

3 Jul 1891

Gympie

No.5 N. Phoenix

Injured. Fall from scaffold. (Bruises etc.)

1892/4/317

Brennan, L.

4 May 1883

Gympie

3 and 4 N. Glanmire

Injured. Falling timber. (Arm broken)

1884/3/233

Brennan, Michael

7 Jul 1896

Croydon

6 and 7 S. Australian Beauty

Injured. Fall from stage. (Flesh wounds on right arm)

1897/4/129

Brennan, Peter

21 Feb 1899

Charters Towers

Smith's Extended Moonstone

Injured. Fall of rock. He had fired on previous shift and followed himself carelessly testing the rock, it shortly afterwards fell on him. (Severe bruises and incised wounds on arms and face)

1900/2/258

Brestrop, Fred.

22 Aug 1896

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Killed. Sufferer had neglected too long to take down a dangerous flake of stone and when he began to do so it fell on him. (Crushed foot. He died from tetanus on 2nd Sept.)

1897/4/130

Brewer, Ben

30 Sep 1899

Gympie

Phoenix Eastern Tribute

Injured. Fall of rock. (Fractured thigh and left leg)

1900/2/261

Brewer, H.

12 Jun 1882

Gympie

Dawn Extended

Injured. Fall of earth; recovered. (Severely crushed)

1883/1/531

Brewer, Thomas

2 Jun 1891

Gympie

Gympie Golden Crown

Injured. Fall of rock. (Lacerated wounds and fractured toe)

1892/4/317

Brian, Edward

5 Mar 1896

Charters Towers

New Queen

Injured. Fall of rock. (Severe laceration of hand)

1897/4/128

Briggs, William

15 Dec 1899

Gympie

Scottish Gympie G.M.

Injured. Fell from stage on a sharp piece of rock. (Flesh wounds on back)

1900/2/261

Bristowe, Robert

1 Apr 1889

Charters Towers

No 6 N. Queen

Killed. Engine driver tried letting men down with brake only, which was faulty. Bucket ran away.

1890/3/353

Broad, Thomas

13 Nov 1890

Gladstone

Conran G.M. Co.

Injured. Fell down shaft. (A few bruises)

1891/4/342

Broadfoot, Thomas

31 May 1892

Gympie

No 2 N. Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of stone.(Broken leg)

1893/3/662

Broadhurst, Joseph

17 May 1892

Rockhampton

Annie United

Injured. Tramway fell down with him, a trifling incident. (Scratched ear)

1893/3/662

Brockie, James

20 Oct 1900

Ipswich

Tivoli

Injured. Sufferer working in dip was caught by a piece of coal. (Injured hand)

1901/4/466

Brophy, John

2 Dec 1896

Charters Towers

Moonstone Extended

Killed. Deceased and mate riding up the shaft on a bucket when he fell off without any apparent cause. (Both legs and an arm fractured and internal injuries)

1897/4/131

Brown, Alexander

13 Sep 1897

Croydon

Highland Mary Unit

Injured. Was injured by slack rope coming down on him. (Slight wound on forehead)

1898/3/127

Brown, Alexander

28 Jul 1897

Croydon

Highland Mary United

Injured. Carelessness in working out his shot and a fall took place.  (Bruised on left shoulder)

1898/3/126

Brown, Charles

14 Aug 1886

Gympie

No. 3 N. Phoenix

Injured. Explosion of defective charge. (Cut and bruised)

1887/3/931

Brown, Edward

23 Jun 1893

Ipswich

Aberdare

Injured. Stone falling from bucket at top of sinking shaft. (Scalp wounds)

1894/3/932

Brown, Frederick

10 May 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn No 4A

Injured. Cut with an adze. (Incised wound)

1893/3/662

Brown, H.

21 Aug 1895

Gympie

Caledonia and New Zealand

Injured. Jammed between cage and top of chamber when sitting with legs outside. (Thigh much bruised)

1896/4/148

Brown, Henry

24 Jun 1890

Gympie

S. Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Fall of stone.(Broken leg)

1891/4/340

Brown, Isaac

30 May 1888

Charters Towers

Hidden Treasure and Lady Maria

Killed. It was supposed that both men returned too soon to a charge supposed to have missed fire.

1889/3/538

Brown, Isaac

17 Dec 1887

Palmer

Comet

Injured. Percussion cap fell into hot pitch. (Scalds)

1888/3/472

Brown, James

10 Jan 1894

Croydon

Iguana 2 West Block

Injured. Fall of rock from hanging wall. (Slight scalp wound and bruises)

1895/3/571

Brown, John

7 Oct 1886

Charters Towers

North Australian

Injured. Shaft accident. (Bruised on hip)

1887/3/931

Brown, John

7 Sep 1895

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Shaft accident. Brown was thrown out of descending truck and fell down underlie. (Severe contusions)

1896/4/148

Brown, John

9 Dec 1892

Charters Towers

St. George and Brilliant

Injured. Struck by a sapling tipped up rolling quartz. (Scalp wound)

1893/3/664

Brown, Peter

21 May 1887

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Freehold

Injured. Improperly ramming down a charge of rack-a-rock with drill; charge exploded. (Lacerated wounds and shock)

1888/3/471

Brown, Peter

23 May 1888

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Freehold

Injured. Fall of portion of rock-drill on his hand.  (Broken finger)

1889/3/538

Brown, Robert

28 Nov 1888

Charters Towers

No. 2 Queen

Injured. Explosion of rack-a-rock while deceased was engaged picking out a missed charge.  (Slightly injured face and eye). See also Henry Waters.

1889/3/540

Brown, W. H.

20 May 1890

Croydon

Pride of the Hills

Injured. Returned too soon to unexploded charge. (Lost an eye)

1891/4/340

Brown, William

22 Sep 1894

Gympie

Caledonia and New Zealand

Injured. Blow from windlass handle. (Wound on head)

1895/3/574

Brownson, John

17 Apr 1899

Charters Towers

Union P.C.

Injured. To bend a rail they put it behind a prop in an old level which had been idle and under water for 17 years. The rock at the foot of the hitch gave way and the rubbish buried them. Brownson's lower limbs were pinned for 6 hours. (Severely bruised)

1900/2/259

Brownson, John

7 Dec 1900

Charters Towers

Queen Cross

Injured. Fell when working off a shot. (Injured spine)

1901/4/467

Bryant, W.

24 Oct 1900

Ipswich

Waterstown

Injured. Arm caught by his mate's pick. (Wounded arm)

1901/4/467

Bryce, George

11 Jun 1896

Charters Towers

Brilliant and St. George

Injured. Fall of rock. A piece of the "formation" rock fell from the lode and struck sufferer. (Slight scalp wound)

1897/4/129