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

Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Cadell, James

18 Jul 1889

Cooktown

Upper Tableland

Killed. Fall of earth.

1890/3/354

Cairns, Robert

8 Oct 1895

Charters Towers

New Queen

Injured. Sufferer was drilling with machine and bored into the butt of a hole when an explosion took place with the result shown. (Loss of eye)

1896/4/148

Callaghan, James

9 Apr 1886

Gympie

Helen Harkins Extended

Injured. Bucket caught centering, tilting a stone out. (Scalp wound)

1887/3/930

Callaghan, Joseph

23 Feb 1895

Gympie

No. 1 North Smithfield

Injured. Fall of ground. (Slightly hurt on shoulder)

1896/4/146

Callinan, William

22 Jun 1898

Charters Towers

Victory No. 3 Shaft

Injured. Coupling the truck in the underlie he neglected to put down the door and fell into the underlie and the truck fell on him. (Broken arm and bruises)

1899/3/420

Cameron, Alex.

3 Oct 1894

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of Mullock. (Ankle injured)

1895/3/574

Cameron, Neil

10 Sep 1900

Gympie

S. Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Sufferer was using a crowbar when a flake fell pressing the bar against his thighs and broke them. (Both thighs fractured)

1901/4/466

Camm, Robert

29 May 1889

Rockhampton

Long Tunnel Cawarral

Killed. Fell down shaft.

1890/3/354

Campbell, Archd.

20 Mar 1897

Burrum

Howard

Injured. Fall of coal. (Slight bruises)

1898/3/125

Campbell, Colin

10 Jul 1883

Charters Towers

No. 6 S.E. Queen

Injured. Fall of rock from hanging wall. (Severely wounded)

1884/3/233

Campbell, David

29 Nov 1885

Charters Towers

Old Shaft

Killed. Fell down an old shaft - died on 30 November.

1886/3/77

Campbell, James

7 Dec 1883

Gympie

No.1 N. Phoenix

Injured. Stone falling down shoot. (Leg broken)

1884/3/233

Campbell, Jeremiah

10 Mar 1893

Croydon

Douglass

Injured. Unexpected explosion from a charge which missed fire. (Severe bruises and cuts on arms)

1894/3/931

Campbell, John

20 May 1882

Gympie

No. 6 Lady Mary

Killed. These men fell from a level in which one had taken and one was taking refuge during the firing of a charge below. The fall - 150 feet- was sufficient to cause death; and they were also shattered by the explosion.

1883/1/531

Campbell, Joseph

16 Feb 1894

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Piece of stone fell down the underlie and sruck sufferer on the shoulder. (Lacerated wound on shoulder)

1895/3/571

Campbell, M.

25 Mar 1887

Gympie

No.1 North Phoenix

Injured. Winze rope broke. (Fracture of leg)

1888/3/471

Campbell, W. J.

11 May 1899

Monal

United Rose

Injured. Fall of rock. (Injury to foot)

1900/2/259

Canty, William

4 Mar 1892

Charters Towers

Sunburst P.C.

Injured. Injured in shaft by being caught between truck and prop when incautiously going on ladder. (Severe bruises)

1893/2/661

Canty, William

20 Mar 1895

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Fall of rock. (Fracture of toe)

1896/4/147

Caples, John

26 Mar 1884

Herberton

Great Northern

Injured. Fall of 26 feet down a shaft; carelessness. (Fracture of leg)

1885/3/86

Carangi, Bernardo

26 Nov 1895

Etheridge

Spiro No. 1 West Extended

Injured. Fell over a heap of quartz in the drive. (Injury to arm)

1896/4/149

Carey, Denis

14 Nov 1887

Etheridge

Cumberland P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. Sufferer died after amputation; these men were both injured by same fall. (Bruised ankle)

1888/3/472

Carey, Elijah

25 Jul 1893

Gympie

New Louisa

Killed. Slab fell from side of shaft while he was in the act of repairing the shaft below. (Neck broken)

1894/3/392

Carey, Hugh

7 Jul 1891

Charters Towers

Newhope

Injured. Fall of rock. (Broken leg)

1892/4/317

Carkeek,  J. B.

9 Aug 1894

Clermont

Blair Athol Colliery

Injured. Fall of portion of the roof. (Scalp wound)

1895/3/573

Carlin, Patrick

8 Mar 1900

Croydon

Sunset Consols

Killed. Engine-driver lost control of engine and bucket struck sufferer on his head causing fracture of the skull and death.

1901/4/463

Carr, Henry

17 Apr 1890

Gympie

Nicholl's Lease

Injured. Fall of earth. (Severe crushing)

1891/4/340

Carroll, Hugh

26 Apr 1897

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of earth whilst cutting hitches. (Abrasions of skin on arms and legs)

1898/3/126

Carroll, John

29 Mar 1892

Croydon

No. 4 W. Iguana Block

Killed. Fell down shaft. (Skull Fractured)

1893/3/662

Carse, Robert

1 Jan 1892

Charters Towers

Severn (Broughton)

Injured. Engine started whilst being oiled, and crank struck the knee of the sufferer.(Knee injured)

1893/3/661

Carson, Samuel

18 Dec 1882

Palmer

Ida

Injured. Ladder accident, carelessness. (Broken collar bone)

1883/1/531

Cartwright, John

20 Apr 1885

Gympie

No 1 N. Crown and Phoenix

Injured. Drill fell down shaft. (Injury to spine)

1886/3/76

Cartwright, John

28 Sep 1895

Gympie

Australasian

Injured. Jammed between bucket and centring in shaft. (Middle finger jammed)

1896/4/148

Casemore, W.

27 Sep 1899

Thornborough

General Grant

Injured. Whilst drilling in an old bore hole an explosion took place. (Slightly bruised)

1900/2/260

Casey, Maurice

27 Jan 1893

Croydon

Waratah

Killed. Fall of bucket from surface. (Fracture of skull)

1894/3/931

Cassells, R.

15 May 1884

Charters Towers

Mexican

Injured. Explosion while drilling out a missed shot. A dangerous and reprehensible practice in direct violation of the Act. (Bruised)

1885/3/86

Cassidy, Con

31 Aug 1889

Gympie

1 S. Great Eastern

Injured. Prop fell down shaft. (Broken leg)

1890/3/354

Cassidy, J.

17 May 1884

Herberton

Great Northern

Injured. Fell from platform. (Dislocated collar bone)

1885/3/86

Cassidy, Jeremiah

29 Mar 1883

Charters Towers

No. 5 N. Block Queen

Killed. Fall of rock, might have been avoided if proper care had been taken.

1884/3/233

Cassidy, John

21 Dec 1893

Croydon

True Blue 3 and 4 S

Injured. Caught by rope and thrown down underlie. (Arm injured)

1894/3/933

Catherwood, A.

10 Nov 1894

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Sufferer was struck by a small piece of rock falling from 2 feet above his head in the shaft where he was sinking. (Incised wound on shoulder)

1895/3/574

Catherwood, Alex.

13 Mar 1895

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Fall of stone down underlie shaft. (Incised wound on knee)

1896/4/146

Cavanagh, E.

1 Jul 1890

Etheridge

Cumberland

Injured. Fall of earth.   (Slightly crushed)

1891/4/340

Cavanagh, Edward

9 May 1889

Etheridge

Cumberland 266

Injured. Fall of earth in stopes. (Slightly scratched)

1890/3/354