Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Dean, Joseph

10 Jun 1897

Gympie

Phoenix Golden Pie

Injured. Struck on head by windlass handle.   (Scalp wound)

1898/3/126

Dean, Thomas

4 Sep 1894

Gympie

Wilmot Extended

Injured. Blow from a truck. (Ribs injured)

1895/3/573

Deighton, John

16 Jan 1900

Charters Towers

Marshall's Queen

Injured. Part of a charge having been thrown into a vugh remained unexploded, but went off after men commenced work. (Burns and bruises)

1901/4/463

De Lacy, Ernest

4 Aug 1896

Croydon

Miners' Right

Injured. Fell down shaft whilst emptying bucket. (Broken foot)

1897/4/130

Dennis, William Henry

4 May 1885

Ravenswood

Sunset G.M. Co.

Injured. Explosion of portion of a charge left in the hole. (Wounded arm and face)

1886/3/76

Dermody, Michael

6 Sep 1889

Eidsvold

Mt. Jones P.C. Block

Injured. Explosion of dynamite when boring. (Wounded head and body)

1890/3/354

Derwin, Patrick

6 May 1889

Croydon

Croydon Queen 2 S.

Injured. Fall of earth in level. (Broken leg)

1890/3/354

De Ver, Arthur

4 May 1898

Charters Towers

Brilliant Deep Levels

Killed. Charging the hole, he endeavoured to drive the charge home with a copper rammer and it exploded. (Skull crushed)

1899/3/419

Devereux, Patrick.

13 Oct 1893

Charters Towers

Kelly's Caledonian Block

Injured. Bucket stuck in shaft, when it fell away struck sufferer at the bottom. (Wounds and contusions)

1894/3/933

Devine, W. B.

8 Sep 1884

Gympie

No. 7 South Lady Mary Block

Injured. Pulley-wheel fell from poppit head to brace. (Bruised)

1885/3/87

Dick, J.

10 Jan 1885

Maryborough

Torbanelea

Injured. Crushed by a waggon at foot of incline.  (Foot crushed)

1886/3/76

Dickinson, Joseph

8 Oct 1894

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. A piece of stone rolled down a winze and struck sufferer who was working below.  (Abrasion of wrist)

1895/3/574

Dickinson, Thomas

24 Sep 1888

Cooktown

Ogilvie's Claim Mount Romeo

Injured. Crushed by fall of earth. (Severely crushed)

1889/3/539

Dickson, George

12 May 1896

Gympie

Phoenix E. Shaft

Injured. Fall of rock. (Contusions on the back)

1897/4/129

Dillon, James

2 May 1900

Mary River

Alluvial Claim Jimna

Injured. Sufferer was working at a mine in an out-of-the-way place and this accident was not reported until more than three months after.   (Loss of three fingers)

1901/4/464

Dillon, John

20 Sep 1898

Cawarral, C.D.

Helena

Killed. Drank from cyanide tank by mistake for water and died in an hour. (Poisoned)

1899/3/421

Dimmick, Frank

23 Mar 1894

Crocodile (Rockhampton)

Mount Morgan

Injured. Sufferer was putting on belt of aerial tramway and his leg caught under the belt. (Fractured leg)

1895/3/572

Dimmock, David

31 Jul 1888

Charters Towers

Band of Hope

Injured. Explosion of gelatine in butt of hole previously fired, a portion of the charge having been leftun exploded. (Loss of an eye)

1889/3/538

Dineen, Patrick

15 Nov 1892

Charters Towers

Craven's Caledonian

Injured. Fall of rock when working off after firing. (Bruised foot)

1893/3/664

Dingle, Thomas

3 Jan 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn School Reserve

Killed. Boring in the butt of old hole when some unexpended gelatine dynamite exploded immediately after commencement of operations with results as shown.

1891/4/339

Dingle, William

28 Feb 1890

Etheridge

Durham

Injured. Falling from a ladder. (Much Shaken)

1891/4/339

Dinsdale, George

16 Dec 1889

Charters Towers

No. 2 S. W. Queen

Injured. Fall of rock. (Thigh broken and knee dislocated)

1890/3/355

Dinsdale, George

13 Jan 1893

Charters Towers

Victoria P.C.

Injured. Blasting accident. (Contusions only)

1894/3/931

Dinsen, Pat.

24 Jan 1891

Charters Towers

Craven's Caledonian

Injured. Imprudently walking where a charge for blasting had been ignited. (Broken finger and scalp wound)

1892/4/316