Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Doherty, William

21 Oct 1895

Ravenswood

Buck Hill Gully

Killed. Fall of earth in alluvial claim. (Crushed to death)

1896/4/149

Donald, Adam

9 Nov 1900

Ravenswood

John Bull

Injured. Sufferer was working off after firing off four shots and a piece fell, inflicting injuries. (Wounds and bruises on back)

1901/4/467

Donald, Thomas

11 Dec 1890

Etheridge

Cumberland P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruised head)

1891/4/342

Donaldson, T. W.

21 Jan 1886

Gympie

New Zealand P.C.

Injured. Foot caught by cam in battery. (Fractured ankle; amputated)

1887/3/930

Donohue, Michael

1 May 1890

Charters Towers

New Grace Darling

Injured. Fall of rock.   (Slight bruises)

1891/4/340

Donolly, James

25 Sep 1890

Gympie

3 and 4 Nth.Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock. (Slight injury to head)

1891/4/341

Donovan, Dennis

13 Sep 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured. Incautiously going into a blocked pass. (Scalp wound etc)

1893/3/663

Donovan, Michael

6 Jan 1893

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Fall of rock from wall. (Leg wounded)

1894/3/931

Donovan, Timothy

13 Dec 1892

Charters Towers

Mills' United

Killed. Fall of rock. (Crushed to death)

1893/3/664

Doolan, Patrick

7 Feb 1889

Charters Towers

N. Queen Block Extended

Injured. Short drill fell down shaft. (Slight wound on arm)

1890/3/353

Dornan, William

29 Jun 1897

Gympie

Colombia Smithfield

Injured. Slab fell on it. (Injury to great toe)

1898/3/126

Dowd, Patrick

18 May 1895

Ravenswood

John Bull P.C.

Injured. A small portion of dynamite exploded which had been left from previous firing. (Slight burns)

1896/4/147

Dowdle, J.

4 Dec 1900

Gympie

Oriental and Glanmire

Injured. Fall of small on stone down shaft, supposed to have come from ascending bucket. (Bruise on knee)

1901/4/467

Downing, H.

5 Jan 1889

Ravenswood

Morning Star

Injured. Fall of rock. (Broken Leg)

1890/3/353

Doxy, Albert

18 Sep 1893

Gympie

No1 N. Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock. (Cut on wrist)

1894/3/932

Doyle, Alfred

13 Sep 1898

Croydon

Moonstone No.1 South Helena

Killed. Fall of rock from hanging wall.

1899/3/421

Doyle, Daniel

28 Dec 1892

Charters Towers

Eastward Ho

Injured. Improperly riding with tools in truck. (Severe bruises)

1893/3/644

Drawbridge, Edward

3 Dec 1897

Croydon

Highland Mary United

Injured. Was contracting raising stone at per ton and went to work without looking at the roof. (Slight bruises)

1898/3/127

Dredge, J.W.

2 Feb 1895

Croydon

True Blue G.M. Coy

Injured. Sufferer stepped from boiler in front of the driving gear and came in contact with a bar which caused the injury. (Laceration of testicles)

1895/3/571

Drew, Charles

20 May 1889

Rockhampton

Mount Morgan

Injured. Slipped whilst putting belt on. (Arm broken)

1890/3/354

Drew, Charles

23 Aug 1898

Gympie

No. 3 Nth. Oriental

Injured. Fall of rock. (Wounded wrist)

1899/3/420

Drew, William

6 Mar 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Struck by a piece of flying quartz. (Flesh wound on thigh)

1901/4/463

Drian, John

20 Feb 1888

Croydon

Emperor P.C.

Injured. Explosion while handling caps etc. (Hand shattered leg injured)

1889/3/537

Duke, Richard

22 Jul 1889

Charters Towers

St. George and Victory G.J.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruised thigh)

1890/3/354

Duncan, David

17 Aug 1884

Gympie

New Zealand

Injured. Caught in cog-wheels of engine.(Fingers and toes bruised)

1885/3/87

Duncan, Hugh

28 Mar 1893

Charters Towers

No. 7 N.E. Queen

Injured. Riding up in front of truck in underlie shaft he tipped it up and fell, the truck going over him. (Fracture of small bone of foot and contusions)

1894/3/931

Dunn, James

15 Mar 1900

Gympie

Oriental Consols

Injured. Engine failed to lift two of them and Dunn fell off the bucket, the shot going off before he could be taken away. (Flesh wound on leg)

1901/4/463

Dunn, John

8 Sep 1890

Gympie

3 Nth.Phoenix

Injured. Fall of stone. (Bruises)

1891/4/341

Dunn, John

5 Mar 1884

Charters Towers

Identity P.C.

Injured. Shaft accident, owing to the objectionable practice of travelling while the truck is in motion. (Severe bruises)

1885/3/86

Dunn, M.

13 Nov 1891

Gympie

Great New Zealand

Injured. Windlass slipped. (Face wounds)

1892/4/318

Dunn, Thomas

25 Mar 1895

Croydon

Huon P.C. Esmeralda

Injured. Fall of rock near the surface; slight injury.

1896/4/147

Dunn, William

27 Mar 1891

Gympie

1 Sth. New Zealand

Injured. Put foot into sling before horse was hung onto the whip rope and fell down the shaft. (Broken thigh)

1892/4/316

Dunstan, Thomas

8 Oct 1886

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Underlie shaft accident. (Wounded thigh)

1887/3/931

Dunstan, Thomas

24 Jan 1888

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Killed. Deceased was incautiously in the underlie shaft waiting to stop the ascending truck, forgetting the descending  which caused him to fall 300 feet down the shaft.

1889/3/537

Dutton, Chas.

4 Jan 1898

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Working with a machine drill a piece of the roof fell striking him on the back and leg.  (Abrasion and incised wound on leg)

1899/3/418

Duvall, John

22 Apr 1898

Ravenswood

John Bull

Injured. Fall of rock. After firing a shot a mass fell and he rolled down the underlie. (Fractured arm)

1899/3/419

Dwyer, M.

14 Nov 1896

Gympie

7 and 8 S. Monkland

Injured. Batten fell down shaft while repairs were being made in it. (Scalp wound)

18974/131

Dwyer, Michael

20 Nov 1894

Gympie

No. 1 North Smithfield

Injured. Foot slipped, causing a fall of 4 feet. (Bruised elbow)

1895/3/575