Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Eales, William

27 Apr 1898

Herberton

Vulcan

Injured. Overbalanced from windlass on surface. (Ear wounded)

1899/3/419

Eaton, Alfred

10 Dec 1896

Gympie

Caledonia and New Zealand

Killed. Whilst being lowered down shaft. (Broken neck and fractured skull)

1897/4/131

Eaton, Wm.

27 Jun 1900

Gympie

West of Scotland

Injured. Bucket lowered in shaft without notice and without being called for. (Fracture of small bone of right leg)

1901/4/465

Eccleston, John

11 Jul 1899

Croydon

Mountain Maid

Injured. When fixing pump in shaft something fell from surface. (Slight wound on head)

1900/2/260

Eddy, Matthew

21 Nov 1882

Charters Towers

Peabody

Killed. Fell down an underlie 120 feet and was killed. (Bruised)

1883/1/531

Edgar, Richard

11 Sep 1899

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Whilst travelling along stopes a mass of rock fell and sufferer was caught by it. (Scalp wound and sprained ankle)

1900/2/260

Edmonds, G.

27 Sep 1899

Thornborough

General Grant

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

1900/2/260

Edmonds, T. H.

10 Jun 1891

Eidsvold

Mount Rose P.C.

Injured. Scale of ground fell. (Injured spine)

1892/4/317

Edmonds, William

2 Apr 1887

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Caused by another man getting on chain to ride in front of truck. (Slight hurt to leg)

1888/3/471

Edwards, Edward

16 Aug 1894

Croydon

Gilded Rose

Injured. The brake of the whim was so loose that the bucket descended with great rapidity, striking the footwall and grazing Edwards' head.  (Slight scratch on head)

1895/3/573

Edwards, Joseph

15 Feb 1895

Charters Towers

North Australian

Injured. Whilst lowering a truck down a winze the standard of the windlass broke and sufferer was struck on forehead by the handle. (Scalp wound)

1896/4/146

Edwards, John

28 Feb 1888

Etheridge

Grandpapa

Injured. Breaking of hook. (Bruised head)

1889/3/537

Edwards, John

25 Jun 1894

Ipswich

Aberdare

Injured. Fall of piece of the middle band after holing the coal under it. (Broken leg)

1895/3/573

Edwards, Richard

23 Jul 1893

Ravenswood

Rockford P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Broken arm)

1894/3/932

Edwards, T.

15 Jul 1895

Gympie

Phoenix P.C. Tribute

Injured. Crushed between truck and timber. (Slight bruises)

1896/4/148

Edwards, T.

1 Nov 1890

Gympie

1 N. Phoenix (Two-mile)

Injured. Accidental explosion of dynamite. (Cuts on face)

1891/4/342

Edwards, William

25 Jun 1894

Croydon

Waratah

Injured. Fell from a derrick. (Broken wrist)

1895/3/573

Egglesy, Claus

15 Mar 1882

Hodgkinson

Captain Cook

Injured. The ladder broke by which he fell 25 feet. (Severely shaken)

1883/1/531

Elfverson, G.

5 Mar 1897

Gympie

Wilmot Extended

Injured. Fall of mullock. (Scalp wound)

1898/3/125

Elliott, Joseph

24 Apr 1886

Charters Towers

Disraeli Rishton

Injured. Fall of rock in sinking through old ground. (Broken thigh and other injuries)

1887/3/930

Elmes, Saml.

15 Nov 1893

Ipswich

Whitwood

Killed. Fall of coal. (Head crushed)

1894/3/933

Elms, Mark

26 Jan 1885

Ipswich

Eclipse Colliery

Injured. Fall of coal. (Thigh broken)

1886/3/76

Elsbury, John

4 Mar 1882

Charters Towers

Day Dawn

Killed. Several thousand tons of the reef fell killing two whilst several others narrowly escaped. (Killed by fall of rock)

1883/1/531

Elser, George

10 Oct 1896

Herberton

Vulcan Mine

Injured. Fall of stone from side of shaft. (Bruised)

1897/4/131

Elwing, James

28 Feb 1898

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. A truck was let into the winze without being attached to the chain and it caught sufferer down below. (Dislocation of shoulder)

1899/3/418

English, James

1 Sep 1886

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Fall of rock.   (Severe wound only)

1887/3/931

Enticknap, Wm.

13 Jul 1900

Croydon

Golden Gate No. 6 S.

Injured. Caught by descending bucket in bottom. (Slight injuries)

1901/4/465

Erickson, John

3 Apr 1882

Charters Towers

Day Dawn

Injured. A piece of the reef- a few pounds weight- fell while Erickson was clearing the pass and broke his arm. (Arm broken)

1883/1/531

Euston, Charles

25 Nov 1893

Gympie

London and Bristol (2 Mile)

Injured. Explosion of percussion cap. (Loss of joints of fingers and thumb and face cut)

1894/3/933

Evans, Ed.

26 Mar 1889

Ipswich

Aberdare

Injured. Fall of coal. (Scalp wound)

1890/3/353

Evans, J.

27 Nov 1889

Gympie

No.2 Nth Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Leg broken)

1890/3/355

Evans,  J. H.

20 Dec 1894

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. While trimming down loose rock from the sides of a winze a piece fell on his foot. (Fracture of two toes)

1895/3/575

Evans, John

8 Apr 1896

Gympie

N. Glanmire

Injured. Tank jammed and sufferers went to release it and were struck by loose chain.  (Back injured)

1897/4/128

Evans, Levi

29 Sep 1883

Ipswich

Eclipse Colliery

Killed. Fall of top coal after he had knocked out the props. (Head crushed)

1884/3/233

Ewing, William

3 Jul 1897

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Injured. Hand caught between cog-wheels. (Lost two fingers)

1898/3/126