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

Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Goddard, Thomas

20 Nov 1894

Charters Towers

New Victoria P. C.

Injured. Truck became derailed and tipped up, jamming his hand against the hanging-wall. (Bruised hand)

1895/3/574

Goding, Henry

19 May 1898

Charters Towers

Band of Hope

Killed. Pasing stopes after the shots had been lighted, one exploded and the dislodged stone fell on him. (Crushed)

1899/3/419

Goggin, Wm.

17 Sep 1894

Gympie

South Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. An accidental blow from a windlass handle. (Wound on forehead)

1895/3/574

Golding, William

5 Sep 1894

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. When separating mullock and quartz in the stopes, in putting down a large lump of quartz his finger became jammed. (Finger nearly severed)

1895/3/573

Goldsworthy, J. W.

9 May 1895

Charters Towers

Victoria and Queen

Injured. By bow of kibble on the brace. (Lost tip of forefinger)

1896/4/147

Goldsworthy, Jacob

30 Dec 1897

Charters Towers

Brilliant Extended

Injured. Working off a high face with a bar and a mass fell and caught him. (Broken arm and severe bruises)

1898/3/127

Goldsworthy, John

2 Feb 1887

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Lacerated wounds on back)

1888/3/471

Goldsworthy, John

7 Jan 1890

Charters Towers

Eastward Ho

Injured. Shaft accident, knocked down the underlie. (Scalp wound and internal injuries)

1891/4/339

Goldsworthy, Samuel

1 Nov 1889

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Severe wounds on back)

1890/3/355

Goodwin, Thomas

31 Aug 1887

Gympie

No. 1 S. Wilmot

Injured. Explosion of dynamite in a sinking shaft the remains of a former charge. (Bruised on thigh)

1888/3/471

Gordon, Henry

29 Dec 1889

Charters Towers

West Great Britain

Injured. Staging in shaft fell and sufferer with it. (Fractured skull and broken ribs)

1890/3/355

Gorman, Thomas

16 Sep 1891

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon 2nd

Injured. Miscellaneous - at the battery. (Severe internal injuries)

1892/4/318

Gorman, W. G.

20 Aug 1900

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block

Killed. Went down the shaft alone and is supposed to have fallen from skip, as he was found dead on the well boards with evidence of a fall.

1901/4/466

Gormanson, John

16 Mar 1898

Charters Towers

Day Dawn 5 West

Injured. Having fixed a light to the fuse he thought it had fallen down; went back as he did not hear the fuse spit; it went off when he got near it. (Abrasion and shock)

1899/3/419

Gough, Frank

4 Jul 1891

Charters Towers

New St. Patrick

Injured. Materials falling down shaft. (Slight bruises)

1892/4/317

Gough, John

13 Dec 1893

Charters Towers

Papuan, Brilliant and Victory

Killed. Fall of rock.  (Fracture of spinal column)

1894/3/933

Gould, W. J.

2 Mar 1888

Gympie

Crown and Phoenix

Injured. Fell 60 feet down a pass when guiding a plank down. (Scalp wound and bruises)

1889/3/537

Goyne, Henry

22 Nov 1889

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Thigh fractured)

1890/3/355

Graham, James

25 Aug 1885

Rockhampton

Welcome Claim Morinish

Killed. Holed into old workings where water was standing which carried the stowed mullock down the underlie and was followed by foul air, thus the men were killed, suffocated or drowned.

1886/3/77

Graham, John

3 Oct 1889

Herberton

West Albion Mt. Albion

Killed. Fell from a ladder; died 6th October.

1890/3/355

Graham, William

7 Mar 1899

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Killed. Sufferer rode upon a truck and jumped off at a plat; truck caught him. (Compound fracture of leg tetanus intervened and death ensued)

1900/2/258

Grapner, Fred.

9 Sep 1898

Gympie

Homeward Bound

Killed. A link in a small chain which was used in lowering him down the shaft broke at a faulty weld and he fell about 20 feet. He died about two months after the accident.  (Back injured and shock)

1899/3/421

Gray, James.

5 Aug 1898

Gympie

1. N. Oriental and Glanmire New Shaft

Injured. Drilling in immediate area of old hole an explosion took place. (Slight scalp wound)

1899/3/420

Gray, John

21 Jul 1886

Charters Towers

Revenge

Injured. Blasting accident. (Severely wounded)

1887/3/930

Gray, John

20 Nov 1893

Etheridge

Commissioners Hill Limited

Injured. Fall of stone after fiting shot. (Head cut slightly)

1894/3/933

Greasley, William

17 Nov 1892

Ipswich

Aberdare

Killed. Fell with little wagon into the railway truck at the surface and was bruised internally. (Internal injuries)

1893/3/664

Green, Henry

7 Jul 1886

Rockhampton

Hit or Miss Crocodile

Injured. Fall of mullock in the shaft. (Broken thigh and other injuries)

1887/3/930

Green, Richard

3 Oct 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock from hanging wall. (Scalp wound and broken collar-bone)

1891/4/341

Greeney, Samuel

24 Jan 1896

Charters Towers

Brilliant Extended

Killed. Fall of rock. Sufferer was timber-man, and neglected to make the place temporarily secure before putting in the permanent timber. (Crushed to death)

1897/4/128

Gregg, Richard

9 Aug 1892

Gympie

Great New Zealand

Injured. Piece of stone fell from shoot while loading dray. (Fractured skull)

1893/3/663

Gregory, Thomas

1 Sep 1882

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Killed. Went in immediately after firing a charge and the rock fell on him. (Crushed by a fall)

1883/1/531

Greisbach, Albert

28 Nov 1899

Ipswich

Box- Flat Colliery

Injured. Fall of coal and shale. (Arm abraded)

1900/2/261

Grennan, Thomas

24 Jul 1891

Gympie

South New Zealand Junction

Killed. Sufferer imprudently put a drill into a hole from which he knew the charge had missed fire and began drilling.  (Shattered face and skull)

1892/4/318

Grevy, Patrick

22 Jul 1895

Charters Towers

Mills United

Killed. Fell down an underlie shaft 250 feet. (Fracture of skull and c.)

1896/4/148

Grey, John

4 Aug 1900

Charters Towers

Victoria and Caledonia Block

Injured. Sufferer permitted his heel to project too far when riding on a bucket and was caught by a slab. (Bruised Heel)

1901/4/465

Griesen, Martin

6 Jun 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock.   (Broken ribs and contusions)

1893/3/663

Grieveson, Thomas

26 Mar 1892

Ipswich

West Moreton

Injured. Blow-off pipe choked with scum and on being relieved suddenly the steam scalded sufferer's face slightly. (Scalded)

1893/3/662

Griffith, David

21 Feb 1894

Gympie

Phoenix P.C.

Injured. Head caught by descending cage when shouting down (very incautiously) fom one level to another.  (Scalp wound)

1895/3/571

Griffith, H.

3 Jun 1885

Gympie

3 and 4 N. Glanmire

Injured. Fall of loose ground. (Severe wounds)

1886/3/76

Griffiths, Hiram

7 Sep 1893

Charters Towers

No 5 W. Day Dawn

Injured. Head caught by top piece when riding up underlie. (Contusions on hip)

1894/3/932

Griffiths, Rees

12 Dec 1895

Gympie

No. 8 South Lady Mary

Injured. A charge exploded by one of the other workmen blew into some old workings causing an influx of water, which drowned one and injured others during their efforts to escape. (Slightly bruised)

1896/4/149

Griggs, Frederick

21 Mar 1900

Maryborough

Torbanlea

Killed. An explosion of gas occurred on the date given by which these five men were seriously burnt. All were taken to the hospital at Maryborough alive, but one by one they succumbed to the injuries which they had received. (Burnt)

1901/4/464

Groom, William

11 Nov 1896

Ipswich

Swanbank

Injured. Slipped in front of wagon. (Back injured)

1897/4/131

Grover P. P.

18 Sep 1893

Eidsvold

Heights of Alma

Injured. Trying to leave cage before it stopped. (Thumb injured)

1894/3/932

Groves, Arthur

8 Oct 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. The air unwittingly turned on whilst sufferer was arranging the drill to start a hole. (Lost a finger off left hand)

1901/4/466

Guard, Fred.

14 Feb 1894

Gympie

No 1 Nth. Phoenix

Injured. A ladder was fixed over a pass and sufferer's weight tilted it off the slab on which it was rested, he was precipitated to the bottom about 30 feet. (Both legs broken)

1895/3/571

Gunn, John

12 Jan 1895

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Slipped whilst using a crowbar.

1896/4/146

Gurgick, William

1 Dec 1890

Ipswich

Bundamba

Killed. Coupling chain broke when deceased was riding down an incline in the skip and his head was dashed against the coal. (Sprained ankle)

1891/4/342