Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Heads, Thomas

9 Mar 1897

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block

Injured. Fall of rock in stope well secured by props but a portion fell away unexpectedly. (Bruised foot)

1898/3/125

Healy, James

6 Apr 1894

Charters Towers

Disraeli (Rishton)

Injured. Sufferer was working at the out crop of a vein and ground was weakened by rains and adjacent old workings. The face fell away and buried sufferer. (Fracture of 3 ribs and shoulder blade)

1895/3/572

Healy, John

7 Jan 1884

Charters Towers

Mossman Gold Mining Co. No. 2 Nth. Aust. Shaft

Injured. Carelessness of sufferer in underlie shaft in not giving proper signals; stone fell down. (Severe cut on knee)

1885/3/86

Hebblewhite, Charles

26 Sep 1900

Maryborough

Howard

Killed. Sufferer had finished loading cage with props at the surface and signalled it away, but fell with it and his head was caught. (Head crushed)

1901/4/466

Hecksher, Ben

5 Dec 1889

Glastonbury

Doran's Claim

Killed. Caught between revolving pulley and belt.

1890/3/355

Hegarty, Pat.

6 Mar 1891

Croydon

Iguana.P.C.

Injured. Explosion of blasting compounds. (Injured hands)

1892/4/316

Heidliff, Clara

3 Oct 1894

Ravenswood

General Grant

Injured. Suferer, a girl nine years of age returning from school, crossed a line of old shafts and fell into one when she and her companion were playing about them. (Broken arm)

1895/3/574

Heilbron, R.

26 Jun 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Stone rebounding off a slab while being loaded into a truck. (Flesh wound on back)

1901/4/465

Heirichan, Thomas

18 Dec 1888

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Killed. Stone fell from ascending bucket.

1889/3/540

Hemmings, A. R.

17 Nov 1898

Gympie

2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Fracture of right leg at knee)

1899/3/421

Henderson, Alexander

6 Oct 1894

Charters Towers

New Brilliant Extended

Killed. Sufferer had fired two holes which had been bored by pneumatic drills and thought they had exploded simultaneously, but after twenty minutes the other exploded.

1895/3/574

Henderson, George

15 Jun 1882

Gympie

Golden Crown

Injured. Drilling in butt of old hole charge exploded. (Lacerated hand and lost a finger)

1883/1/531

Henderson, Hugh

1 Feb 1890

Etheridge

Lord Nelson

Injured. Caught in cog wheel. (Finger Crushed)

1891/4/339

Henderson, James

15 Mar 1884

Charters Towers

North Queensland Gold Mining Co's Mine

Injured. Struck by stone in underlie while repairing skids and bucket in motion - a most objectionable practice. (Internal injuries)

1885/3/86

Henderson, John

28 Aug 1899

Charters Towers

Briliant Central

Injured. Holding a prop for his mate to drive home, the prop was missed and the sufferer received the blow causing him to fall from the stage and sprain his ankle. (Fracture of nasal bone and sprained ankle)

1900/2/260

Henry, J. W.

27 Feb 1894

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. A piece of stone fell down shaft whilst sufferer was in bottom sinking.  (Scalp wound)

1895/3/571

Hepburn, Wm.

3 Mar 1883

Charters Towers

Marsland Caledonia

Injured. Fell 80 feet from a ladder. (Injured back)

1884/3/233

Hester, Thomas

5 Jun 1892

Charters Towers

Stockyard Creek,Clarke River

Injured. Counter-balance bag fell down shaft. (Dislocated knee)

1893/3/663

Hewitt, David Hall

31 Aug 1887

Gympie

No. 1 S. Wilmot

Killed. Explosion of dynamite in a sinking shaft the remains of a former charge.

1888/3/471

Hickey, Patrick

23 Oct 1888

Gympie

Columbia and Smithfield

Injured. Working in a shaft and scaffold gave way. (Shaken)

1889/3/539

Hickman, Thomas

16 Nov 1891

Croydon

Lady Isabel and Content United

Injured. Materials falling down shaft. (Slightly injured on back)

1892/4/319

Hickmot, W.P.

17 Jun 1896

Croydon

Lady Isabella Amalgamated

Injured. Wagon accident. (Broken arm)

1897/4/129

Hicks, James

15 Apr 1897

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Blasting accident; struck by a stone projected by a discharge of explosive. (Broken arm and severe lacerations)

1898/3/125

Hill, Edward

10 Mar 1896

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Injured. Incautiously returned to relight match when it had not gone out. (Lost sight of one eye and wounded on body)

1897/4/128

Hill, Thomas

30 Mar 1895

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block

Injured. Fall of rock after firing. (Contusions)

1896/4/147

Hill, William

17 Nov 1896

Charters Towers

Moonstone Extended

Injured. Sufferer was working out the lode rock with a bar when a mass of it fell and pinned his arm against the footwall.  (Incised wound on arm)

1897/4/131

Hill, William

6 Oct 1897

Charters Towers

Brilliant and St George

Injured. Riding on mullock truck and was overwound. (Fracture of three ribs and bruises)

1898/3/127

Hinchcliffe, Fred.

11 May 1896

Crocodile

The Chance (Co-operative)

Injured. Returned to relight fuse when not extinguished and explosion took place. (Face and arm injured)

1897/4/129

Hinchey, Patrick

4 Aug 1886

Ravenswood

The Grant

Injured. Explosion of a charge of Glycerine.  (Injuries to head and body)

1887/3/930