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

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Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Hudpeth, John

23 Sep 1887

Gympie

7 and 8 Monkland Tribute

Injured. Allowed handle of windlass to go too soon at top of winze and was struck by it. (Scalp wound)

1888/3/471

Hudson, Samuel

4 Dec 1890

Rockhampton

Annie United

Injured. Shot hung fire and afterwards exploded. (Loss of right hand)

1891/4/342

Hughes, George

16 Jul 1895

Charters Towers

Victoria and Caledonian Block

Injured. Stone falling down underlie shaft. (Incised wound on back)

1896/4/148

Hughes, J. W.

25 Apr 1895

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Loose dirt fell on them; supposed to have come from behind the shaft-timbering. (Scalp wounds)

1896/4/147

Hughes, John

11 Oct 1893

Ipswich

Aberdare

Killed. Sufferer on stage examining the shaft when the rope broke and he fell 60 feet into water, received injuries and drowned.

1894/3/933

Hughes, John

11 Feb 1892

Croydon

Posthole and Sovereign

Injured. Fell 40 feet down shaft, started with inverted hook. (Back and side injured)

1893/3/661

Hughes, Richard

29 Jul 1897

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Killed. Fall of rock from back of open cutting

1898/3/126

Hughs, Geo.

27 Oct 1900

Gympie

No. 1 S. Gympie Gold Mines

Injured. Engine driver put engine wrong way sending the bucket swiftly to the bottom which should have ascended, and sufferer was caught by it.  (Three ribs fractured and wound on temple)

1901/4/467

Humphrey, Edward

21 Feb 1889

Etheridge

Cumberland 266

Injured. Fell from scaffold. (Slightly bruised)

1890/3/353

Humphries, Leonard

28 Mar 1895

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Thigh bruised and ankle hurt)

1896/4/147

Hunt, A.

20 Jun 1900

Ipswich

Bogside

Injured. Fall of coal and band of stone which runs interstratified in the scam of coal. (Arm injured and rib broken)

1901/4/465

Hunter, Archibald

15 Mar 1895

Gympie

Crown and Phoenix

Injured. Fall of rock. (Back bruised)

1896/4/146

Hunter, John

17 Nov 1894

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. A rolling stone struck his foot; it had fallen from the wall of an adjoining stope. (Bruised foot)

1895/3/574

Hunter, Peter

17 Sep 1888

Ipswich

Ebbw Vale

Injured. Fall of coal. (Bruised)

1889/3/539

Hunter, William

18 Jul 1891

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Fall of rock; working off a shot. (Broken Toe)

1892/4/147

Hunter, William

8 May 1895

Ravenswood

Hadleigh Castle

Injured. Injured by falling rock when working out a shot. (Slight bruises)

1896/4/147

Hutchins, John

10 Dec 1891

Charters Towers

New Towers Extended

Injured. Dropped a poker when handing it up. (Punctured wound in chest)

1892/4/319

Hutchinson, Willm.

4 Jul 1891

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C. (No. 2 Shaft)

Injured. Falling down an underlie shaft; very seriously injured but expected to recover. (Fractured skull, broken arm, other injuries)

1892/4/317

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