Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

McAllister, Duncan

24 Feb 1896

Charters Towers

Golden Gate

Injured. A trucker allowed his arm to get between the truck and timber of pass mouth. (Broken arm)

1897/4/128

McAuliffe, -

8 Nov 1889

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Fall of stone. (Scalp wound)

1890/3/355

McCalvert, James

18 Jan 1894

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Injured. Hand got in contact with circular saw. (Lacerated fingers amputated)

1895/3/571

McCarthy, Hugh

13 Mar 1888

Charters Towers

Stockholm P.C.

Injured. Improperly riding on truck in the underlie and was thrown off by contact with the timbering. (Severe bruises)

1889/3/537

McCary, Hugh

19 Aug 1893

Charters Towers

Victory No 1 Shaft

Injured. Accidental explosion of blasting compounds. (Loss of sight)

1894/3/932

McConnell, William

21 Apr 1898

Etheridge

Overland Telegraph

Injured. Fall of stone. (Wounds on left side)

1899/3/419

McConochie, James

15 Mar 1893

Croydon

True Blue Block

Injured. Accidental explosion of blasting compound. (Face and back injured)

1894/3/931

McCormack, David

10 Sep 1884

Ravenswood

P. Area No. 336

Injured. Fell down shaft. (Bruised and his shoulder dislocated)

1885/3/87

McCovey, John Owen

14 Nov 1892

Charters Towers

Victory

Killed. Blasting; a charge acted on by electricity had failed to explode, but in recharging with the assistance of a copper tamping bar it exploded causing the instant death of the sufferer.

1893/3/664

McCrae, John

3 Oct 1889

Cooktown

Upper Tableland

Injured. Fall of rock. (Severely crushed)

1890/3/354

McCullough, James F.

16 Aug 1899

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Struck by descending cage at surface level while speaking to man below. (Bruises on shoulder and neck)

1900/2/260

McDonald, Arthur

29 Jun 1900

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block Mill

Injured. Inadvertently placed his foot on the rail and let the truck run over it. (Lost two toes)

1901/4/465

McDonald, D.

28 Feb 1896

Gympie

No. 2 N. Phoenix

Injured. Handle of windlass flew back and struck sufferer. (Scalp wound)

1897/4/128

McDonald, D.

25 Sep 1890

Gympie

7 S. Lady Mary

Injured. Explosion of shot. (Bruised Arm)

1891/4/341

McDonald, John

26 Mar 1889

Gympie

S. Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Fall of rock. (Leg and foot injured)

1890/3/353

McDonald, Joseph

27 Jan 1896

Gympie

Alluvial

Injured. Sufferer was working under a slight cover when it fell on him. (Ribs broken)

1897/4/128

McGill, Thomas

26 Mar 1898

Gympie

1 S. Zealand Junction

Injured. Bored into the butt of an old hole containing dynamite which exploded. (Flesh wounds on chest arms and hands)

1899/3/419

McGiloray, Duncan

22 Jun 1896

Clermont

Blair Athol

Killed. Whilst in the act pouring powder from the can with his pipe lighted a spark fell into it and an explosion took place. (Burnt)

1897/4/129

McGoggan, Andrew

03 Mar 1885

Gympie

Wilmot Extended

Injured. Fell 60 feet down a shaft, Recklessness. (Bruised)

1886/3/76

McGregor, Dan.

29 Nov 1885

Charters Towers

Old Shaft

Killed. Fell down an old shaft - died on 4th December.

1886/3/77

McGregor, J.

19 Jan 1895

Charters Towers

Brilliant Freehold

Injured. Accident with rock drill. (Bruised hand)

1896/4/146

McGuire, Bernard

07 Dec 1889

Charters Towers

Golden Gate

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1890/3/355

McIldrew, Patrick

26 Oct 1895

Croydon

Moonstone P.C.

Injured. Fall of earth in open cutting. (Slightly crushed)

1896/4/149

McIlroy, Patrick

04 Jun 1898

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Killed. Sufferer was engaged putting quartz into a pass, when more quartz fell causing him to step back into the pass, down which he fell 80 feet. (Fractured skull)

1899/3/419

McIlwraith, Andrew

06 May 1884

Gympie

3 and 4 North Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock. (Compound fracture of leg)

1885/3/86

McIlwraith, Andrew

01 Jul 1889

Gympie

Nichol's Lease

Killed. Fall of rock.

1890/3/354

McIntosh, A.

18 Jul 1895

Croydon

No. 1 S. Isabella

Injured. Sufferer was trying to secure the roof when a portion of it fell and caught him.  (Slight bruises)

1896/4/148

McIntosh, Andrew

01 Jun 1892

Croydon

No 3 N. Highland Mary

Injured. Blasting accident. (Flesh wounds and loss of eye)

1893/3/662

McIntyre, Duncan

16 Aug 1892

Ravenswood

Old Man

Injured. Fell down underlie shaft. (Fracture of ribs and contusions)

1893/3/663

McKay, George

16 Dec 1890

Gladstone

Benedictus

Injured. Thrown from bucket when ascending shaft. (Much cut and bruised)

1891/4/342

McKay, Joseph

11 Aug 1885

Gympie

Nos. 2 and 3 S. Smithfield

Injured. Cap exploded, carrying candle and caps together. (Hand injured)

1886/3/76

McKearsie, Chas.

04 Apr 1900

Charters Towers

Day Dawn United

Injured. When tipping a truck into a pass it overbalanced causing the lever to strike sufferer's face. (Wounded jaw)

1901/4/464

McKenna, Pat

02 Mar 1899

Gympie

No. 4 North Phoenix

Injured. Struck by windlass handle. (Cut on forehead)

1900/2/258

McKenzie, Alex.

12 Dec 1896

Gympie

Glden Crown

Injured. While changing pump Buckets. (Bruised hands)

1897/4/131

McKiernan, George

31 Oct 1882

Ipswich

Tivoli

Killed. Opening out old workings and neglected too long to put timber in. (Crushed)

1883/1/531

McKinlay, Andrew

21 Jul 1885

Gympie

No. 4 Nth. Phoenix

Injured. Oiling the engine when in motion. (Lost a thumb)

1886/3/76

McKinlay, James

16 Oct 1886

Charters Towers

North Australian

Injured. Fall of rock. (Sprained ankle)

1887/3/931

McLachlan, J. E.

12 Jun 1899

Mount Jacob

Garden Claim

Injured. Fall of rock. (Injured ankle)

1900/2/259

McLean, Robert

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 suffocated or drowned.

1886/3/77

McLeod, James

05 Aug 1892

Gympie

3 N. Great New Zealand

Injured. Fell from whim. (Left arm broken)

1893/3/663

McLeod, William

16 Feb 1894

Gladstone

McLeod's Claim

Killed. Sufferer was stoping out quartz near the surface when the hanging wall gave way, crushed him to death.

1895/3/571

McMahon, J.

29 Apr 1882

Gympie

Monkland Consols

Injured. Caught by a falling bucket. (Scalp wound and bruises)

1883/1/531

McMahon, John

27 Oct 1894

Gympie

Gympie Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of ground.(Leg Broken)

1895/3/574

McMahon, John

Hodgkinson

No Claim

Injured. Fall of earth. (Collar-bone broken)

1894/3/933

McMahon, W. E.

26 Mar 1886

Charters Towers

St. George P.C.

Injured. Truck left line on underlie. (Fingers badly crushed)

18873/930

McManus, James

17 Sep 1888

Ravenswood

Northbrook, Star River

Injured. Explosion of a charge of powder. (Injury to eyes)

1889/3/539

McManus, Louis

2 Aug 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Killed. Three men were sinking a shaft and one of the charges of the preceding shift had not gone off, but while the tamping was being cleared from it, it exploded.

1893/3/663

McManus, Richard

2 Aug 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured.Three men were sinking a shaft and one of the charges of the preceding shift had not gone off, while the tamping was being cleared from it, it exploded. (Contusions)

1893/3/663

McMaster, William

25 Nov 1885

Rockhampton

Welcome Claim Morinish

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

1886/3/77

McMaster, William

7 Feb 1888

Rockhampton

Rosewood

Killed. Was being lowered down a shaft, became insensible from carbonic acid gas, fell off, and was drowned.

1889/3/537

McMullen, Robt.

29 Oct 1898

Eidsvold

Minerva

Injured. Fall of ground. (Shock to system)

1899/3/421

McMurray, William

3 Oct 1893

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Fell with his truck down shaft. (Severe contusions and scalp wounds)

1894/3/933

McMurray, William

28 Aug 1893

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Blasting accident. (Slight burns on arms)

1894/3/932

McNamara, Wm.

28 May 1888

Herberton

Great Northern Freehold

Injured. Rope broke causing him to fall 30 feet. (Injuries to back)

1889/3/538

McNamee, M.

8 Jul 1891

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Severe wounds and bruises)

1892/4/317

McNevin, Chas.

9 Jul 1885

Herberton

Bismarck Mine

Injured. Fell from centipede ladder 45 feet. (Bruised)

1886/3/76

McQuade, P. J.

4 Feb 1893

Ipswich

Eclipse

Killed. During the heavy floods which prevailed in the early part of the year this man was drowned by the inundation of the mine, the roof having fallen in under the pressure of the flood water on the surface.

1894/3/931

McQuade, Patrick

4 Feb 1893

Ipswich

Eclipse

Killed. During the heavy floods which prevailed in the early part of the year this man was drowned by the inundation of the mine, the roof having fallen in under the pressure of the flood water on the surface.

1894/3/931

McQuade, Terrence

4 Feb 1893

Croydon

Homeward Bound 1 and 2 North

Injured. Explosion of dynamite. (Injures to hand)

1894/3/931

McQueen, Duncan

17 May 1898

Croydon

Federation (Table Top)

Injured. Fell with wheelbarrow off a plank. (Injured loins)

1899/3/419

McRobb, George E.

18 Jan 1895

Etheridge

Spiro P.C. Extended

Injured. Bucket swung round whilst being landed on brace causing the injury. (Shoulderbone dislocated)

1896/4/146

McSpadden, Joseph

20 Mar 1895

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Carpenters injured by falling timber on surface when buidling a boiler-house. (Broken rib and other injuries)

1896/4/146

McVay, James

10 Mar 1899

Gympie

Oriental and Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock. (Scalp wound and collarbone broken)

1900/2/258

McVey, W.

9 Aug 1895

Gympie

Smithfield United

Injured. Fall of rock. (Slight wound on knee)

1896/4/148