Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Meade, John

31 Jul 1900

Gympie

No. 1 S. Gympie G.M.

Injured. Piece of plumbago fell on his foot. (Wrenched ankle)

1901/4/465

Meikle, James

15 Sep 1884

Ravenswood

Rise and Shine

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Bruised ankle)

1885/3/87

Meredith, Alexander

23 Jun 1888

Gympie

Ellen Harkins

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Severe cut on head)

1889/3/538

Meridith, Arthur

7 Nov 1900

Gympie

No.1 S. Gympie Gold Mine

Injured. In climbing up to fix bell-wire his foot slipped, causing him to fall about 20 feet. (Severe injury on back)

1901/4/467

Merriott, Thomas

12 Dec 1887

Ravenswood

King's Freehold

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Bruises to leg)

1888/3/472

Metcalfe, Thomas

26 Jun 1890

Charters Towers

Central Queen

Injured. Shaft accident; arm entangled with signal wire. (Bruised arm)

1891/4/340

Middleton, Robert

13 Apr 1899

Gympie

Oriental and Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Wounded arm)

1900/2/259

Miles, William

30 Aug 1899

Gympie

No1.Nth. Columbia and Smithfield

Injured. Went back to what he thought was a missed shot and some exploded, inflicting slight injuries. (Scalp wounds)

1900/2/260

Miles, William

5 Jan 1898

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Hoisting a machine drill, a rope broke and the machine slid down on sufferer. (Severe wound on back)

1899/3/418

Millar, J.

23 Mar 1887

Gympie

Golden Crown

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Severely crushed)

1888/3/471

Millar, Robert

7 Apr 1897

Clermont

Alluvial Claim

Killed. Ground fell in shaft from neglect of timbering.

1898/3/125

Millar, Thomas

11 Sep 1888

Cooktown

Grass-tree Gully

Killed. Crushed by a fall.

1889/3/539

Millar, William

25 Aug 1888

Eidsvold

Mount Jones P.C.

Injured. Dynamite exploded in shaft while the men were drilling; cause unknown.  (Shaken and bruised)

1889/3/539

Miller, Dennis

26 Jan 1893

Charters Towers

Victory No. 2 Shaft

Injured. Fall of rock from face.(Severe bruise on foot)

1894/3/931

Millican, Henry

24 Sep 1897

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured. When about to descent the engine was started the wrong way and his arm was caught by the bow of the bucket. (Loss of right arm)

1898/3/127

Mills, Edward Danl.

8 Oct 1895

Charters Towers

New Queen

Killed. Sufferer was drilling with machine and bored into the butt of a hole, when an explosion took place.

1896/4/148

Mills, John

27 Jul 1891

Charters Towers

Mills United Freehold

Killed. Fall of rock.  (Crushed to death)

1892/4/318

Mills, Richard

23 Oct 1888

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block

Injured. Struck by a plank falling down the shaft. (Arm broken)

1889/3/539

Milne, Thomas

26 Jan 1897

Gympie

1 N. California

Injured. Letting go the windlass handle. (Scalp wound)

1898/3/125

Miscol, Michael

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

Miscol, Michael

30 Apr 1895

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Stage gave way and he fell down the shaft.  (Severe cut on chin)

1896/4/147

Mitchell, Alfred

24 Jun 1889

Eidsvold

Perseverance

Killed. Fall of rock.

1890/3/354

Mitchell, E.

5 Sep 1896

Gympie

No. 1 North Smithfield

Injured. Fall of mullock. (Knuckle fractured)

1897/4/130

Mitchell, Edward

25 Jan 1897

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. A platman ascending to a higher level fell from the front of the skip and rolled down the underlie 30 feet. (Fracture of leg and severe bruises)

1898/3/125

Mitchell, Edwin

2 Aug 1894

Gympie

Phoenix P.C.

Injured. Cut while holding a stick for the timber-man, who was dressing it with an adze. (Wounded head)

1895/3/573

Mitchell, Francis

21 Dec 1889

Gympie

No.1 N. United G. Eastern

Injured. Hook caught sufferer. (Wounded hand)

1890/3/355

Mitchell, Thomas

26 Aug 1885

Gympie

No.5 N. Phoenix

Injured. Foot got jammed between cage and shaft.

1886/3/76