Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Phillipi, Martin

5 Jan 1900

Rockhampton

Mount Morgan

Killed. The truck became derailed and threw sufferer off a bridge; for want of caution. (Spinal injury)

1901/4/463

Phillips, John

9 Dec 1891

Ipswich

Nil Desperandum

Injured. Slipped when turning his skip into the dip road and was caught between skip and pole stopper. (Broken leg)

1892/4/319

Phillips, John

6 Apr 1894

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block

Injured. Fall of rock which had not been carefully worked off after a shot. (Abrasions on body and shock)

1895/3/571

Phillips, Sam

6 Jun 1890

Eidsvold

Mount Rose P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Bruised hip)

1891/4/340

Phillipson, Frank

25 Jan 1889

Charters Towers

Phoebe

Injured. Blasting accident, sufferers drilled into a charge which had previously missed. (Slight wounds)

1890/3/353

Pick, J. R.

16 Mar 1896

Charters Towers

Brilliant Deep Levels

Injured. Shaft; a piece of stone fell from surface 2000 feet above and struck sufferer. (Scalp wounds)

1897/4/128

Pick, John R.

15 Feb 1889

Charters Towers

No.8 Day Dawn W.

Injured. Shaft truck derailed, wrong signal given. (Bruises on body)

1890/3/353

Pierce, Thomas

20 Dec 1898

Mount Morgan

Mount Morgan Mine

Injured. Fall of stone. (Bruised foot)

1899/3/421

Pilcher, Robert

14 Jan 1890

Etheridge

Durham

Injured. Fall of staging. (Severe bruises)

1891/4/339

Piles, Samuel

27 Feb 1891

Ravenswood

Captain (Rockford)

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Broken leg)

1892/4/316

Pilkington, John

16 Feb 1888

Etheridge

Cumberland

Killed. Fall of rock. (Fractured skull)

1889/3/537

Pilmer, Geo.

27 Mar 1900

Gympie

No. 1 South Oriental and Glanmire

Killed. Portion of bow of bucket broke off and fell down shaft striking sufferer on head. (Fractured skull)

1901/4/464

Pinchetto, Dominie

21 Oct 1891

Charters Towers

Millican's Caledonia

Injured. Materials falling down shaft. (Fractured shoulder-blade and ribs)

1892/4/318

Pointon, Charles

1 Feb 1896

Gympie

8 S. Lady Mary

Injured. Slipped whilst descending the stope and fell 2 feet. (Wounded knee)

1897/4/128

Polglase, John

27 Feb 1886

Charters Towers

Victory

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1887/3/930

Polkingham, Stephen

17 Sep 1888

Ravenswood

Grant Lease

Killed. Accidental explosion of a shot.

1889/3/539

Pollard, James

23 Oct 1890

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock from face.  (Lacerated wound on foot)

1891/4/341

Pollard, William

11 Feb 1892

Maryborough

Queensland Collieries Co.'s Mine

Injured. Caught by railway wagon at surface and heel crushed. (Heel injured)

1893/3/661

Pollock, --

13 Feb 1896

Gympie

No. 1 N. New Zealand

Injured. Jammed between truck and stone. (Forefinger broken)

1897/4/128

Pollock, George

6 Dec 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. A stone fell down an underlie shaft and caught him. (Wound on temple)

1891/4/342

Polly, Francis

6 Dec 1888

Charters Towers

Stockholm No. 1 S.

Killed. Was caught by the centering in the shaft and killed.

1889/3/540

Polosi, Bartoli

6 Aug 1888

Charters Towers

Kelly's Queen Block

Injured. Struck by bucket overwound and fell down shaft. (Broken leg)

1889/3/538

Polter, Benjamin

19 Dec 1894

Charters Towers

New Brilliant Extended

Injured. The deceased (Hargraves) was in the act of charging the hole in which a heavy charge of blasting gelatine had been fired without effect, shortly before. He had rammed twelve plugs of gelatine in the hole when the charge exploded. (Wounds on chest and knee joint)

1895/3/575

Ponsberry, William

1 May 1890

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Killed. This man was killed by a trolley falling down the shaft while he was ascending.

1891/4/340

Pope, John Pierce

25 Oct 1889

Rockhampton

Last Chance

Killed. Fell down shaft.

1890/3/355

Porter, Isaac

20 Jan 1898

Ipswich

Ebbw Vale

Injured. A wagon was let over the top of an incline without being coupled and scattered coals, caught sufferer. (Bruises)

1899/3/418

Porter, T.

21 Oct 1898

Hodgkinson

Caledonia

Injured. Went into a shot supposing it had missed, but he was wrong-it went off.

1899/3/421

Porter, Thomas

20 Nov 1900

Hodgkinson

Vulcan Extended

Injured. Hempen rope broke whilst he was descending an underlie and he fell 26 feet. (Scalp wound)

1901/4/467

Potter, William

1 Feb 1899

Gympie

Oriental and Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Scalp wounds cuts on left eye and both ankles sprained)

1900/2/258

Powell, Edwin

1 Nov 1890

Charters Towers

Old Identity P.C.

Killed. Fall of rock which had been sounded and considered safe enough. (Injury to spine)

1891/4/342

Powell, Edwin

14 Jun 1890

Charters Towers

Phoebe

Injured. Fall of rock from the face whilst drilling a hole to blast it down. (Broken arm and dislocation of hip joint)

1891/4/340

Powell, Harry

11 May 1889

Croydon

Sir Garnett Nos .3 and 4

Killed. Fall of earth when working off a shot. (Abdominal injury)

1890/3/354

Powell, John

8 Apr 1890

Gympie

Eastern

Killed. Died on 10th. Sufferer was taking down some rock, which had loosened back from face in a cross-cut and more than was expected came away seriously crushing him.

1891/4/339

Power, J.

19 Feb 1894

Ipswich

Waterstown

Injured. Sufferer was wheeling when the wagon tipped up.  The seam was very low and his hand was crushed against the roof. (Hand crushed)

1895/3/571

Power, James

24 Apr 1896

Charters Towers

Stockholm P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Wounded on forehead)

1897/4/129

Powers, John

31 Jan 1900

Charters Towers

Good Hope Mine

Injured. After a shot had been fired rock fell and caught sufferer. (Bruises on body)

1901/4/463

Prembath, William

30 May 1900

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Sufferer and others were sinking, a shot had been fired and a piece of rock fell on him. (Scalp wound)

1901/4/465

Prescott, Edward

27 Jun 1889

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Bruises on knee)

1890/3/354

Presott, David

13 Feb 1900

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Sufferer was struck by a "fall" door in underlie shaft, which had been left in an improper position. (Compound fracture of leg and ankle)

1901/4/463

Prior, James

9 Dec 1898

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Manager. Rock fell on him while making inspection. (Sprained ankle and abrasions)

1899/3/421

Prior, Joseph

25 Apr 1891

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Falling on a heap of quartz, owing to the breaking of a rope which was being used in timbering. (Bruises)

1892/4/317

Pritchard, Louis

20 May 1882

Gympie

No. 6 Lady Mary

Killed. These men fell from a level in which one had taken and one was taking refuge during the firing of a charge below. The fall - 150 feet- was sufficient to cause death; and they were also shattered by the explosion.

1883/1/531

Proctor, Wm.

15 Oct 1900

Croydon

Morgan's Block Shaft

Injured. Bucket fell owing to rope breaking, but caused no injury to man on the bottom. (Slightly injured)

1901/4/466

Pugh, Charles

1 May 1900

Ipswich

New Swanbank

Injured. Sufferer went through the shaft whilst cage was descending and was caught by it. (Bruised)

1901/4/464

Pugh, Nehemiah

18 Mar 1898

Charters Towers

Band of Hope

Killed. Whilst descending a pass in the course of construction, a piece of stone fell and crushed him against a prop. (Crushed pelvis)

1899/3/419

Pugh, William

21 Jan 1892

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block

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

1893/3/661

Pugh, William

3 Jul 1896

Charters Towers

Brilliant Deep Levels

Injured. Small stone fell from ascending bucket which had been overfilled. (Injury to great toe)

1897/4/129

Purcell, Thomas

4 Dec 1889

Charters Towers

N. Queen Extd Block

Injured. Falling down shaft. (Bruises)

1890/3/355