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

Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Sieman, Thomas

25 Feb 1898

Mount Morgan C. D.

Mount Morgan Mine

Injured. Sufferer was using a crowbar to put his truck on the rail, when it slipped and he fell over the tailings tip. (Fractured thigh)

1899/3/418

Simpson, Chas.

18 Apr 1898

Gympie

2 S. Great Eastern

Injured. Fell from stull about 9 feet high. (Scalp wound)

1899/3/419

Simpson, Frank

12 Sep 1891

Rockhampton

Black Fellows' Gully (alluvial)

Killed. Bank of earth fell upon him. (Suffocated)

1892/4/318

Simpson, James

20 Apr 1884

Hodgkinson

Union

Injured. Fell 270 feet down an underlie shaft. (Collar-bone broken)

1885/3/86

Simpson, James

30 Jan 1900

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Seperating Quartz from mullock and a flake fell from the hanging wall. (Fractured arm)

1901/4/463

Simpson, Jessup

3 Oct 1889

Cooktown

Upper Tableland

Killed. Fall of rock.

1890/3/354

Simpson, Thomas

23 Nov 1897

Croydon

Golden Gates Consols

Injured. Went up on brace to measure truck and there being no fence on it he fell off. (Severe shaking and sprained wrist)

1898/3/127

Sims, James

21 Jul 1899

Charters Towers

Band of Hope

Injured. Explosion; Sufferer was pressing down gelignite with a copper bar when it exploded. (Loss of eyesight)

1900/2/260

Sims, James

25 May 1894

Eidsvold

Mt. Rose and Stockman

Killed. Fall of rock in stope. (Crushed to death)

1895/3/572

Skewes, John

23 May 1894

Charters Towers

East Mexican

Killed. Sufferer was in the bottom of shaft and two buckets were being lowered together, the lower suspended from the upper and the hand hole to which it was attached broke at a faulty weld of the iron. (Fractured skull)

1895/3/572

Skillicorn, John

25 Aug 1892

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock in face. (Thigh broken)

1893/3/663

Sladden, Robert

26 Jun 1886

Ravenswood

The Grant

Injured. Explosion of portion of charge left in hole. (Injuries to head and body)

1887/3/930

Sladden, Thomas

7 Sep 1895

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Shaft accident. Sladden on a stage was caught by descending truck. (Fractured leg and severe bruises)

1896/4/148

Small, Matthew

22 Sep 1897

Crocodile

Mount Usher

Injured. Leaning against the reef when it was stripped ready for taking down and it fell. (Bruised)

1898/3/127

Smart, Andrew

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 falled in under the pressure of the flood water on the surface. (Drowned)

1894/3/931

Smiley, J.

18 Oct 1893

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Truck derailed and jammed his hand. (Bruised hand)

1894/3/933

Smiley, John

23 Jul 1900

Rockhampton

Retrieve

Killed. Sufferers had fired a charge of gelignite and went down too soon and stayed too long among the fumes. They both died on 26th. (Poisoned with fumes)

1901/4/465

Smiley, Sam

23 Jul 1900

Rockhampton

Retrieve

Killed. Sufferers had fired a charge of gelignite and went down too soon and stayed too long among the fumes. They both died on 26th. (Poisoned with fumes)

1901/4/465

Smith, -

6 Oct 1898

Gympie

2 S. Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Flesh wounds and bruised foot)

1899/3/421

Smith, Arthur

4 Oct 1886

Croydon

London

Killed. Explosion whilst drilling out a missed charge.

1887/3/931

Smith, Bernard

26 Sep 1892

Gympie

North Smithfield

Injured. A candle box lying by the roadside where sufferer stood to let a wagon pass was caught by the wagon which, in turn caught sufferer's foot and dislocated his ankle. (Dislocated ankle)

1893/3/663

Smith, Edward

27 Sep 1896

Gympie

No. 4 N. Phoenix

Injured. Fell back on an axe when at lunch on the surface. (Back wounded)

1897/4/130

Smith, George

21 Apr 1900

Ipswich

Bogside

Injured. Fall of coal and band in his working place. (Slight contusions)

1901/4/464

Smith, George

26 Mar 1889

Ipswich

Nil Desperandum

Injured, Fall of rock. (Head and foot injured)

1890/3/353

Smith, Henry

21 Jan 1891

Gympie

No 1 Great New Zealand

Injured. Accidental explosion of blasting compounds. (Bruises and loss of finger)

1892/4/316

Smith, Henry

10 Feb 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Shaking a rope to procure a run of quartz in a pass, a small piece fell and struck sufferer. (Scalp wound)

1891/4/339

Smith, J.

17 Sep 1894

Charters Towers

Brilliant and St. George

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

1895/3/573

Smith, James

3 Jan 1890

Warwick

Sultan and Taylor

Injured. Guy rope broke while erecting poppet legs, sufferer was aloft and thrown to the ground. (Elbow dislocated and shoulder injured)

1891/4/339

Smith, John

3 May 1883

Charters Towers

Dan O'Connell

Injured. Fall of a board down the shaft. (Severely wounded)

1884/3/233

Smith, John

7 Jul 1900

Herberton

Shakespeare Tin Mine Koorboora

Injured. Firing two shots in a cross cut, he fired one and went in to fire the other when it exploded. It is strange that it should have caught by accident. (Flesh wounds)

1901/4/465

Smith, John Henry

24 Sep 1891

Ravenswood

West Sunset Claim

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises on hips)

1892/4/318

Smith, P.

10 Jul 1896

Gympie

Orential and Glanmire

Injured. Was knocked against the shaft whilst standing upon the bucket. (Bruised back)

1897/4/130

Smith, Ralph

20 Aug 1900

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Windham

Injured. Sufferer had fired a shot and worked it off but more fell while he was drilling another hole. (Bruises and Abrasions on Head and Body)

1901/4/466

Smith, Sydney

6 Jul 1891

Croydon

Harp of Erin

Injured. Fell down ladder at top of shaft. (Compound fracture of both ankles)

1892/4/317

Smith, Thomas

12 Mar 1885

Charters Towers

Victory

Killed. Explosion of dynamite whilst tamping.

1886/3/76

Smith, Thomas

31 Jan 1890

Eidsvold

Perseverance United

Injured. Working out ground after firing, fall of rock. (Leg severely bruised)

1891/4/339

Smith, Thomas

6 Oct 1899

Gympie

Scottish Gympie Gold Mines

Injured. Hand caught whilst endeavouring to remove roller from under a heavy log at the top of the shaft. (surface) (Bruised hand)

1900/2/261

Smith, William

13 Jan 1885

Charters Towers

Hope G.M. Co.

Killed. Fall of rock. (Crushed and leg severed)

1886/3/76

Smith, William

11 Dec 1885

Charters Towers

N.Queen L. 416

Injured. Explosion whilst drilling out missed charge, a most objectionable practice. (Wounded on head and face)

1886/3/77

Smith, William

30 Sep 1895

Charters Towers

Brilliant Central

Killed. Sufferer was sinking and the rope above drew from the shoe allowing the bucket to fall to the bottom and kill him. (Fatal)

1896/4/148

Smith, William

27 Sep 1894

Eidsvold

No. 1 W. Mount Rose

Injured. One end of a piece of timber which was being sawn fell on his foot. (Bruised foot)

1895/3/574

Smith, William

14 Aug 1894

Eidsvold

No. 1 W. Mount Rose

Injured. Fall of rock. (Slight blow on the head)

1895/3/573

Snell, William

18 Jan 1892

Charters Towers

Queen Cross Reef

Injured. Struck by a descending bucket whilst on a ladder in the underlie. (Severe contusions)

1893/3/661

Soames, Geo.

6 Feb 1900

Gympie

Ellen Harkins

Injured. Fall of rock from old ground. (Broken rib and shock)

1901/4/463