Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Spardle, William

16 Feb 1892

Charters Towers

New Towers Extended

Injured. Fell on broken quartz. (Severe wounds)

1893/3/661

Spencer, William

1 Oct 1890

Eidsvold

Mt. Rose and Stockman

Injured. Fall of stone. (Bruised thigh)

1891/4/341

Spurrell, Wm.

30 Jun 1883

Gympie

Canadian

Injured. Explosion of blasting powder kept in smithy. (Face burnt)

1884/3/233

Squires, Fred.

4 Sep 1891

Ravenswood

John Bull Block

Injured. Preparing timber on the surface. (Bruised foot)

1892/4/318

Squires, James

11 Nov 1899

Ravenswood

John Bull Sandy Creek

Injured. Fall of rock after firing. He sounded it and considered it safe. (Severe bruises on body and lacerated wounds)

1900/2/261

Stack, Michael

30 Sep 1895

Charters Towers

Victoria P.C.

Injured. A piece of quartz flew from another man's hammer and struck sufferer, causing the loss. (Loss of an eye)

1896/4/148

Staco, Garret

17 Dec 1892

Rockhampton

Mount Morgan

Injured. Fall of ground. (Mere scratch)

1893/3/664

Stafford, Wm.

25 Oct 1900

Ipswich

Whitwood

Injured. Sufferer was engine driver, his foot sliped from the brake. (Legs Wounded)

1901/4/467

Stanley, Frederick

11 Nov 1892

Charters Towers

No.2 N. E. Queen

Killed. Fall of rock. (Broken leg )

1893/3/664

Stanley, John

5 Jun 1896

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Fall of rock whilst sufferer was in the act of cutting a hitch to put timber in. (Fracture of thigh)

1897/4/129

Stanley, Sam.

18 Jun 1896

Croydon

Harp of Erin

Injured. Fall of loose stone when building wall. (Broken toe)

1897/4/129

Stanton, John

16 Jan 1900

Charters Towers

Marshall's Queen

Injured. Part of a charge having been thrust into a vugh remained unexploded but went off after men commenced work. (Bruises)

1901/4/463

Stapylton, Charles

27 Nov 1895

Croydon

Jubilee Consols

Injured. Explosion of primer and detonator whilst being prepared for a charge; sufferer to blame. (Loss of right hand and eyes hurt)

1896/4/149

Staunton, John

27 Oct 1900

Charters Towers

Marshall's Queen

Injured. Signalled for bucket which was lowered to him, but did not stop as usual and came on his foot. (Bruised Foot)

1901/4/467

Steiberg, H.

21 Dec 1899

Croydon

True Blue Block

Injured. Tackle broke and rope struck sufferer. (Slight bruise on left side)

1900/2/261

Steikle, Henry

14 Feb 1899

Croydon

Ophir Block

Killed. One of lining boards of shaft fell 120 feet and struck sufferer on the head. (Struck on head by falling board)

1900/2/258

Stevens, Charles

1 Oct 1896

Charters Towers

No. 5 West Day Dawn

Injured. Slipped from a stage in the shaft. (Scalp and other wounds)

1897/4/130

Stevens, John

25 May 1893

Warwick

Big Hill (Talgai)

Injured. Fall of rock. (Scalp wounds)

1894/3/932

Stevens, William

26 Apr 1895

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Struck by falling truck in shaft. (Severe wound in abdomen)

1896/4/147

Stevenson, Arthur

8 Mar 1897

Ravenswood

John Bull

Injured. Fell into a pass whilst escaping from falling rock and on to a truck at the bottom. (Bruises broken arm and dislocated wrist)

1898/3/125

Stevenson, Phillip

16 Nov 1892

Maryborough

Torbanlea

Killed. Fall of rock; sufferer had blasted the coal and commenced to dress in the top without seeing that the roof was safe; it shortly fell and instant death was the result. (Skull fractured)

1893/3/664

Stewart, Douglas

16 Sep 1893

Palmer

Good Hope P.C.

Killed. Fall down shaft. (Broken neck and arm)

1894/3/932

Stewart, John

19 Feb 1891

Gympie

3 and 4 N. Glanmire

Injured. Fall of rock. (Lacerated wound in groin and right thigh)

1892/4/316

Stewart, William

3 Nov 1896

Charters Towers

Good Hope

Injured. Fall of rock when withdrawing the drill after machine boring. (Fracture of leg)

1897/4/131

Stolberg, William

17 Jul 1894

Gympie

1. N. Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of a chain. (Wound on arm)

1895/3/573

Stolberg, William

22 Nov 1898

Gympie

2 South Great Eastern

Killed. Fall of rock. (Various fractures)

1899/3/421

Storer, H.

6 Aug 1886

Gympie

Golden Crown

Injured. Fell from a ladder. (Knee joint dislocated)

1887/3/930

Strain, Richard

20 Apr 1900

Gympie

Southa Glanmire and Monkland

Injured. Thumb crushed between wagon and stone. (Crushed thumb)

1901/4/464

Stranach, Alex.

9 Nov 1894

Gladstone

Red Flag (Monal)

Injured. Sufferer was dressing a slab with an adze for shovelling on when the adze slipped and cut his foot. (Wounded foot)

1895/3/574

Straughan, William

12 Apr 1888

Etheridge

Cumberland

Injured. Explosion of a charge. (Broken arm)

1889/3/537

Struber, Charles

14 Jun 1888

Herberton

Perseverance

Injured. Fell from ladder. (Jaw broken)

1889/3/538

Struthers, James

17 Oct 1892

Gympie

No.2 Great Eastern

Injured. Caught by pulley whilst hoistering timber. (Finger lacerated)

1893/3/664

Sturgess, Charles E.

14 Oct 1893

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Killed. Fell on staunchions of firewood truck. (Ruptured bladder)

1894/3/933

Sturgess, Thomas

30 Aug 1890

Gladstone

Conran's G.M.Co.

Injured. Caught in machinery. (Broken foot)

1891/4/341

Styles, William

1 Oct 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Knocked down by loaded truck on surface tramline from shaft to battery. (Fractured collarbone)

1901/4/466

Suhr, John

8 Nov 1889

Ravenswood

Grant Lease

Injured. Truck slipping off rails. (Bruised foot)

1890/3/355

Sullivan, John

20 Apr 1896

Gympie

Australasian

Injured. Hammer fell down shaft and struck sufferer below the shoulder. (Fractured shoulder-blade)

1897/4/129

Sullivan, John

7 Sep 1892

Gympie

Golden Pile

Injured. Using an adze in the mine. (Foot cut)

1893/3/663

Sullivan, P.

18 Jun 1895

Eidsvold

Empress

Injured. A stone fell in the shaft while sufferer was below; injury slight. (Rib fractured)

1896/4/147

Sullivan, Thomas

18 Sep 1888

Gympie

Golden Crown

Killed. Fell down shaft. (Shock)

1889/3/539

Sullivan, Thomas

7 Jan 1892

Charters Towers

Victoria No.2

Injured. Truck capsized in the underlie shaft. (Slight contusions)

1893/3/661

Surtees, Jabez

13 Jul 1893

Charters Towers

Victoria P.C.

Injured. Accidental explosion of blasting compound. (Burnt hands and face)

1894/3/932

Sutcliffe, George

26 Apr 1898

Ipswich

Ebbw Vale

Injured. Jammed between his wagon and a prop. (Bruised)

1899/3/419

Sutherland, Donald

25 Jan 1882

Hodgkinson

Black Ball

Injured. Fall of mullock from bucket ascending the shaft. (Slightly cut on head)

1883/1/531

Sutherland, Donald

16 Aug 1883

Hodgkinson

Minnie Extended

Injured. Fall of rock after blasting. Leg amputated; recovered. (Leg Broken)

1884/3/233

Sutton, Phillip

26 Apr 1893

Charters Towers

Brilliant Extended Block

Killed. Piece of rock fell out of shaft when sinking. (Neck broken)

1894/3/932

Sutton, Richard

2 Feb 1895

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C. No. 3

Injured. Fall of rock in a stope. (Broken leg)

1896/4/146

Swanson, Charles

26 Jul 1892

Croydon

Sovereign and Posthole

Injured. Fell from ladder. (Fractured spine)

1893/3/663

Swayne, H. R.

4 Oct 1888

Croydon

Lady Lottie

Injured. (Broken leg and bruised)

1889/3/539

Symons, Lemuel

12 Oct 1893

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Sufferer came through slopes when charges were lighted, (no notice having been given), and was caught by the explosion. (Lacerated wounds on face)

1894/3/933