Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Whalley, John

12 Jan 1900

Gympie

Gympie Scottish

Injured. A stone rolled the mullock heap. (Injured right ankle)

1901/4/463

Wheeler, William

6 Oct 1898

Maryborough

Queensland Colliery Company's Mine

Injured. Fall of coal. This seam is high and flakes of coal break off when there is little or no undermining done. (Hurt back)

1899/3/421

Wherry, Samuel

14 Jul 1888

Charters Towers

Phoebe

Injured. Fall of stone down a shaft. (Bruises and sprain)

1889/3538

White, George

30 Oct 1895

Warwick

Mountain Maid

Injured. Sufferer went in and found one of their charges had missed and took the pick to it. (Seriously wounded and bruised)

1896/4/149

White, Henry

8 Oct 1898

Gympie

1 S. Great Eastern

Injured. Struck by windlass handle. (Scalp wound)

1899/3/421

White, John

20 Aug 1899

Gympie

Columbia Consolidated

Injured. Fall of piece of stone in shaft. (Wounded wrist)

1900/2/260

White, John J.

3 Aug 1897

Crocodile

Mount Morgan

Killed. Stuff stuck in pass 20 feet up from shute. The man knocked on the shute to give it a start when the whole body fell and caught him

1898/3/127

White, R.

1 Dec 1894

Crocodile (Rockhampton)

Mount Morgan

Injured. Working in an excavation where a portion of the side fell. (Sundry bruises)

1895/3/575

White, Thomas

11 May 1888

Gympie

S.New Zealand

Injured. Fall of rock. (Back and loins injured)

1889/3/538

Whitethread, William

27 Jan 1882

Gympie

Queenslander

Killed. Went down the shaft when candles would not burn and fell off the ladder when trying to return. (Suffocated)

1883/1/531

Whitford, --

14 Jun 1890

Ipswich

Waterstown

Injured. Fall of coal. (Foot injured)

1891/4/340

Whitworth, William

21 Jul 1892

Maryborough

Queensland Colliery Co's Mine

Injured. Fall of rock. (Slight injuries)

1893/3/663

Whyte, George

28 Sep 1887

Ipswich

Warerstown Coal Mine

Injured. Fall of roof. (Injury to spine)

1888/3/471

Wilcox, Alfred

4 Sep 1896

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Fall of rock. When commencing a level from underlie which had been under water for some years and a heavy flake of stone fell away. (Broken leg shoulder and two ribs, also lungs torn)

1897/4/130

Wilder, Julius

7 Feb 1883

Ravenswood.

Victory

Injured. Slight injury. (Crushed foot)

1884/3/233

Wilkes, Albert

6 Aug 1900

Ipswich

Eclipse

Injured. Sufferer working in the face without sprags. (Shoulder and leg hurt)

1901/4/465

Wilkie, J.

22 Feb 1898

Croydon

Croydon Gold Fields Limited

Injured. Was unscrewing a flange of the pump column and got finger between flange and yoke. (Crushed finger)

1899/3/418

Wilkie, J. A.

23 Aug 1900

Charters Towers

Victory Cyanide Works

Killed. Sufferer was caught by the belting after starting a centrifugal pump. (Fatal)

1901/4/466

Wilkinson,  J. H.

30 Mar 1893

Eidsvold

Stockman Junction

Injured. Fall when working ground out after firing a shot. (Broken leg)

1894/3/931

Willey, W. R.

7 Feb 1883

Charters Towers

Victory

Injured. Premature explosion of shot. (Severely burnt)

1884/3/233

Williams, -

2 Nov 1888

Ipswich

Liverpool Colliery

Injured. A boy who got too near the cogs of a small engine. (Lost three fingers)

1889/3/539

Williams, Colin senr.

8 Dec 1886

Ravenswood

King's Freehold

Injured. Fall of rock. (Injuries to spinal column)

1887/3/931

Williams,  G. R.

18 Apr 1898

Etheridge

Old Man Mine

Injured. Fell from a ladder. (Broken rib)

1899/3/419

Williams, George

7 Jun 1892

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Stone fell from bucket in shaft. (Contusions)

1893/3/663

Williams, Isaac

30 Sep 1893

Gympie

No 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock. (Fractured and dislocated ankle)

1894/3/392

Williams, J.

2 Jan 1889

Charters Towers

Great Britain No.1 W.

Injured. Drill fell down the shaft, rebounding, caught sufferer. (Scalp wound)

1890/3/353

Williams, James

28 Nov 1888

Charters Towers

Bonnie Dundee

Injured. Fall of rock. (Broken ribs and foot injured)

1889/3/539

Williams, James

2 Jan 1895

Charters Towers

Victoria and Queen

Injured. Injury received whilst releasing a bucket which had stuck in an underlie shaft. (Incised wound on chin)

1896/4/146

Williams, John

23 Jun 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham No. 2 Shaft

Injured. Fall of a prop in the shaft owing to decomposition of the foot-wall; causing the injuries noted. (Severe bruises)

1891/4/340

Williams, John

22 Nov 1886

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Winding accident. (shaft). (Leg broken)

1887/3/931

Williams, John

29 Mar 1892

Croydon

Gilded Rose

Injured. Accidental explosion whilst sufferer was drilling a hole (unexploded portion of a previous charge.) (Hands and eyes injured)

1893/3/662

Williams, John

10 Nov 1894

Gympie

No. 2 Great Eastern

Injured. Foot protruding from cage was caught in shaft. (Bruised heel)

1895/3/574

Williams, John

25 Nov 1892

Charters Towers

Victoria P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock. (Contusions)

1893/3/664

Williams, Joseph

21 Apr 1887

Charters Towers

United Queen Consols

Injured. Explosion of portion of nitro-glycerine charge left in bottom of hole from a previous defective explosion. (Collar-bone broken and burns)

1888/3/471

Williams, Joseph

7 Jun 1889

Charters Towers

Day Dawn P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock down a pass. (Bruises)

1890/3/354

Williams, Levi

6 Jul 1899

Gympie

Oriental and Columbia Consolidated

Injured. Piece of rock fell down shaft while Williams and his mates were in the bottom. He was in a covered compartment, and there was no evidence to show where it had come from. (Compound fracture of skull)

1900/2/259

Williams, Richard

19 Feb 1896

Croydon

Iguana P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock; accidental. (Broken ankle and side bruised)

1897/4/128

Williams, W.

9 May 1890

Etheridge

Durham

Injured. Fall of earth. (Broken spine)

1891/4/340

Williams,  W. H.

1 Dec 1894

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock after firing a shot. (Scalp and shoulder wounded)

1895/3/575

Williams,  W. N.

13 Jan 1898

Croydon

Croydon Gold Fields Limited

Injured. Manager sitting on one of the yokes whilst the pump-rods were being hoisted, the bucket swung and jammed the leg. (Bruised leg)

1899/3/418

Williams, William

2 Sep 1887

Charters Towers

Eastwood-Ho

Injured. Slipped from a rock. (Bruises)

1888/3/471

Williams, William

10 Apr 1888

Charters Towers

No. 2 Queen S. W.

Injured. Sufferer commenced to drill in butt tof hole in which an unexpended portion of a gelatine charge was left and which exploded with the concussion. (Severe Wounds)

1889/3/537

Williams, William

9 May 1885

Charters Towers

Mosman G.M. Co.

Injured. Fall of stone (not serious). (Slight bruises)

1886/3/76

Williams, William

16 Jan 1891

Charters Towers

Brilliant P.C.

Injured. Fall of rock at the face. (Scalp wound)

1892/4/316

Williamson, Charles

11 Jul 1888

Eidsvold

Lady Ann Extended

Injured. Rope became detached from windlass; fell 50 feet. (Leg broken)

1889/3/538

Williamson, James

20 Aug 1900

Charters Towers

Clarke's Worcester and Victory

Injured. On removing rock drill, a flake of stone which had been supported by it fell on sufferer. (Fracture of nasal and cheek bone)

1901/4/466

Wills, William

5 Dec 1896

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Sufferer had neglected the instructions he received to secure a piece of rock and it fell on him. (Severe bruises and lacerated back of leg)

1897/4/131

Wilson, A.

18 Apr 1883

Gympie

New Zealand Tribute

Injured. Fell down shaft. Had no business there. (Head cut)

1884/3/233

Wilson, George

31 Oct 1895

Ravenswood

General Grant

Killed. Supposed to have caught the roller at the junction of vertical and underlie; but nobody was at hand to see how it occurred. (Fracture of skull; fatal)

1896/4/149

Wilson, George

1 Dec 1898

Maryborough

Riverbank

Injured. Recklessly going across shaft when the cage was not in the bottom and got caught. (Broken arm)

1899/3/421

Wilson, Hugh

7 Oct 1890

Charters Towers

Queen Cross Reef

Injured. Fall of rock from wall. (Broken foot)

1891/4/341

Wilson, J.

4 Jun 1900

Gympie

Scottish Gympie

Injured. Piece of timber fell and caught his hand. (Jammed finger)

1901/4/465

Wilson, J.

22 Nov 1898

Gympie

1 S. Great Eastern

Injured. A piece of quartz flew up whilst being broken. (Struck on ball of eye)

1899/3/421

Wilson, John

23 Dec 1892

Charters Towers

St. George and Brilliant

Injured. Stage on which he was working fell. (Incised wound)

1893/3/664

Wilson, Leonard

30 May 1888

Charters Towers

Hidden Treasure and Lady Maria

Killed. It was supposed that both men returned too soon to a charge supposed to have missed fire.

1889/3/538

Winder, John

3 May 1892

Walsh and Tinaroo

Gordon (Glenline dale.)

Injured. Fall of rock. (Bruises)

1893/3/662

Winnett, Henry

27 Mar 1887

Herberton

Great Northern

Injured. Fall of stone. (Slight injuries to side)

1888/3/471

Wither, James

29 Mar 1892

Charters Towers

New Hidden Treasure

Injured. Handling sharply angular quartz. (Cut finger)

1893/3/662