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Andrew, Thomas, 17 Mar 1888, Miner, Deceased was employed with other men in adding to the man engine rods. Two or three rods were resting upon a stull above the 200 fathom level. The men were clearing debris from off the stull to cut a hale to let these down. While about this one of the rods slipped on to the planks covering the stull and went through them carrying the deceased with it. It was not possible to see whether the boards were sound or not until the debris had been cleared

Angove, Thomas Henry, 18 Dec 1874, aged 23, Miner, Fall of a piece of ground that he and others were about to take down and which was known to be dangerous

Barrett, John, 22 Mar 1883, (accident: 19 Mar 1883), aged 18, Miner, The two deceased, with others, were working in a stope on the 332 fathoms level east of engine shaft. Two or three holes had been fired, leaving some loose ground on the hanging wall of the lode. Whilst taking this down some of it fell on Cock and Barrett. The former was killed instantly, and the latter received injuries from which he died 3 days afterwards [More information ...]

Buzza, Isaac, 31 Jul 1891, aged 24, Miner, Deceased with others was engaged at the 380-fathom level and while in the act of handing timber to his comrades where they were engaged securing some ground a fall occurred, and broke his back

Cock, James, 19 Mar 1883, aged 16, Miner, The two deceased, with others, were working in a stope on the 332 fathoms level east of engine shaft. Two or three holes had been fired, leaving some loose ground on the hanging wall of the lode. Whilst taking this down some of it fell on Cock and Barrett. The former was killed instantly, and the latter received injuries from which he died 3 days afterwards [More information ...]

Francis, Downing, 21 Jul 1885, (accident: 08 Jul 1885), aged 24, Miner, One of the toes of deceased was crushed by the main rod of the pumping engine and was amputated. In consequence of deceased imprudently using his foot too soon tetanus set in causing death on the 21st July

House, Nicholas, 19 May 1892, aged 55, Engineman, Scalds caused by the collapse of the flue in the middle boiler of three used for supplying steam to the pumping engine. The boiler worked at 40lbs. pressure nominally and this flue (15 feet of which collapsed) had corroded and pitted on the upper side from a thickness of seven sixteenths of an inch when new down to less than one eighth inch

Mills, Caleb, 27 Sep 1883, aged 16, Miner, An unexpected fall of ground from the hanging wall of the lode. About 30 tons weight of stuff fell away. The place from which it fell had previously been sounded and was considered safe [More information ...]

Oatley, James, 14 Feb 1890, aged 30, Miner, In this mine the skip is used for conveying the men from the bottom of the engine shaft to the 234 level. Thence they go to the man engine shaft and thus proceed to surface. On this morning deceased and his comrade joined the skip at the 880 level but the skip was too full to admit of Oatley getting sufficiently far down to be safe although he was not aware of this fact when he got on and consequently he was between the 270 and 234 levels thrown into the shaft owing to the stretching of the rope. He was found at the 270 level and conveyed to surface within half an hour after the accident but whilst being conveyed to the Miners' Hospital he died. There was a rule, that only six men should ride in the skip at one time but since the accident rules have been specially printed setting forth the duties and obligations of the men in reference to riding in the skip and a responsible man is now in charge of each core to see that these rules are observed

Smitheram, William, 16 Mar 1882, aged 13, Tin dresser, Was engaged on the tin floor feeding buddles and climbed up above the floor to regulate the water coming from the launder. whilst doing so he leant his arm on the driving shaft of the buddles, when his jacket got caught between the driving shaft and the runner which carries it, pulling him in under and although the water was almost instantly turned off the wheel which drives the machinery, he received injuries from which he died a few days afterwards

Thomas, Edward, 27 Mar 1873, aged 60, Miner, Deceased stepped too late on to the man-engine step, and fell 6 or 8 fathoms

Thomas, Richard, 27 Sep 1883, aged 17, Miner, An unexpected fall of ground from the hanging wall of the lode. About 30 tons weight of stuff fell away. The place from which it fell had previously been sounded and was considered safe [More information ...]

Thomas, Thomas Henry, 04 Mar 1873, Miner, Crushed by the fall of "deads" or "attle" from the giving way of the timber that supported it. The deceased was sat work in the bottom of a level, and on hearing some stuff falling ran away, and unluckily went under the stuff as it fell. He would not have been injured if he had stopped at his place

Williams, Edward, Feb 1888, aged 34, Miner, The deceased was employed by the rock drill contractor in the mine as a blaster. In charging a series of holes in the 234 fathom end one hole exploded. The explosive used was gelatine and no fuse or cap had been inserted in either hole. A wooden rammer was being employed for loading as was proved by the splinters of it being discovered after the explosion. The contractor attributed the accident to the hardness of the gelatine, owing to the cold. The incident took place in February