VICTORIAN MINING ACCIDENT INDEX
Victorian Mining Accidents Index (1850s-1940s) compiled by Dave Evans (2001 sample)
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Name
Date
K/I/O
Status
Dep
Comments
District
Division
Source
Abernethy, Walter Thos.
1918/04/13
Killed
Injury in mine
(Dig. Evans)
Absalom, William J.
1855/08/13
Killed
28 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Argus Gully
(E.P.)
Ack, Hip
1884/11/25
Killed
Single
Sandhurst
Heathcote
(C.I.R.)
Ack, Yum
1876/10/09
Killed
Single
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(C.I.R.)
Ackley, James
1887/11/08
Injured
Married, 46 Y. O.
Maryborough
Dunolly
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Adam, Richard
1868/10/10
Killed
Date reported
Ballarat
Springdallah
Dickers M. R.
Adami, Johannes
1864/00/00
Killed
Engine driver, 35 Y. O.
Fall into shaft
Rocky Lead
(Dig. Evans)
Adams,
1868/09/07
Killed
Golden Horn
Ballarat
(C.C.A.)
Adams, Alfred
1921/02/20
Injured
Coal Mine
Ballarat
Lal Lal
(B.C.)
Adams, Andrew
1870/01/04
Injured
Date reported
Garden Gully
Dickers M. R.
Adams, Arthur
1907/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Berringa
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Adams, Henry
1890/04/02
Injured
Gippsland
Russell's Creek
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Agnew, Francis
1884/05/24
Injured
Married, 20 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Ah Shew, Shee
1865/00/00
Killed
Married,
Fall down shaft
Beechworth
Buckland
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, ?
1866/00/00
Killed
(see Shee, Ah Shew)
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(PRO) (Glen C)
Ah, Ching Wong
1861/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Beechworth
Indigo
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Coon
1858/12/11
Killed
32 Y. O. (see Ching, Wong Ah
Ballarat
Smythes Creek
(PRO) (Glen C)
Ah, Hee
1867/01/21
Killed
***
Ballarat
Smythes Creek
(PRO) (W.Y.H.S.)
Ah, Hoe
1861/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(PRO) (Glen C)
Ah, Kee
1876/06/19
Injured
Compo
Ballarat
Buninyong
(C.I.R.)
Ah, Lan
1864/00/00
Killed
Accident
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Look
1864/07/12
Killed
23 Y. O.
Ballarat
Brown's
(PRO) (Glen C)
Ah, Moa
1866/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Ballarat
Nintingbool
(PRO) (Glen C)Dig. Evans)
Ah, Shee
1861/00/00
Killed
(see Moa, Ah)
Falling in of shaft
Sandy Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Sheong
1861/00/00
Killed
23 Y. O. (see Shee, Ah)
Falling in of shaft
Sandy Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Soon
1867/00/00
Killed
25 Y. O.(see Sheong, Ah)
Fall down shaft
Beechworth
Indigo
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Tans
1870/00/00
Killed
22 Y. O.(see Soon, Ah)
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Toewing
1865/00/00
Killed
see Tans, Ah
Skull fracture
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Tong
1873/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Avoca
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Toy
1882/00/00
Killed
Drowned in mine
Ballarat
Lintons
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, War Lee
1867/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Yen
1872/00/00
Killed
see Lee, Ah War
Fall down shaft
Ballarat
Creswick
(Dig. Evans)
Ah, Yen
1888/01/14
Injured
(see Yen, Ah)
Gippsland
Omeo
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Ah. Mow
1860/00/00
Killed
Single, 56 Y. O.
Accident
Maryborough
(Dig. Evans)
Ah. Moy
1859/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Beechworth
Indigo
(Dig. Evans)
Ahern, J.H.
1904/00/00
Killed
Fall down mine shaft
Sandhurst
Marong
(C.H.Evans)
Ahrens, Christopher
1877/10/11
Killed
Married,
1
Beechworth
Beechworth
(C.I.R.)
Aisbett, Edward
1868/02/27
Killed
Married, 38 Y. O.
5
***
Ballarat
Scarsdale
(W.Y.H.S.)(PRO)
Aitcheson, Charles
1890/02/12
Killed
Single, 20 Y. O.
*
Maryborough
Maryborough
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Alderton, William
1873/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Ballarat
Cambrian Hill
(Dig. Evans)
Aldridge, John
1856/02/25
Killed
19 Y. O.
Explosion
Sandhurst
California Gully
(E.P.)
Alexander, John Calder
1871/00/00
Killed
Explosion
Footscray
(Dig. Evans)
Alexander, Robert
1873/10/21
Killed
Ballarat
Llanberris QMC
(N. B. Evans)
Alger, James Theo
1921/07/15
Killed
Electric current coal mine
(Dig. Evans)
Allan, Robert
1869/06/04
Killed
Married, **
Maryborough
Golden Point
(N. B. Evans)(Letter)
Allen,
1870/06/02
Injured
Sandhurst
Great Britian Co.
Dickers M. R.
Allen, Albert
1911/00/00
Injured
Beechworth
Harrietville
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Allen, Harold William
1916/09/07
Killed
Fall down mine (inquest date)
(Dig. Evans)
Allen, James
1875/10/28
Killed
Single
Castlemaine
Fryer's Creek
(C.I.R.)
Allen, Joseph
1883/06/08
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Allen, Samuel
1875/01/09
Killed
Married, 54 Y.O.
6
Fall of timber
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)(B.A.)
Allen, Thomas
1883/11/28
Killed
Married,
3
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Allison, Isaac
1864/06/29
Killed
Castlemaine
Daylesford
Dickers M. R. (E. P.)
Allott, Thos.
1891/05/06
Injured
Married, 36 Y. O.
Beechworth
Beechworth
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Amytage, William E.
1863/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Bunker's Hill
(PRO) (Glen C)
Anderson, Charles
1886/05/29
Injured
Single, 18 Y. O.
Gippsland
Stringer's Creek
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Anderson, James
1858/08/16
Killed
Sandhurst
(E.P.)
Anderson, John
1861/00/00
Killed
30 Y. O.
Explosion
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Anderson, John
1861/11/13
Killed
45 Y. O.
Seriously
Sandhurst
Sparrowhawk
Dickers M. R. (E. P.)
Anderson, John
1881/05/17
Killed
Single
Ballarat
Ballarat
(C.I.R.)
Anderson, William
1869/10/11
Injured
18 Y. O.
Date reported
Sandhurst
Young Chum Co.
Dickers M. R.
Anderson, William
1882/12/12
Killed
Married,
7
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.I.R.)
Anderspon, Kenneth
1861/00/00
Killed
Accident
Ararat
Beaufort
(Dig. Evans)
Andrew(s), James
1883/04/23
Killed
Married, 32 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(E.P.)(C.I.R.)(C.C.A.)
Andrew, Thomas
1886/08/13
Killed
Single, 60 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Andrewartha, John
1881/12/06
Killed
Married,
9
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.I.R.)
Andrews, Leslie W.
1909/00/00
Killed
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(Bend. Ann.)
Andrews, Peter
1883/03/03
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Andrews, William
1884/07/07
Injured
Widowed
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Andrews, Wm.
1889/03/15
Injured
Married, 46 Y. O.
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Angel, Joseph
1887/10/01
Injured
Married, 40 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Raywood
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Anglin, W. J.
1905/00/00
Injured
Ballarat
Normanby North Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Angove, Arnold L.
1911/08/02
Killed
20 Y. O.
Sandhurst
(L.L.)
Angove, T.H.
1901/00/00
Killed
Lad
Fall down mine shaft
Sandhurst
Long Gully
(C.H.Evans)
Anguin, John
1867/06/03
Killed
Ballarat
Golden Point
(N. B. Evans)
Angwin, Thomas
1915/00/00
Injured
Castlemaine
Ajax Co Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Annear, Thomas
1886/03/29
Killed
Married, 38 Y. O.
6
Compo **
Ballarat
Creswick
(A.R.Sec.Mines)(C.C.A.)
Anthony, Louis
1866/01/04
Killed
Ballarat
Nelson GMC
(N. B. Evans)
Antony, J.
1868/07/11
Injured
Llanberris
Ballarat
(C.C.A.)
Arblaster, J
1875/08/16
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(C.I.R.)
Archer, ?
1865/07/14
Injured
**
Ballarat
Clunes
(C.C.A.)
Archibold, John
1862/02/01
Killed
Single, 33 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Snobs Gully
(E.P.)
Arkanstan, Wm
1888/09/15
Injured
Married, 30 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Armstrong, Hugh
1859/00/00
Killed
Spinal fracture
Castlemaine
(Dig. Evans)
Armstrong, James
1873/02/03
Killed
Ararat
Pleasant Ck.
(B.C.)
Armstrong, James
1897/00/00
Killed
11 Y. O.
Drowned
Sandhurst
Hustler's Mine
(C.H.Evans)
Armstrong, John
1867/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Maryborough
St Arnaud
(Dig. Evans)
Armstrong, John
1884/02/11
Injured
Married,
**
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.I.R.)(C.C.A.)
Armstrong, Lindsey
1915/00/00
Injured
Castlemaine
Ajax Co Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Armstrong, Robert J.
1909/00/00
Injured
Beechworth
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Armytage, George
1875/09/22
Killed
Single
Ballarat
Blackwood
(C.I.R.)
Arnold, G.E.R.
1914/10/09
Killed
23 Y. O.
Crushed
Sandhurst
New Chum Battery
(C.H.Evans) (Dig.Evans)
Arnold, George
1859/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Arnold, Roy
1914/00/00
Killed
New Chum Mine
Sandhurst
Bendigo
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Arthur, Joseph
1891/04/13
Injured
Married, 49 Y. O.
Beechworth
Indigo
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Arthur, T.
1909/00/00
Injured
Sandhurst
New Moon Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Ashburn, Joseph H.
1914/00/00
Killed
Maryborough
Tarnagulla
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Ashton, Wm
1888/10/08
Injured
Married, 34 Y. O.
**
Ballarat
Creswick
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Aspindale, William
1875/10/14
Killed
Married,
2
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Assprey, Samuel
1880/01/09
Killed
Single
Ararat
Pleasant Ck.
(C.I.R.)
Atkinson, Albert M.
1866/00/00
Killed
22 Y. O.
Fall into shaft
Castlemaine
Maldon
(Dig. Evans)
Atkinson, George
1863/00/00
Killed
Suffocation
Maryborough
Burnt Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Atkinson, John
1883/10/05
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Atkinson, John
1887/09/20
Injured
Married, 57 Y. O.
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Atkinson, Joseph
1885/05/08
Injured
Single, 34 Y. O.
Fall in shaft
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)(C.C.A.)
Attwater, J
1874/11/02
Injured
Compo
Maryborough
Maryborough
(C.I.R.)
Attwood, Samuel
1882/11/28
Killed
Widower
3
**
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Austin, Thos.
1890/01/23
Injured
Single, 18 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Avery, Charles
1865/11/10
Killed
Single
Ballarat
Napoleon's
NHS Book
Avery, Charles
1885/07/14
Injured
Married, 27 Y. O.
Compo
Castlemaine
Taradale
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Avery, Charles
1890/02/27
Injured
Married, 21 Y. O.
Ballarat
Central
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Avery, John
1871/07/07
Killed
Ballarat
Black Hill Co
(N. B. Evans)
Axford, William
1875/02/08
Killed
Married,
3
Beechworth
Yackandandah
(C.I.R.)
Ayer, John
1908/00/00
Injured
Sandhurst
New Moon Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Ayre, John
1914/11/28
Killed
also know as Hyre
Sandhurst
Johnson's Reef
(A.O.B.)