Mining Deaths - Waratah Collieries

SURNAME	CHRISTIAN NAMES	DAY	MONTH	YEAR	AGE	CAUSE OF DEATH
Shaw	William	6	July	1916	24	meningitis as a result of a fall of stone to the head - accidental death
Curran	Richard Thomas	16	April	1926	35	crushed by falling stone - accidental death
Huff	James	2	September	1902	37	shock, internal haemorrhage and fractures of the ribs from being trapped between a skip and a post

SURNAME	CHRISTIAN NAMES	DAY	MONTH	YEAR	AGE	CAUSE OF DEATH
Young (Jung)	Henry Anton	19	March	1877	36	injuries sustained from a fall of stone - accidental death
Campbell	Thomas	15	May	1880	28	injuries sustained from falling stone - accidental death
Simpson	John	6	January	1888	31	injuries sustained from being crushed between buffers - accidental death
Hale	Thomas	27	June	1892	52	rupturing of an aneurysim of the heart - natural causes
Pascoe	Thomas	23	December	1895	56	iinjuries and shock sustained as a result of falling stone - accidental death
Sheedy	Michael	18	August	1897	40	head injuries from a fall of stone - accidental death
Foster	Alfred Frederick	22	March	1897	36	injuries sustained after a large fall of coal - accidental death
Lilley	Charles	8	April	1922	66	injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death
Roese	Frederick Charles	10	April	1923	73	injuries sustained by a fall of stone from the roof - accidental death
Brown	James	19	August	1925	56	Septic absorbtion and exhaustion due to spinal injuries sustained from a fall of stone - accidental death
Shaw	John	8	January	1945	45	myocardial degenration caused by sclerosis and fibrositis of the lungs
Parker	Albert Arthur	17	October	1948	49	injuries received after falling under a skip
French	George Edward	6	October	1950	46	injuries sustained after a fall of coal - accidental death
Blanch	Edward	24	October	1950	46	coronary occlusion - natural causes

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