Lake Macquarie History

Mining Deaths - Glenrock Collieries

Glenrock Colliery

SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAMES DAY MONTH YEAR AGE CAUSE OF DEATH
Miller William 22 February 1873 40 injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death
Sharkey James Henry Michael 23 May 1936 26 injuries sustained from being crushed between a railway engine and a coal truck - accidental death

Glenrock No.2 Colliery

SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAMES DAY MONTH YEAR AGE CAUSE OF DEATH
Pugh Albert 29 November 1934 38 shock and haemorrhage, due to rupture of the mesentery, accelerated by other injuries

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