Lake Macquarie History

Mining Deaths - Rhondda Colliery

SURNAME	CHRISTIAN NAMES	DAY	MONTH	YEAR	AGE	CAUSE OF DEATH
O'Brian	Thomas	6	April	1903	39	cerebral haemorrhage and shock from extensive injuries sustained from a roof collapse
Corney	Ernest Luke	1	September	1908	16	tuberculosis - natural causes
Moroney	Thomas	10	March	1909	58	natural causes - heart failure
Bedford	Ernest Edward	14	May	1909	22	injuries received from falling - accidental death
Dawson	Alfred Burt	9	March	1911	52	Miner's Phthisis accelerated by an injury (November 1910) to the chest accidentally caused by a chain whilst at work.
Otty	Herbert	29	October	1917	17	ruptured kidney after a fall from a horse - accidental death.

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