Mining Deaths - Pacific Colliery
SURNAME | CHRISTIAN NAMES | DAY | MONTH | YEAR | AGE | CAUSE OF DEATH |
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Ashton | Thomas | 22 | March | 1900 | 47 | injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death |
Cherry | James | 18 | December | 1908 | 31 | injury to the base of the brain - accidental death |
France | William Alfred | 10 | September | 1916 | 9 | broken neck sustained from a skip in which he was playing fell on him - accidental death |
Coates | George Henry | 29 | October | 1919 | 53 | fractured skull and internal upper body injuries; exact cause undetermined - accidental death |
Steel | Robert James | 21 | December | 1923 | 8 | drowned - accidental death |
McAlpine | John | 8 | June | 1939 | 50 | pneumonoconiosis, bronchitis and emphysema contracted while employed in mine- awarded workers compensation |
Brierley | Thomas | 1 | April | 1941 | 43 | injuries sustained from a fall of shale - accidental death |
Rodgers | Leonard William | 6 | July | 1942 | 42 | injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death |
Haydon | Albert George | 16 | May | 1944 | 54 | injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death |
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