Mining Deaths - Waratah Collieries
Waratah Colliery
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 |
South Waratah Colliery
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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