VICTORIAN MINING ACCIDENT INDEX
Victorian Mining Accidents Index (1850s-1940s) compiled by Dave Evans (2001 sample)
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Name
Date
K/I/O
Status
Dep
Comments
District
Division
Source
Jackman, Charles F. A.
1867/00/00
Killed
49 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Caledonia
(Dig. Evans)
Jacks, Thomas
1861/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Maryborough
Kingower
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, Arthur H.
1934/12/18
Killed
Explosion
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, Bertram
1923/10/30
Killed
Accident inquest date
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, Charles
1890/02/24
Injured
40 Y. O.
Date reported
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
Jackson, George
1900/00/00
Injured
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jackson, James
1872/06/28
Killed
Ballarat
Band & Albion
(N. B. Evans)
Jackson, James
1915/06/30
Killed
Accident inquest date
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, John
1866/00/00
Killed
40 Y. O.
Fall of rock
Castlemaine
Chewton
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, Robert
1862/00/00
Killed
40 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jackson, William
1859/00/00
Killed
42 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jacob, Albert.
1920/07/31
Killed
Fall of rock
Sandhurst
Kock's Mine Shaft
(C.H.Evans)(Dig. Evans)
Jacobs, R.
1957/08/02
Killed
Married
6
Date reported **
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
Jacobs, William
1887/06/28
Injured
Married, 32 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jagger, John
1869/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Berlin (Rheola)
(Dig. Evans)
James, Edward
1888/11/28
Injured
Date reported
Maryborough
Timor
(C.C.A.)
James, George
1885/08/08
Killed
Single, 32 Y. O.
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, John
1882/06/17
Killed
Married,
None
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Creswick (Allandale)
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
James, John
1882/09/16
Killed
Married,
4
Sandhurst
Kilmore
(C.I.R.)
James, John
1886/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Clunes
(Dig. Evans)
James, John
1890/09/29
Injured
39 Y. O.
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
James, John
1891/06/23
Killed
Married, 62 Y. O.
1
Ballarat
Buninyong
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, John B.
1893/06/28
Killed
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, Josiah
1859/00/00
Killed
28 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
James, Josiah
1891/12/14
Killed
Married, 49 Y. O.
3
Compo
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, Ralph
1898/08/20
Killed
Married, 39 Y. O.
7
Date reported
Castlemaine
Upper Sandy Creek
(Newstead Echo)
James, Richard
1893/11/06
Killed
Compo
Castlemaine
Lauriston
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, Richard Nottle
1870/00/00
Killed
50 Y. O.
Fall down shaft
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
James, Thomas
1869/07/31
Killed
Temperance Mine
Ballarat
Little Bendigo
Dickers M. R.(N. B. Evans)
James, Thomas
1877/07/17
Killed
Single
Maryborough
Korong (Inglewood)
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
James, Thomas
1886/03/09
Killed
Married, 47 Y. O.
3
Compo ** ***
Ballarat
Clunes
(C.I.R.) (C.C.A.) (Clunes Museum)
James, Thomas
1886/03/10
Killed
47 or 57 Y. O.
South Clunes United
Ballarat
Clunes
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, Walter P.
1911/00/00
Killed
Gippsland
Hinnomunjie Dredge
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
James, William
1886/07/06
Injured
Single, 21 Y. O.
Ballarat
Ballarat East
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jamieson, James B.
1935/00/00
Killed
Married
3
**
Maryborough
Rheola
(Private)
Jamieson, Thomas
1867/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Newtown
(Dig. Evans)
Janach, William
1909/00/00
Injured
Ballarat
Trewalla Lead Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jannese, Peter
1905/00/00
Killed
(Dig. Evans) (PRO)
Jansen, Peter
1855/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jape, Henry
1868/09/17
Killed
Ballarat
Great Northern Junction
(N. B. Evans)
Jarols, Henry
1856/00/00
Killed
(man of colour)
Fall of earth
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jarvis, Les
1934/00/00
Injured
**
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(W.Y.H.S.)(PRO)
Jason, John
1887/11/04
Injured
Married, 49 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jatho, A
1876/07/14
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jayne, William
1884/01/18
Injured
Married,
Compo
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.I.R.)
Jee, Hong
1858/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jefferies, Charles K.
1954/03/03
Killed
Fall of earth
(Dig. Evans)
Jeffery(s), Charles
1869/11/08
Killed
12 Y. O.
Date reported. Fall of earth
Ballarat
Haddon
Dickers M. R.(Dig. Evans)
Jeffrey, Alexander
1875/00/00
Killed
14 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Inglewood
(Dig. Evans)
Jeffrey, George
1881/04/25
Killed
Single
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jeffrey, Mary
1919/09/08
Killed
Fall down mine shaft
(Dig. Evans)
Jelf, David
1862/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Goldsborough, Dunolly
(Dig. Evans)
Jenkin, Fran
1874/00/00
Killed
30 Y. O.
Fall down shaft
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Jenkin, George
1881/00/00
Killed
27 Y. O.
Fall down shaft
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Jenkin, Henry
1890/09/17
Injured
Married, 59 Y. O.
Castlemaine
Castlemaine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jenkin, James
1881/05/04
Killed
Married, 40 Y. O.
8
Killed in claim
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk (California Gully)
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Jenkin, O.
1914/00/00
Injured
Castlemaine
New Day Dawn Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jenkin, Thomas
1879/03/06
Killed
Married, 47 Y. O.
7
(Compo) Fall of earth
Castlemaine
Fryer's Creek
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Jenkins, Benjamin
1858/00/00
Killed
28 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
Rushworth, Diamond Gully
(Dig. Evans)
Jenkins, Francis
1874/02/26
Killed
Not Stated
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jenkins, George
1881/10/06
Killed
Married,
2
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jenkins, Jno
1888/10/05
Injured
Married, 58 Y. O.
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jenkins, John
1863/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Smythesdale
(PRO) (Glen C)
Jenkins, John
1870/02/25
Injured
Ballarat
Gordon
Dickers M. R.
Jenkins, John
1889/10/04
Injured
Single, 23 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jenkins, Joseph
1869/06/00
Injured
Ararat
Pleasant Ck.
Dickers M. R.
Jenkins, Joseph
1887/01/14
Injured
Date reported
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
Jenkins, Thomas
1884/06/12
Injured
Married,
Maryborough
Maryborough
(C.I.R.)
Jenkins, William
1869/08/08
Killed
45 Y. O.
Welsh Paper
Ballarat
Cambrian Hill
Peter Griffith
Jenkins, William
1869/09/07
Killed
Ballarat
Great Gulf claim
Dickers M. R.
Jenkins, William Henry
1875/02/20
Killed
Single, 23 Y. O.
Bucket fall in claim
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Jenkinson, Noel
1939/05/16
Killed
Single, 25 Y. O.
Date reported ** ***
Castlemaine
Eganstown
(C.C.A.)
Jennings, John
1880/04/12
Killed
Married,
Ballarat
Ballarat
(C.I.R.)
Jensen, Rasmus P.
1881/11/14
Killed
Married,
Beechworth
Yackandandah
(C.I.R.)
Jepson, Christian
1878/10/19
Killed
Married, 41 Y. O.
1
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Jepson, Hans
1872/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Castlemaine
Fryerstown
(Dig. Evans)
Jeremiah, Thomas
1884/00/00
Killed
Suicide down mine shaft
Happy Valley
(Dig. Evans)
Jermyn, Charles Leslie
1923/01/12
Killed
Fall of earth (inq. date)
(Dig. Evans)
Jessop, David
1927/12/17
Killed
Fall of earth (inq. date)
(Dig. Evans)
Jewell, F
1874/11/25
Injured
Compo
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.I.R.)
Jewell, James
1869/08/04
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Park GMC
Dickers M. R.(N. B. Evans)(Dig. Evans)
Jewell, Thomas
1862/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Old Lintons
(Dig. Evans)
Jibert,
1882/01/16
Injured
Date reported
Sandhurst
Long Gully
(C.C.A.)
Jilbert, Jas.
1889/09/18
Injured
Married, 46 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jinks,
1870/04/29
Injured
Sandhurst
Garden Gully
Dickers M. R.
Jinks, Edward
1869/08/14
Injured
Date reported
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
Dickers M. R.
Jinks, James
1882/10/17
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(C.I.R.)
Jo, Moon
1876/00/00
Killed
59 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Castlemaine
(Dig. Evans)
Job, James
1882/05/26
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jobe, James H.
1908/00/00
Injured
Sandhurst
Nth. New Moon Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jobling, Ralph
1879/12/25
Killed
Single, 10 Y. O.
***
Ballarat
Derwent Jack's
(W.Y.H.S.)(PRO)
Jocobs, Richard
1886/01/08
Injured
Married, 24 Y. O.
Ballarat
Ballarat
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johanni, Veanna
1858/00/00
Killed
32 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Stoney Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Johinie, Gusippe
1866/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Piggoreet
(PRO) (Glen C)
John, William
1881/05/27
Killed
Married, 31 Y. O.
3
Stone fall in claim
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Johns,
1868/01/26
Injured
Ballarat
Grand Trunk Mine
(C.C.A.)
Johns, D.
1903/00/00
Killed
Sandhurst
Francis Ormond Mine
(C.H.Evans)
Johns, Edwd.
1889/05/04
Injured
Single, 24 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johns, J
1876/06/12
Injured
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Johns, J.
1868/01/27
Injured
Ballarat
Hard Hills
(C.C.A.)
Johns, J.
1904/00/00
Killed
Sandhurst
Lansell's Needle Mine
(C.H.Evans)
Johns, John
1868/09/15
Killed
Ballarat
St. George GMC
(N. B. Evans)
Johns, John
1885/12/07
Killed
Married, 45 Y. O.
6
Compo
Ballarat
Creswick
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johns, Richard
1886/03/22
Injured
Married, 65 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Eaglehawk
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johns, Richard
1893/06/13
Killed
Compo
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johns, Thomas
1886/00/00
Killed
52 Y. O.
Suicide down mine shaft
Maryborough
Inglewood
(Dig. Evans)
Johns, Zacharias
1856/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, B.
1890/01/13
Injured
Single, 25 Y. O.
Gippsland
Russell's Creek
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnson, Charles
1877/01/17
Killed
Married,
6
Maryborough
Maryborough
(C.I.R.)
Johnson, Francis
1908/00/00
Killed
Ballarat
Normanby North Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnson, H.
1910/00/00
Injured
Ballarat
Carter's Deap Lead
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnson, Hans Peter
1905/06/08
Killed
43 Y. O.
Explosion in mine
Sandhurst
Virginia
(C. J.)(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, James
1877/00/00
Killed
40 Y. O.
Injury in claim
Castlemaine
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, John
1861/00/00
Killed
Or McKenna
Fall down shaft
Campbells Reef
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, John
1875/07/26
Killed
Married,
1
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Johnson, John
1883/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Beechworth
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, John
1924/09/23
Killed
Suffocation (inquest date)
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, N.
1910/00/00
Injured
Ballarat
New Kohinoor Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnson, Nathaniel
1878/03/13
Killed
Single, 35 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Gippsland
Russell's Ck.
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, Robert
1856/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
(Dig. Evans)
Johnson, Thomas
1877/05/25
Killed
Married,
5
Castlemaine
Fryer's Creek
(C.I.R.)
Johnson, Thos.
1889/10/18
Injured
Single
Gippsland
Jericho
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnson, William
1915/00/00
Injured
Beechworth
Costerfield
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnston, Francis D.
1908/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
(Dig. Evans)
Johnston, John
1883/04/20
Killed
Single
**
Beechworth
Beechworth
(C.I.R.)
Johnston, William
1865/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Johnston, William R.
1868/00/00
Killed
Stone fall in claim
Maryborough
St Arnaud
(Dig. Evans)
Johnston, Wm.
1894/06/08
Killed
Compo
Gippsland
Kurrumburra
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnstone, F.
1907/00/00
Killed
Maryborough
Bet Bet
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Johnstone, W. T.
1860/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Castlemaine
Elphinstone
(Dig. Evans)
Johnstone, William
1870/00/00
Killed
60 Y. O.
Fall down shaft
Portland
(Dig. Evans)
Jones,
1863/02/17
Injured
Date reported
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
Jones,
1868/07/25
Injured
Prince of Wales
Ballarat
(C.C.A.)
Jones,
1869/08/14
Killed
About 45 Y. O.
Date reported
Maryborough
Flagstaff Reef
Dickers M. R.
Jones, David
1889/04/09
Killed
Married, 53 Y. O.
8
Compo
Maryborough
Dunolly
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, David
1931/02/20
Killed
Explosion (inquest date)
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Ebenezer
1861/03/21
Killed
29 Y. O.
***
Ballarat
Carngham
(S.V.H.S.) (PRO)
Jones, Edmund
1860/00/00
Killed
27 Y. O.
Blast accident
Ararat
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Edmund
1890/03/29
Killed
Married, 48 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, Edward
1857/00/00
Killed
21 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Edward
1858/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Sandhurst
Heathcote
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Edward
1868/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Tarnagulla
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Edward
1874/02/05
Killed
Not Stated
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(C.I.R.)
Jones, Elijah
1858/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Evan
1874/01/05
Killed
Married,
2
Ararat
Pleasant Ck.
(C.I.R.)
Jones, George
1873/01/15
Injured
Wood's Point
Hope Company
(B.C.)
Jones, George
1958/00/00
Killed
Fall into shaft
Sandhurst
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, J.S.
1899/03/09
Killed
Robbins' Mine **
Sandhurst
Ellesmere
(C.H.Evans)
Jones, John
1868/10/10
Killed
Date reported
Ballarat
Sebastopol
Dickers M.R.
Jones, John
1871/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Maryborough
Amherst
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, John
1876/07/31
Killed
Married, 36 Y. O.
4
Killed in claim
Ballarat
Ballarat
(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Morgan
1872/09/19
Killed
Single, 20 Y. O.
***
Ballarat
Haddon
(W.Y.H.S.)(PRO)
Jones, Richard
1863/00/00
Killed
27 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Gooleys Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Richard
1891/00/00
Killed
40 Y. O.
Fall down shaft
Maryborough
Dunolly
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Richard
1912/00/00
Killed
Sandhurst
New Moon Mine
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, Richard
1937/02/17
Killed
Accident inquest date
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Samuel
1854/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Samuel
1866/05/31
Killed
Married, 35 Y. O.
6
**
Ballarat
Clunes
(C.C.A.)
Jones, Samuel
1868/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Inglewood
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Samuel
1871/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
St Arnaud
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Thomas
1863/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Burnt Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Thomas
1868/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Maryborough
Inglewood
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, Thomas
1873/04/16
Killed
Ballarat
Prince of Wales
(N. B. Evans)
Jones, Thomas
1882/09/05
Killed
Married,
6
Ararat
Pleasant Ck.
(C.I.R.)
Jones, Thos.
1886/10/23
Injured
Married, 39 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, W.
1908/00/00
Killed
Sandhurst
Victoria Quartz Mine
(C.H.Evans)
Jones, Walter
1911/00/00
Killed
Single, 16 Y. O.
Ararat
Stawell
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, William
1880/08/28
Injured
Compo
Beechworth
Wood's Point
(C.I.R.)
Jones, William
1883/12/18
Killed
Single, 24 Y. O.
Maryborough
Maryborough
(C.I.R.) (M.D.A.)
Jones, William
1906/00/00
Killed
Maryborough
Inglewood
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jones, William
1906/00/00
Killed
(Dig. Evans) (PRO)
Jones, William John
1859/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ararat
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, William John
1860/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Beechworth
Chiltern
(Dig. Evans)
Jones, William M.
1869/07/01
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Bonshaws
Dickers M. R.(Dig. Evans)
Jones, William Nevin
1870/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Ballarat
Clunes
(Dig. Evans)
Jonsson, Hugo
1878/00/00
Killed
Threw himself down shaft
Ballarat
Mount Greenock
(Dig. Evans)
Jope, Henry
1868/00/00
Killed
Wood fall down shaft
Ballarat
Mount Rowen
(Dig. Evans)
Jope, Samuel
1879/06/13
Injured
Compo
Maryborough
Avoca
(C.I.R.)
Jordan, Brothers
1883/05/02
Killed
2 Brothers. Date reported
Ballarat
Creswick
(C.C.A.)
Jordan, Charles
1883/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ballarat
Clunes
(Dig. Evans)
Jordan, John
1858/00/00
Killed
Fall of earth
Ararat
(Dig. Evans)
Jordan, John
1869/10/11
Killed
Date reported
Ballarat
Haddon
Dickers M. R.
Jorgenson, James
1890/08/18
Killed
Married, 59 Y. O.
5
Compo **
Ballarat
Creswick (Clementson)
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jose, J
1875/09/03
Injured
Compo
Castlemaine
Tarrangower
(C.I.R.)
Jow, Ah
1866/00/00
Killed
35 Y. O.
Fall of earth
Castlemaine
Campbells Creek
(Dig. Evans)
Joyce, Thomas
1874/07/22
Killed
Married,
3
Beechworth
Wood's Point
(C.I.R.)
Judd, John
1875/05/29
Killed
Married,
5
Maryborough
Maryborough
(C.I.R.)
Judd, Thomas
1862/04/26
Killed
28 Y. O.(Photo H/S)
Gibralter QMC. H/S
Ballarat
Steiglitz
Dickers M. R. (Cem.H/S)
Judd, Thomas
1906/00/00
Injured
Ballarat
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jude, Henry
1891/04/20
Injured
Single, 33 Y. O.
Maryborough
Maryborough
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jukes, William
1891/01/31
Injured
Single, 32 Y. O.
Ballarat
Central
(A.R.Sec.Mines)
Jullen, Henry
1880/03/12
Injured
Compo
Ballarat
Blackwood
(C.I.R.)
Jury, James
1870/00/00
Killed
Fall down shaft
Castlemaine
Maldon
(Dig. Evans)
Jury, John A.
1954/05/07
Killed
Accident inquest date
(Dig. Evans)