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1895 South Broken Hill Silver Mine
… the mine was so extensively timbered that he would have thought it almost impossible for …
1898 East Greta Colliery Fall of Roof
… and suffocation. There were no broken bones. He was almost certain that the death was … 1 tunnel daily, or as often as practicable. He pleaded guilty and was fined. Ground or …
1900 Greta Colliery Fire
… bumping to be coal bursting off the side….” He notified the Manager who had already … shaft and got within 50 yards of the fire. He was unable to get any closer due to the …
1900 Balmain Colliery - Winder
… their descent. At about 350 metres down, he heard a terrible crash when the bucket … the occupants to fall to the ground below. He had a firm grip of the iron-arched handle … in the bucket when it became upright again. He sustained a laceration to the left side of …