82 
STATEMENT No. 2. 
Fatal Accidents. 
Showing tlie Number of Persons Killed in Alluvial and Quartz Mining respectively in each of the several 
Mining Districts of Victoria in every Year from 1874 to 1884 inclusive. 
Alluvial Mining. 
Quartz Mining. 
Total. 
District. 
r- 
X 
o 
i- 
x 
CO 
1- 
CO 
£ 
CO 
£ 
CO 
o 
r- 
GO 
o 
X 
CO 
H 
co 
CO 
X 
CO 
CO 
X 
CO 
as 
CO 
h* 
CO 
o 
t— 
CO 
CO 
co 
r- 
co 
co 
j- 
co 
Cl 
i- 
co 
o 
co 
co 
X 
X 
Cl 
X 
CO 
cc 
X 
X 
3 
X 
r- 
X 
o 
X 
CO 
t— 
X 
X 
X 
s 
Cl 
i- 
X 
o 
X 
X 
>—i 
X 
X 
CJ 
X 
X 
CO 
X 
X 
X 
X 
r-* 
p—1 
rH 
f-H 
»—H 
—* 
f—1 
r-H 
Ballarat ... 
16 
14 
11 
14 
7 
9 
7 
9 
32 
s 
10 
10 
6 
12 
8 
5 
4 
S 
9 
5 
6 
1 
26 
20 
23 
22 
12 
13 
15 
18 
37 
14 
11 
Beechworth 
5 
6 
4 
4 
2 
6 
5 
4 
3 
o 
1 
3 
3 
... 
1 
... 
3 
2 
1 
2 
o 
1 
8 
9 
4 
5 
2 
9 
7 
5 
5 
< 4 
2 
Sandhurst... 
o 
5 
o 
2 
1 
2 
o 
... 
... 
1 
21 
25 
7 
12 
11 
11 
12 
21 
10 
17 
9 
23 
30 
9 
14 
11 
12 
14 
23 
10 
17 
10 
Maryborough 
r* 
l 
6 
9 
5 
1 
3 
i 
4 
6 
9 
4 
3 
2 
1 
1 
4 
1 
... 
1 
1 
5 
1 
10 
8 
10 
6 
5 
4 
1 
5 
7 
14 
5 
Castlemaine 
6 
3 
4 
4 
2 
5 
3 
7 
3 
3 
5 
7 
3 
... 
4 
2 
3 
3 
4 
2 
3 
o 
13 
6 
4 
8 
4 
8 
6 
11 
5 
6 
7 
Ararat 
1 
6 
1 
4 
1 
1 
3 
o 
3 
... 
o 
5 
2 
4 
4 
4 
1 
2 
6 
1 
1 
1 
6 
8 
5 
8 
5 
2 
5 
8 
4 
1 
3 
Gippsland... 
1 
o 
1 
... 
1 
1 
3 
... 
1 
3 
... 
1 
1 
1 
... 
3 
2 
4 
o 
... 
1 
1 
... 
o 
“ 
2 
3 
3 
3 
Totals ... 
38 
42 
31 
33 
14 
33 
22 
29 
50 
22 
24 
52 
41 
25 
31 
26 
23 
28 
43 
21 
3717 
1 1 
90 
83 
55 
64 
40 
48 
50 
72 
71 
59 
* « 
41 
STATEMENT No. 3. 
Showing the Causes of Fatal Accidents in each of the last Eleven Years (1874-1884). 
Cause of Death. 
Number of Persons killed in— 
Total 
for 
Eleven 
Years. 
1874. 
1875. 
1876. 
1877. 
1878. 
1879. 
18S0. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884. 
Falls of earth or rock underground 
35 
45 
26 
20 
16 
17 
22 
28 
19 
18 
14 
260 
Falls of earth on surface 
10 
13 
9 
9 
5 
12 
8 
12 
7 
4 
7 
96 
Men falling down shafts... 
19 
6 
7 
15 
7 
S 
8 
5 
5 
12 
7 
99 
Men falling down winzes or shoots 
3 
... 
2 
... 
1 
2 
1 
1 
3 
13 
Falls of materials down shafts 
2 
3 
4 
3 
4 
3 
1 
7 
4 
4 
1 
36 
„ „ winzes, &c. 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
1 
1 
2 
Cage accidents ... 
2 
3 
2 
5 
o 
2 
3 
7 
6 
10 
1 
43 
Falls of timber underground 
3 
4 
1 
... 
1 
... 
9 
Machinery in motion 
5 
o 
i 
... 
... 
2 
4 
1 
2 
17 
Flooding of mines 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
23 
... 
23 
Explosion of charges of powder ... 
o 
4 
2 
... 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
16 
,, nitro-glycerine com- 
5 
1 
... 
1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
3 
17 
pounds 
,, gun-cotton... 
1 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
1 
Explosions of fire-damp... 
... 
... 
1 
... 
... 
... 
1 
Explosions of stored explosives ... 
... 
1 
... 
2 
1 
1 
... 
1 
6 
Explosions of boilers 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
1 
... 
1 
Truck accidents 
1 
... 
1 
1 
1 
4 
Foul air 
... 
1 
... 
2 
1 
o 
6 
Miscellaneous ... 
5 
1 
3 
2 
... 
3 
3 
2 
... 
4 
... 
23 
Totals... 
90 
83 
55 
64 
40 
48 
50 
72 
71 
59 
41 
673 
