| Metropolitan Colliery | |||||
| Fatalities or Died Later from Injuries | |||||
| (For more information, please contact the Helensburgh & District Historical Society) | |||||
| Family Name | First Name | Remarks from Headstone transcription, Dep Mines Annual Report, Newspaper, etc. | Died | Age | |
| Davis | Richard William | Shaft sinker , “Killed by a stone scaling ofside and falling down shaft” (—scaling “off”side–?) | 11/1/1887 | 32 | |
| Turnbull | William Cuthbert | Mr C.W. Turnbull, one of the contractors for the sinking of the shaft on the Metropolitan Coal Company’s property at Helensburgh, met with his death while down the shaft on Wednesday night, He was only 31 (sic) years of age, and leaves a Widow and two young children. (S:-I Merc 30 June 1888) | 27/6/1888 | 32 | |
| Harper | Charles | Surface – P131 “By a wire rope in motion” P 132 “Thrown over an embankment by a wire rope slipping” P161 “By the tackling slipping off the wire rope whilst he was in the act of removing a boiler”. | 4/8/1888 | 53 | |
| McNamara | Francis | Shaft sinker, “Fatal Injuries by a stone falling down a sinking shaft” | 21/4/1889 | 32 | |
| Paterson | George Burt | “who was severely crushed from fall of stone from the roof while drawing props in the pillar work, from the effects of which he died the same day” | 21/1/1893 | 42 | |
| Welch | Osmond Arthur | Page 94 “Fatal Injury from a fall of coal, 11 May” “He lived a few days and died from the effects” | 17/5/1893 | 33 | |
| Vickery | Giles | Miner, “Killed by a fall of Stone in his working place in the Metropolitan Colliery” | 17/2/1896 | 50 | |
| Shipton | Henry JL | “Accidently Killed By a Blow of Gas in the Metropolitan Coal mine Helensburgh”. The three men were working in the No7 west heading when an outburst of coal and gas took place and the men were suffocated by gas (firedamp) and coal dust before they could be rescued. (Killed; Pugh & Barton were miners, Shipton, a wheeler, and his horse) | 10 /6/1896 | 20 | |
| Pugh | Enoch | 37 | |||
| Barton | James | 49 | |||
| Hickman | Oliver | Miner, “Death was caused by a fall of coal at the working face, place was well timbered” Died PA Hospital |
21/10/1899 | 41 | |
| Downes | Arnold James | Miner, “Downes was in the act of passing a horse at the No2 flat, there was a space of 18inches between a tub and the horse and as he attempted to pass, the horse squashed him against the tub, he died 4 days later.” | 4/06/1901 | 40 | |
| Watson | Henry James | “Killed Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh”. D/Mines Rep, says struck by a piece of falling coal at the face, Died approx. 20 minutes later | 18/12/1902 | 48 | |
| Lombard | David | “From Accidental Falling of Stone From Roof. D/Mines Rep, says struck by a piece of falling stone at the face, Died a few minutes later. | 13/05/1903 | 56 | |
| Brien | Thomas | Died of injuries 5 days after being crushed between the limbers and the corner of a tub (accident date 26/1/1904) | 30/01/1904 | 26 | |
| Passalick Alias Williams | Antonio alias Thomas |
“Died at Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh”. “Killed by a fall of coal at the face of a “10 yard” Welsh Bord” | 27/10/1904 | 40 | |
| Lenham | James William | Drawing timber out of a three way “lift”—deceased was attempting to take out the last set of timber, when the roof fell on him, crushing his head and breaking his thigh, Death was instantaneous.” | 22/10/1908 | 25 | |
| Cunningham | Emile Wenlock | “Deceased by some means unknown, got in front of a set of water tank and trolley of props attached to an endless rope. Found by a Deputy under a trolley, quite dead, having received frightful injuries.” | 17/12/1908 | 16 | |
| Hunt | Negis Edwin | Roadsman in federal District “Knocked down by a wheelers horse and crushed under the first of at set of five full tubs—– He died almost Immediately | 8/07/1910 | 39 | |
| Brodie | Thomas | Fitter ‘Fell down Air Shaft | 29/06/1913 | 28 | |
| Potter | Alexander | Miner, Commonwealth district. “3 tons of coal fell away knocking him against a full tub – injury to lungs + – removed to his home then Prince Alfred Hospital on same day where he died on arrival” | 2/08/1915 | 30 | |
| Hargrave | Charles Philip | “Killed in Metropolitan Mine Helensburgh”. Run over by two tubs and died before reaching pit bottom. | 24/10/1916 | 36 | |
| Edwards alias Russell | Joseph | Miner, Commonwealth district. ” fall of roof, the outby edge knocked him down, was found partially buried . He was removed to Prince Afred Hospital the same evening where he died. | 12/04/1917 | 47 | |
| Vardy | James | “Who died from Injuries Received in the Metropolitan Mine” “Greaser, Struck by 2 tubs, died in Prince Alfred Hospital the next day | 4/02/1920 | 73 | |
| Vernon | Francis CT | “Died from injuries received at the Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh” Clipper slipped & fell. Crushed by skips fracturing spine, died 21 days later | 22/11/1924 | 22 | |
| Green | Fred | “Accidently killed at Helensburgh Mine Through Blow out of gas” (Common Grave) “due to an outburst of natural gas from the top of an upthrow fault “ | 27/07/1925 | 33 | |
| West | George | 27/07/1925 | 27 | ||
| Buxton | George | “Died from injuries received at the Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh” “Miner was killed by a fall of spar and stone from the face of his working place.” Date of accident 12/08/1927 | 13/08/1927 | 26 | |
| Bendon | William | “Result of Accident at Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh”. On 18 Nov. Working at Face stone rolled onto leg causing compound fracture, A week or two later it was found necessary to amputate but he died after the operation. | 7/12/1931 | 58 | |
| Sweeney | John | Assistant Deputy Sweeny stepped inside a fence surrounding a return wheel to apply oil. His right leg became caught between the rope and the rim. He was dragged around the rim and killed instantly | 19/01/1932 | 59 | |
| Hewitt | John | “Killed Metropolitan Colliery”. Killed instantly by a fall of roof stone at the face in the 4 West section, the stone measuring 4′ 8 in length x 2′ x 2’10, | 10/07/1934 | 54 | |
| Thomas | George | “Accidently Killed Metropolitan Mine Helensburgh.” This accident occurred during the war years and it has been difficult to get the Mines Dept. particulars JA | 7/07/1942 | 53 | |
| Hill | George Robert | Obituary.:- “After a long illness due to a serious accident in the Metropolitan Colliery Helensburgh” This accident occurred during the war years and it has been difficult to get the particulars JA | 31/01/1952 | 51 | |
| Senescall | Vernard W | both ‘lost their lives by asphyxiation and a boring machine operator was rendered unconscious when an outburst of noxious gas took place” “in No 11 bord, on No2 North Disrtict in the Bulli seam” | 2/12/1954 | 38 | |
| Jennings | Lionel | 32 | |||
| Rae | John North Stephen “Jack” | A deputy was run over and killed by a laden shuttlecar | 6/10/1965 | 59 | |
| Cross | Clifford Thomas | Cliff died at RPA Hospital , 3 days after a blow to the head, which he received when he fell from a ladder underground. JA | 5/02/1968 | 54 | |
| Payne | Robert George | “Accidently Killed 17 October 1974” | 17/10/1974 | 54 | |
| Kerr | Gary | By some means Gary Kerr appears to have fallen onto a moving belt conveyor and was carried several hundred metres until, when partly off the belt, he became jammed between the belt and its structure. | 9/04/1992 | 38 | |
| Jarman | Terence John | Periodic Journey Returning Home to Bomaderry | 16/09/1995 | 56 | |