Falcon (Iron Ore)

Finlinson, William, 29 Jun 1899, aged 31, Miner, The overman told deceased and his mates to take down some bad ground. These instructions were attended to, but apparently the work was not well performed, as the fall came from that part of the working which they had been dressing down [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Regan, Denis, 08 Mar 1901, aged 50, Miner, Deceased and three other men were engaged sliping or slicing a pillar of ore. At the time of the accident they had a hole charged and ready for firing, when without any warning part of the side which the shot was intended to blast down suddenly slipped off from a slippery parting and caught Regan. The overman had visited the place about an hour previously and thought all was in proper order [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Scott, William, 10 Nov 1902, aged 52, Miner, one side of the working place, which was about 14 feet high, consisted of solid ore; the worked out ground or goaf, partly open, being opposite ; props were set on this open side and backed up with stones and timber to within four feet of the roof ; this protection proved inadequate, as a large stone falling in the goaf, knocked out a prop and caught deceased

Tallon, John, 26 Jun 1903, aged 31, Miner, The ore here lies between the older grits and the superincumbent limestone, extending into the latter formation as guts and irregular masses which had been worked upwards near the place of accident, leaving small areas of ore as a thin bed, and deceased and his mate were following such a deposit away from the side of an old road, the floor of which was grit and the roof and sides (above the ore) limestone. The overman examined the place half an hour before the accident, and told them to put in two props, and they were preparing a footing for them, when a mass of limestone, weighing over 9 tons, snapped off from the face above the ore, killing deceased.