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The mine was reopened after four months and suffered surprisingly little damage from the explosion. In 1923, the Queensland Government bought it from the operators. It was in operation until 1957, although it was heavily subsidised after World War II. The mine's final demise occurred with the completion of the Tully Falls hydro electricity ...
Australia's QCoal said on Saturday that workers at its Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland state had been sent home pending a probe into the death of a worker at the site on Thursday. Brisbane ...
The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921. [264] Boating accident: Wilson Inlet, Western Australia: 7: 1911 Nov 5: Seven members of the same family drowned when a small yacht Little Wonder was hit by a squall. [265] Boating accident: Lake Hume, New South Wales ...
Goonyella-Riverside coal mine outrush of coal and water – 1991 [12] South Bulli coal mine incident resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991 [13] Western Main coal mine Pillar Collapse resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991 [14] Moura Open Cut coal mine incident resulting in death of 2 miners and serious injury to 2 others – 1993 [15]
Mining disasters such as the 1954 accident at Collinsville usually led to improvements in mine safety. The Mount Mulligan accident (1921), resulting in the deaths of 75 men and boys, led to the introduction of the Coal Mining Act (1925) which included at least seven new safety provisions. Similarly, the Collinsville accident led to the addition ...
The Box Flat Mine was serviced by the Bundamba-Swanbank coal line. After the Box Flat Mine closure the need to transport coal to fuel the power station became imperative. The Bundamba-Swanbank coal line transported most coal to the power station, so an additional balloon loop was built for the delivery of coal. There are now two balloon loops ...
A plan of the mine showing the site of the explosion, from the royal commission into the accident. The Torbanlea Colliery Disaster was a 1900 mining accident near the town of Torbanlea in the colony of Queensland (now a state of Australia) that claimed the lives of five workers. [1]
The cemetery contains the graves of the seven men killed in the October 1954 accident at Collinsville State Mine, Queensland's worst mining disaster for over 30 years. As such it is closely associated with an event that brought the issue of mine safety to public attention throughout the state and prompted legislated changes to mine safety ...