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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 ...
The Box Flat Mine disaster occurred on the 31 July 1972 [1] when 17 miners lost their lives after an underground gas and coal dust explosion, 14 men who were working in the vicinity of the explosion and three miners who were working on a belt adjacent to the mine entrance. An eighteenth man Clarence Edwin Wolski died on 20 February 1974 as a ...
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]
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]
A rescue operation in Colorado to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured. 12 rescued from ...
When the battered body of Darryl Lewis is found dumped outside an ambulance station, police began an investigation that becomes one of the longest running in Queensland's history. Episode 8 (Part 1) In 1998, Wollongong was gripped by fear after the brutal deaths of shopkeeper David O'Hearn and Lord Mayor Frank Arkell. Episode 9 (Part 2)
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 ...
The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland (UQ) is a research institute focused on understanding and implementing the principles of sustainable development through engagement with industry contacts from geology to mining, processing and disposal. [1]