A list of 42 men who died when fire raged through the Mt Lyell Mine in 1912
Index has been updated our thanks to Richard Sansom for the additional names
For those asking the index was compiled from several sources, Queenstown cemetery records,Newspaper articles and additional information supplied by Richard from West Coast Heritage Authority Pty Ltd, PO
Box
70, Zeehan Tasmania
On Saturday morning 12 October 1912 between 11.15 and 11.30 am it was reported that the pump house on the 700' level was on fire. The following men all lost their lives in the fire and are all buried at the Queenstown General cemetery side by side mostly in unmarked graves.
| BIANCHINI Valentine | McCULLAGH |
| BOLTON W | McGOWAN Jack |
| BOURKE J | McLAUGHLIN B |
| BOURKE L | McMASTER A |
| BOWDEN J. | MITCHELL H |
| BRAY S | MOORE P. |
| CREEDEN John | O'DEA J |
| CREEN Charles | O'KEEFE Cornelius |
| DAVEY James | PARK J. |
| GAYS Thomas | QUAK C. |
| GUY H. | REILLY Paddy |
| HALL James | ROLFE Francis John |
| HILLS E. | ROLFE James Roland |
| HORNE W. | SAUNDERSON Thomas |
| JENKINS John | SCOTT Leonard |
| JONES W | SMITH John(Jack S) |
| LEEMAN J | STUDWELL J. |
| LEWIS Z | TREGONNING J |
| MAHER T | TREGONNING W |
| McCARTHY Joe | TREVERTON R |
| McCASLAND E | WRIGHT Harry |
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