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Men in the Mines

A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 1201 to 1250 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Steele, Hugh 2 1914-12-11 By full trip Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
McLeod, Malcolm 2 1918-11-30 Fall of stone and till Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Boutilier, Seth 2 1916-04-27 Trip ran over him. Died seven days later Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Feit, Frank 2 1926-05-21 Fall of stone Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Reid, John N. 2 1923-12-27 Dynamite explosion Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Napier, James 2 1934-01-18 Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Cook, James I. 2 1914-06-01 Fall of stone Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Ghysels, August 2 1914-05-29 Fall of stone at face Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Neary, Andrew 2 1914-07-31 Fell under moving car Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Degaust, Alexander 2 1915-07-03 Fall of stone Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Dye, Charles 2 1915-06-17 Killed by cars on the surface, colliery yard Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Cronius, Stephen 2 1917-07-18 Fall of roof Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Gilhomes, R.D. 2 1917-03-23 Run over by trip of cars Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
McPherson, D. 2 1917-04-21 Run over by trip of cars Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Campbell, James 2 1913-08-28 Fall of stone Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Nazoff, Castro 2 1913-09-11 Jammed between box and roof Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
McNeil, James 2 1911-01-30 Fall of stone Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Dan 2 1913-07-08 Fell over trestle Dominion No. 8 Cape Breton County Coal
Morrison, William 2 1913-11-23 Struck by box Dominion No. 8 Cape Breton County Coal
Morgan, Frank 2 1908-10-12 Killed by live wire Dominion No. 8 Cape Breton County Coal
Bozzan, Jacob 2 1913-06-28 Fall of stone Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
McFadden, Dan 3 1911-03-17 Struck by stone falling in man-shaft Dominion No. 9 Pictou County Coal
Braggs, Gideon 2 1909-12-11 Fall of coal Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Williams, Frank 2 1909-09-11 Killed by runaway box Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilson, Robert 2 1909-03-29 Fall of stone Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Barrett, Abe 2 1915-06-15 Fall of stone Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Saccrey, John W. 2 1915-10-20 Fall of roof Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Trente, Adam 2 1915-02-05 Killed by falling boom. Died 27 Feb. Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Bigley, John 2 1919-08-20 Fall of stone Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Kaspersky, Peter 3 1920-01-31 Fall of coal. Died 17 February Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Chase, Richard 2 1918-06-22 Caught between shaft and car Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, John 2 1918-01-24 Runaway car. Died six days later Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Wells, Horace 2 1923-10-17 Fall of stone Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Daniel A. 2 1925-01-30 Killed by coal tipple Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
Pace, Alexander W. 2 1925-03-04 Fall of stone Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
Skinner, Richard 2 1925-12-03 Fall of stone Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
Smeyers, Pierre 2 1925-10-01 Fall of stone Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
Taylor, John S. 2 1935-11-27 Dominion No. lB Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Mark 3 1915-05-19 Fall of roof Dominion No.16 Cape Breton County Coal
Ballantyne, George 2 1915-06-29 Run over by trip Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
McDonald, John 2 1915-06-29 Run over by trip Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Betts, William 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Josey, Emanuel 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
McKearney, Arthur 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
McKenzie, Lawrence 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
McMillan, Daniel L. 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Ryan, Frank 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Taylor, George F. 2 1914-04-02 Boiler Explosion Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Burke, Andrew 2 1917-09-13 Run over by railway car Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
McDonald, A. R. 2 1910-10-17 Fell in front of full trip Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal

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