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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 1251 to 1300 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Paul, Percy 2 1911-12-14 Smothered in Culm Car Cumberland District, No. 2 Surface Cumberland County Coal
Gillis, Frank L. 2 1941-07-15 Cumberland Railway & Coal Cumberland County Coal
Hunter, Joseph E. 2 1941-01-30 Cumberland Railway & Coal Cumberland County Coal
O'Brien, Thomas E. 2 1941-10-06 Cumberland Railway & Coal Cumberland County Coal
O'Rourke, Harvey 1981-01-24 Automatic assumption, died 12 April 1982 Cumberland Railway and Coal Company Cumberland County Coal
Hardcastle, E. 2 1911-05-12 Fall of stone Great Northern Mine Cumberland County Coal
Nicholson, Philip 2 1911-11-01 Fall of stone Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Landry, Fidel 2 1910-05-16 Fall of stone Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Burbine, John 2 1913-01-10 Runaway boxes Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Coleman, John 2 1908-12-24 Suffocated with smoke Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Sawyer, George 2 1908-12-24 Suffocated with smoke Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Ripley, Ira 2 1906-02-13 Fall of top coal Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Gibson, Harry 2 1915-06-14 Haulage rope breaking Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Jennings, Thomas 3 1915-06-01 Fall of stone Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Hall, William 2 1918-06-19 Fall of stone. Died fourteen hours later Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Terris, Samuel 2 1918-11-30 Two runaway cars. Died two days later Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
White, Amos 1889-11-04 Struck by rake in slope Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Pike, Jabez 2 1893-09-13 Run over by full rake Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Shannon, George 2 1921-11-02 Electrocuted by shock from cable or pavement Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
O'Regan, James 2 1924-01-30 Fall of coal Joggins Mine No. 7 Cumberland County Coal
Brown, Amos 2 1892-09-08 Runaway rake in slope Joggins Mines Cumberland County Coal
Burke, Charles 2 1883-07-11 Fall of coal Joggins Mines Cumberland County Coal
Lefavour, Emil 2 1898-02-17 Struck by cage loaded with box of stone Joggins No. 3 Slope Cumberland County Coal
Whalen, Matthew 2 1922-09-29 Fall of stone from roof Jubilee (Lower Seam) Cumberland County Coal
Flemming, Edward 2 1922-09-22 Found dead with Radial Coal cutting machine resting on body Jubilee Mine Cumberland County Coal
McKeigan, John R. 2 1922-11-15 Fall of stone from roof in level. Died 6 December Jubilee Mine Cumberland County Coal
Neal, George 2 1921-05-21 Fell down shaft Jubilee Mine Cumberland County Coal
Ackles, Charles 2 1909-02-02 Killed by runaway box Jubilee Mine Cumberland County Coal
Martin, John 2 1918-08-21 Runaway mine-car Jubilee Mine No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Doyle, John 2 1917-12-04 Fall of stone. Died five days later Kimberly Mine Cumberland County Coal
Hurley, William 2 1913-01-01 Tube of boiler burst Lawson Mine Cumberland County Coal
Long, William 2 1902-10-11 Maccan, Jubilee Mine Cumberland County Coal
Rector, Daniel 2 1912-05-21 Fall of stone Minudie (Cumberland District) Cumberland County Coal
Moffat, Clifford 2 1915-11-25 Fall of stone Minudie Mine Cumberland County Coal
Long, Lawrence 2 1922-04-12 Powder ignited by explosion of cartridge. Died 24 April Minudie No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Nicholson, James 2 1922-04-12 Powder ignited by explosion of cartridge. Died 26 April Minudie No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Bradley, Charles H. 1 1959-05-25 Crushed by truck running off bench Nappan Quarry, Gypsum Lime & Alabastine Ltd. Cumberland County Other minerals
McDonald, Allan 2 1922-09-22 Fall of stone No. 9 Cumberland County Coal
McKeigan, George Hector 2 1978-04-29 Fall of stone River Hebert Coal Mine Cumberland County Coal
Stevens, Hugh 2 1978-07-19 (Accident) Blasting incident 19 July, death 17 August River Hebert Coal Mine Cumberland County Coal
Burbine, Joseph 2 1969-04-01 Natural causes (seizure) River Hebert Coal Mine Cumberland County Coal
Maloney, James 2 1973-08-06 Natural causes River Hebert Coal Mine Cumberland County Coal
Thurbid, John 2 1919-06-20 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Theriault, Wilfred 2 1916-07-13 Killed by shot blowing through pillar Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Riclselts, Vincent 2 1913-05-07 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
White, Thomas 2 1914-12-16 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
McNeil, Dan H. 2 1912-08-11 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Stephenson, John E. 2 1912-09-26 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Lockhart, Charles 2 1874-12-05 Fall of coal Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Townsend, Leonard 2 1876-04-16 Crushed by drum, fall of a gin Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal

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