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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
Mahoney, Patrick 3 1866-09-26 Fall of coal Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Maiden, William J. 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Mailman, John 2 1952-01-14 Gas explosion MacGregor Mine Pictou County Coal
Main, William 2 1919-03-25 Struck by runaway box St. George Mine Cumberland County Coal
Maine, Donald A. 2 1937-07-22 Springhill No. 4 Cumberland County Coal
Major, Joseph 2 1938-12-06 Broken cable on riding rake Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Malloy, John 2 1913-06-02 Fall of roof coal Dominion No. 4 Cape Breton County Coal
Maloney, James 2 1973-08-06 Natural causes River Hebert Coal Mine Cumberland County Coal
Manning, Harold 2 1916-03-26 Killed by trip Colburn Mine Hants County Coal
Manning, John 2 1873-05-13 Explosion of gas Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Marsh, Francis 2 1951-10-11 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Marsh, Henry 2 1943-05-22 Dominion No. 25 Cape Breton County Coal
Marsh, James 2 1911-01-26 Fall of rib coal Dominion No. 4 Cape Breton County Coal
Marsh, Russel 2 1959-11-06 Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Marsh, Thomas 2 1938-08-04 Bras d'Or Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Marshall, Thomas 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Marshall, William 2 1900-08-29 Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Martel, James 2 1958-01-10 Dominion No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
Martell, Charles 2 1873-10-23 Crushed by wagons Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Martell, John Alexander 2 1970-07-07 Squeezed between two boxes #29 W Material Landing No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Martell, Louis 2 1926-08-27 Falling pit timber Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Donald 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Francis 2 1942-06-26 Dominion No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, George 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Martin, George 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Martin, Glenn David 1992-05-09 Explosion Westray Mine Pictou County Coal
Martin, Henry 2 1960-11-08 Dominion No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Isadore 2 1934-10-23 Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, John 2 1935-06-26 Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, John 2 1918-08-21 Runaway mine-car Jubilee Mine No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Martin, John 2 1894-03-10 Piece of coal from roof Reserve Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Joseph 2 1917-07-25 Explosion Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Michael 2 1901-06-20 Fatally injured; whirled around a shaft Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Martin, Roderick 2 1917-10-28 Carbonic acid gas. Gas escaped from Draeger apparatus he was wearing. Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Mason, Arthur 2 1944-07-10 Dominion No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
Mason, Stanley 2 1927-11-04 Fall of coal Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Masur, John 2 1931-01-28 Fall of coal Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
Matheson, Fred 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Matheson, George 2 1938-03-17 Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Matheson, Hugh Thomas 2 1895-08-31 Taking down top coal Springhill No. 1 Cumberland County Coal
Matheson, James E. 2 1971-02-23 Struck by a trip of material No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Matlock, John 2 1937-10-20 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Matthews, George W. 2 1917-07-25 Explosion Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
May, George 2 1887-04-02 Fatally hurt Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
McAldine, William 2 1910-01-10 Fall of stone Sydney No. 4 Cape Breton County Coal
McAloney, Robert 2 1920-03-30 Struck by runaway box. Died six days later Maple Leaf Mine Pictou County Coal
McArthur, John F. 2 1934-02-22 Acadia No. 3 Pictou County Coal
McAskill, Malcolm 2 1943-04-14 Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
McAulay, John 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
McAulay, Joseph 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal

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