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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 1401 to 1450 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Williams, John 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wilson, Thomas 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wood, George 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wry, Edgar 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wry, Henry 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Armishaw, Herbert 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill No. 1 Cumberland County Coal
Anderson, Arthur 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill, East Slope No. 1 Cumberland County Coal
Livingstone, Augustus 3 1866-11-15 Explosion of powder Waverley Halifax County Gold
Shaw, Allen 3 1866-11-15 Explosion of powder Waverley Halifax County Gold
McCool, David 3 1866-10-03 Explosion of powder Wine Harbour, Eldorado Co. Guysborough County Gold
Baxter, James 3 1867-01-03 Explosion of powder Mount Uniacke Hants County Gold
Bennois, John 2 1867-10-23 Explosion of powder Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Conway, John 2 1868-08-07 Explosion of powder Aspe Bay Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McLellan, Hector 3 1868-10-08 Explosion of powder Mulgrave, (Isaac's Harbour) Guysborough County Gold
McDonald, D. 2 1869-09-23 Explosion of powder Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Knox, John 3 1870-09-13 Explosion of powder Montague Halifax County Gold
Leadbeater, John 2 1872-06-13 Explosion of powder Intercolonial Mine Pictou County Coal
Machuniski, Michael 2 1913-09-15 Explosion of powder Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
McMullen, Kenneth 2 1871-04-18 Explosion of powder or fall of coal Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Gillies, Angus 2 1878-03-08 Explosion of steam boiler Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
Watts, Alexander 2 1878-03-08 Explosion of steam boiler Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
, Bulgarian man 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
, Bulgarian man 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
, Bulgarian man 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
, Bulgarian man 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
Beaton, Malcolm 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
Campbell, John 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
Gillis, Lauchlin 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
McDonald, A. R. 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
McDonald, D. R. 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
McKenzie, William 2 1908-02-07 Explosion on No. 3 Level South Port Hood Mine Inverness County Coal
Nicholson, Philip 2 1917-07-25 Explosion. Lost his life in rescue work Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Pietchieck, Carl 2 1917-07-25 Explosion. Lost his life in rescue work Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
McKenzie, John H. 2 1917-07-25 Explosion. Lost his life in rescue work Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Sweet, Eben 2 1902-04-14 Fall down chute Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Boyd, Angus 3 1872-06-05 Fall down shaft Meridan Gold Mine Guysborough County Gold
Hickman, Henry 2 1869-01-29 Fall down shaft Marsh Mine Pictou County Coal
Palmer, Robert 2 1869-01-29 Fall down shaft Marsh Mine Pictou County Coal
Hatch, William 3 1869-09-07 Fall down shaft Uniacke Hants County Gold
Mount, John A. 3 1866-12-10 Fall down shaft Waverley Halifax County Gold
Jose, Henry 13 1865-11-10 Fall down shaft Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Sumners, William 2 1872-04-17 Fall down shaft Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Burchell, John 2 1877-06-20 Fall down shaft Sydney Mines Cape Breton County Coal
Mitchell, James 3 1898 Fall down shaft or drowning Montague Halifax County Gold
Gualtieri, Natali 2 1895-01-16 Fall from roof Springhill No. 1 Slope Cumberland County Coal
Horone, William 2 1895-02-26 Fall from roof Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Glenn, Alexander 2 1895-04-10 Fall from roof at working face Acadia Mine Pictou County Coal
Whitemore, John 3 1880-11-25 Fall from tub Montague Halifax County Gold
Weeks, John W. 3 1911 Fall in shaft Caribou Gold Mines Halifax County Gold
Whidden, Thomas H. 3 1876-07-03 Fall of a tub in a shaft Goldenville Guysborough County Gold

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