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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 1451 to 1500 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Hale, Milledge 2 1938-12-16 Intercolonial Mine No. 5 Pictou County Coal
Muir, Robert 2 1921-03-08 Fall of stone from roof Intercolonial Mine No. 5 Pictou County Coal
Cyr, William 2 1920-11-10 Struck by empty box Intercolonial Mine No. 5 Pictou County Coal
McInnis, John 2 1908-04-08 Fall of stone International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Gouthro, Simon 2 1907-02-19 Fell down water shaft International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Rocker, R. 2 1906-04-28 Fall of stone from roof International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McKinnon, Mick 2 1904-01-12 Fall of stone from roof International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McVicar, Alexander 2 1904-06-24 Fall of coal from face International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Luckman, John 3 1870-12-13 Crushed by cage International Mine Pictou County Coal
Downie, John 2 1873-11-01 Run over by train International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McLean, Joseph 2 1873-08-14 Crushed by train International Mine Pictou County Coal
Neville, John 2 1873-07-16 Crushed by train International Mine Pictou County Coal
Cameron, John 2 1895-07-08 Cut by piece of stone from roof International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McCormick, Vin 2 1893-11-23 Fall of roof coal at face International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Fortune, James 2 1894-07-21 Full trip on deep road International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McIntyre, Donald 3 1901-03-15 Caught by runaway coal box from bank on surface International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Leonard, Alfred 3 1900-10-08 Killed getting in cage at pit bottom International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Cassidy, William 2 1906-12-05 Struck by a rack on main slope Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Aird, Finlay 2 1907-05-14 Fell from riding rake on main slope Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Gillis, Dan A. 2 1907-07-20 Fatally injured while riding in empty trip, rope broke Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Gillis, Dan A. 2 1908-02-24 Fall of coal and rock in pillars Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Jones, Harry 2 1908-09-05 Fall of stone and coal No. 7 balance, No.5 east level Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McLean, D. A. 2 1908-08-21 Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13 foot seam Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McDonald, Ranald 2 1911-01-24 Fall of coal. Head crushed Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McNeil, Neil S. 2 1911-09-26 Run over by balance cage. Died three hours after accident Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Fraser, Robert 3 1909-10-29 Fall of roof coal. Right leg broken in two places, badly bruised across back, cut side, bled to death Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McLeod, D. H. 2 1913-01-29 Struck by fall of frozen briquettes Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Ross, Angus 2 1913-12-20 Stepped in front of moving balance box Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Gillis, Simon D. 2 1920-09-26 Fall of rock Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Assiff, Joseph 2 1921-08-26 Hit by rake on level. Died 28 August Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Large, August 2 1921-08-09 Fell down chute Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Young, Ninian 2 1919-09-23 Injured by dynamite shot. Died a day later Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McDonald, Alexander T. 2 1918-04-30 Struck by mine-car. Died ten days later Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Beaumeister, Otto 2 1914-09-04 Fall of coal Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
DeCoste, Bernard 2 1914-12-14 Fall of coal Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Keating, Edward 2 1914-06-30 Cage struck timber, knocking roof down Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McDonald, Murdock A. 2 1914-12-29 Fell underneath boxes of coal while in motion while getting on full rake Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McIsaac, Dougald 2 1939-08-24 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McKinnon, Dan 2 1937-06-11 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
McLean, John 2 1937-01-09 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Doucet, J. S. 2 1941-10-28 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Poirier, Joseph 2 1941-01-29 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Muise, Patrick 2 1946-01-28 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Dixon, Alex 2 1943-07-27 Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
Chisholm, William 2 1925-05-23 Killed by runaway box Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
Cameron, Archie 2 1927-11-03 Fall of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
McDonnell, Dan 2 1927-10-17 Fall of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
McNeil, John 2 1927-10-03 Crushed by full boxes of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
McDougall, Daniel 2 1924-02-07 Fall of stone Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
McIsaac, Neil 2 1924-02-07 Fall of stone Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal

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