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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 1551 to 1600 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Ferguson, John R. 2 1927-09-23 Kicked by horse Dominion No. 1B Cape Breton County Coal
McNeil, John 2 1927-10-03 Crushed by full boxes of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
McDougall, John 2 1927-10-16 Fall of roof. Died 5 October Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonnell, Dan 2 1927-10-17 Fall of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
Dalling, Timothy 2 1927-10-17 Killed by riding rake Intercolonial Mine No. 1 Pictou County Coal
Cameron, Archie 2 1927-11-03 Fall of coal Inverness No. 1 Inverness County Coal
Mason, Stanley 2 1927-11-04 Fall of coal Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Young, George 2 1927-11-30 Fall of stone Colonial No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Willigher, Mark 7 1927-12-27 Springhill No. 6 Cumberland County Coal
Alt, Herman 2 1928-01-10 Struck by block of wood Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
McDonald, John A. 2 1928-02-07 Injured by box Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Alex 2 1928-02-14 Fall of coal Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McKinnon, Murdoch 2 1928-02-22 Fall of coal Dominion No. 14 Cape Breton County Coal
Lee, Charles 2 1928-03-16 Fall of coal Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
McDougall, John J. 2 1928-04-09 Hit by small stone Dominion No. 14 Cape Breton County Coal
Steele, Alex 2 1928-04-11 Fall of stone Florence Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Keigan, Patrick 2 1928-06-19 Fall of stone Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Gallant, Raymond 2 1928-06-28 Killed by rake Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Penny, William J. 2 1928-07-03 Fall of coal Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Rose, James 2 1928-07-06 Fall of stone Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Blackwood, Fraser 2 1928-07-24 Struck by runaway box Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Jones, William 2 1928-07-28 Steel rail ralling from car Florence Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Pendergrast, John 2 1928-08-06 Fall of stone Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Brown, Michael 2 1928-08-06 Fall of coal Dominion No. 14 Cape Breton County Coal
Murphy, John 2 1928-08-08 Crushed by runaway box Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Hamilton, James Y. 2 1928-08-13 Fall of coal Drummond No. 5 Pictou County Coal
Greene, Mark 2 1928-09-03 Gas explosion Colonial No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, John 2 1928-09-05 Fall of coal Dominion No. 24 Cape Breton County Coal
Meagher, Milton 2 1928-09-17 Fall of stone Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Dunlap, Robert 2 1928-09-29 Fell off tub in shaft Kemptown Mine Colchester County Coal
Allen, Solomon 2 1928-10-31 Run over by full trip of boxes Maple Leaf No. 4 Pictou County Coal
O'Handley, Michael 2 1928-11-06 Caught between box and rib Dominion No. 14 Cape Breton County Coal
McNeil, Charles 2 1928-11-10 Struck by empty runaway tram Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Johnstone, Archie 2 1928-11-20 Boiler explosion Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Molnar, Stefan 2 1928-11-22 Injured by timber Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Phalen, Edward 2 1928-12-18 Fall of stone Dominion No. 1B Cape Breton County Coal
Stephens, Wendell 2 1928-12-29 Caught in conveyor in boiler room Dominion No. 1A Cape Breton County Coal
Murphy, John 2 1929-01-12 Fall of coal Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
Nelson, William J. 2 1929-01-19 Caught between boom and car Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Kendell, William 2 1929-02-19 Fall of stone Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Waye, Samuel 2 1929-03-02 Killed by chain block Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Bonner, Harry 2 1929-03-20 Fall of stone Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Guyaux, George 2 1929-04-08 Fall of stone Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Dean, Thomas 2 1929-04-17 Fall of stone Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
Turner, David 2 1929-04-24 Squeezed between rib and box Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
Aucoin, Denis M. 3 1929-06-08 Suffocation Cheticamp, Atlantic Gypsum Products Inverness County Other minerals
Aucoin, James A. 3 1929-06-08 Suffocation Cheticamp, Atlantic Gypsum Products Inverness County Other minerals
Clarke, John 2 1929-06-14 Fall of stone Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
Bishop, James 2 1929-06-26 Fall of coal Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Dash, Julian 2 1929-07-02 Killed by boxes Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal

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