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A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 1651 to 1700 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
McKenzie, A. D. 2 1890-02-27 Fall of roof Vale Colliery, 6 Foot Seam Pictou County Coal
McDonald, J. R. 2 1877-12-13 Fall of roof Albion Mine, Foord Pit Pictou County Coal
McLeod, Murdoch 2 1886-05-03 Fall of roof Springhill No. 1 Cumberland County Coal
Nicseptote, Carmian 2 1913-10-03 Fall of roof Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Fry, Peter 2 1913-10-04 Fall of roof Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Shoder, Martin 2 1913-11-06 Fall of roof Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
Baxter, James 2 1913-01-29 Fall of roof Acadia Mine Pictou County Coal
Meulders, Gasper 2 1912-10-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Gardner, Michael A. 2 1916-07-24 Fall of roof Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
McNeil, Dan R. 2 1916-07-03 Fall of roof Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Yak, Nicholas 2 1916-02-11 Fall of roof Dominion No. 15 Cape Breton County Coal
Campbell, Hector 2 1916-11-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
McGrath, Patrick 2 1916-07-11 Fall of roof Dominion No. 15 Cape Breton County Coal
Cronius, Stephen 2 1917-07-18 Fall of roof Dominion No. 7 Cape Breton County Coal
Saccrey, John W. 2 1915-10-20 Fall of roof Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Mark 3 1915-05-19 Fall of roof Dominion No.16 Cape Breton County Coal
Ramsay, William 3 1915-05-19 Fall of roof Dominion No. 15 Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Allan 2 1915-08-05 Fall of roof Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Nevat, Andrew 2 1915-02-12 Fall of roof Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Petrie, James 2 1915-10-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Fraser, Preston 2 1913-02-07 Fall of roof Vale Mine Pictou County Coal
Pomyea, Daragha 2 1914-12-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Malloy, John 2 1913-06-02 Fall of roof coal Dominion No. 4 Cape Breton County Coal
Stently, William 2 1913-12-17 Fall of roof coal Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
Fergusson, John 2 1887-10-05 Fall of roof coal Gowrie Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McIver, Norman 2 1872-03-26 Fall of roof coal Victoria Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McLain, Hector 2 1895-10-26 Fall of roof coal Reserve Mine Cape Breton County Coal
MacNeil, Stephen 2 1904-02-29 Fall of roof coal Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Fraser, John E. 2 1921-04-18 Fall of roof coal Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
McCormick, Vin 2 1893-11-23 Fall of roof coal at face International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Scott, Joseph 2 1923-08-29 Fall of roof coal in backhead. Died 30 August Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
McLennan, Philip 2 1896-07-10 Fall of roof coal while loading Reserve Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Young, Alexander 2 1893-06-11 Fall of roof coal, died six weeks later Gowrie Mine Cape Breton 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
Boutilier, John 2 1897-12-10 Fall of roof stone Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Crowly, Eli 2 1898-08-29 Fall of roof stone Bridgeport Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Steele, Thomas 2 1887-09-21 Fall of roof stone Sydney Mines Cape Breton County Coal
Holland, Guthrie 2 1878-05-23 Fall of roof stone Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Burrows, John 2 1897-05-29 Fall of roof stone on new balance no.9 Springhill No. 3 Cumberland County Coal
Willis, William 2 1899-12-09 Fall of roof stone whilst driving Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Ferguson, James A. 2 1897-12-08 Fall of roof while opening no.1 slope Springhill No. 1 Slope Cumberland County Coal
McDougall, John 2 1927-10-16 Fall of roof. Died 5 October Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Carroll, Michael 3 1875-02-18 Fall of scaffords Montague Halifax County Gold
Kennedy, John 3 1875-02-18 Fall of scaffords Montague Halifax County Gold
McLeod, Thomas 2 1867-11-28 Fall of stone Lingan Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Hallow, John 3 1867-05-03 Fall of stone Waverley Halifax County Gold
Fraser, Simon 3 1867-11-16 Fall of stone Renfrew Hants County Gold
Cameron, D. 3 1867-10-19 Fall of stone Sherbrooke Guysborough County Gold
McKenzie, Hector 2 1867-02-28 Fall of stone Montreal & Pictou Mine Pictou County Coal
McPherson, C. 3 1868-09-08 Fall of stone Mulgrave, (Isaac's Harbour) Guysborough County Gold

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