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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 1651 to 1700 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Knox, John 3 1870-09-13 Explosion of powder Montague Halifax County Gold
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
Mitchell, James 3 1898 Fall down shaft or drowning Montague Halifax County Gold
Whitemore, John 3 1880-11-25 Fall from tub Montague Halifax County Gold
Davidson, Lional 1 1939-02-08 Run of ore in slope Montague Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
LaPierre, Terrance 1 1938-04-25 Premature firing of explosives Montague Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
MacDonald, Allan 1 1937-10-06 Drilled into explosive in socket Montague Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
Peterson, Gus 1 1937-09-22 Injured while timbering Montague Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
Laws, James 6 1893 Drowned, Coroner's inquest Dec.29 Montague, Symon-Kaye Mine Halifax County Gold
McKenzie, Hector 2 1867-02-28 Fall of stone Montreal & Pictou Mine Pictou County Coal
Magill, Herman Russell 11 1936-04-20 Collapse of mine shaft Moose River Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
Monk, Thomas 3 1901 Fall of part of the pillar Moose River, Baltimore and Nova Scotia Mining Co. Halifax County Gold
1 1943-00 Fall of rock from face Mosher Quarry, Windsor Plaster Co. Ltd. Hants County Other minerals
Cameron, Alex 2 1888-11-05 Crushed by boiler Mount Pleasant Acadia Coal Company English Slope Mine Pictou County Coal
Frew, William 15 1906-09 Explosion Mount Pleasant Acadia Coal Company English Slope Mine Pictou County Coal
Gunn, Stanley 15 1906-09 Explosion Mount Pleasant Acadia Coal Company English Slope Mine Pictou County Coal
Baxter, James 3 1867-01-03 Explosion of powder Mount Uniacke Hants County Gold
McLellan, Hector 3 1868-10-08 Explosion of powder Mulgrave, (Isaac's Harbour) Guysborough County Gold
McPherson, C. 3 1868-09-08 Fall of stone Mulgrave, (Isaac's Harbour) Guysborough County Gold
Boutilier, Sydney 2 1934-12-03 N.S.Steel & Coal Co. Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Bradley, Charles H. 1 1959-05-25 Crushed by truck running off bench Nappan Quarry, Gypsum Lime & Alabastine Ltd. Cumberland County Other minerals
Carey, William 2 1905-09-15 New Campbellton Mine Victoria County Coal
MacArthur, Harry 2 1970-01-13 Killed on main haulage deep No. 12 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
MacLean, Lester 2 1971-01-04 Natural causes No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Mombourquette, Alphonse 2 1971-03-04 Natural causes No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Leadbeater, Earl 2 1973-03 Explosion & fire No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Ludlow, William 2 1969-06-24 No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
MacKenzie, Earl C. 2 1969-12-10 Fall of stone No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Legnaro, Benedict 2 1971-07-18 Natural causes No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Matheson, James E. 2 1971-02-23 Struck by a trip of material No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Poirier, Alex 2 1971-11-22 Natural causes No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacKenzie, Alex J. 2 1970-07-14 Struck by a trip on the South Angle No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacLellan, Earl 2 1973-01-18 Natural causes No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacDonald, Charles V. 2 1974-04-12 Workman jammed between 2 railway cars No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacInnis, John F. 2 1974-04-26 Struck by empty mine car trip No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Anderson, James R. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Cooke, William 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Hall, Albert 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacNeil, John A. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacNeil, Reginald A. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Matheson, Fred 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Mills, Wayne 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Purcell, Paul F. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Roberts, Michael 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Sharpe, Clifford 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Ward, Fabian E. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Young, Michael F. 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
MacDonald, Ronald 2 1984-04-05 Fire No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal

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