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

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 1951 to 2000 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Paterson, William 2 1912-12-03 Fall of coal Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Patey, Robert 2 1937-12-06 Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Patten, John 2 1941-11-28 Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
Patton, W. 2 1883-02-17 Suffocated by carbonic oxide Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Paul, Charles E. 2 1953-08-25 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Paul, George 2 1937-05-29 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Paul, John 2 1956-04-23 Tomson Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Paul, Percy 2 1911-12-14 Smothered in Culm Car Cumberland District, No. 2 Surface Cumberland County Coal
Peach, William J. 2 1917-07-25 Explosion Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Peadle, Arthur 2 1946-10-29 Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Pearson, Thomas Edgar 2 1936-10-21 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Pembroke, James 2 1942-07-21 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Pembroke, Michael 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Pendergrast, Donald 2 1907-07-07 Struck by a runaway box down main slope Sydney No. 4 Cape Breton County Coal
Pendergrast, John 2 1928-08-06 Fall of stone Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Penill, Arthur 2 1913-02-03 Fell in shaft Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Penny, Charles J. 2 1927-07-29 Fall of stone Florence Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Penny, Reuben 2 1917-07-25 Explosion Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Penny, Thomas 2 1948-12-28 Drummond No. 4 Pictou County Coal
Penny, William J. 2 1928-07-03 Fall of coal Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Penrose, John 3 1877-11-08 Fall of ore from stope Londonderry Colchester County Gypsum
Pepperdine, Burrell 2 1956-11-01 Explosion Springhill No. 4 Cumberland County Coal
Peretta, Silvio 2 1937-09-27 Dominion No. 1B Cape Breton County Coal
Perfect, Joseph 2 1924-07-05 Killed by moving railway cars Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Perhiniak, John 2 1954-10-20 Dominion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Pero, E. 2 1894-08-31 Run over by locomotive Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Perrin, Robert 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Perry, Moses 2 1933-10-07 Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
Perry, Richard 3 1884-11-29 Shaft of winding-engine broke and he was thrown down the pit Londonderry Colchester County Gypsum
Peters, William 2 1918-06-12 Main drive-chain on bank, surface Dominion No. 11 Cape Breton County Coal
Peterson, Gus 1 1937-09-22 Injured while timbering Montague Gold Mine Halifax County Gold
Petrie, James 2 1915-10-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Pettigrew, Charles 2 1924-08-04 Fall of stone Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Pettipas, Fred 2 1918-07-12 Fall of top coal Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
Phalen, Edward 2 1928-12-18 Fall of stone Dominion No. 1B Cape Breton County Coal
Phalen, Louis 2 1942-03-23 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Pickerton, Thomas 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Pietchieck, Carl 2 1917-07-25 Explosion. Lost his life in rescue work Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Piggott, Richard 2 1917-09-14 Fall of coal Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Pike, Jabez 2 1893-09-13 Run over by full rake Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Piquinot, James 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Pitt, Joseph 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Pittman, John 2 1955-04-29 Dominion No. 20 Cape Breton County Coal
Podgurski, Stephen 2 1958-03-11 Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Pohoronz, Wasyl 2 1919-11-15 Fall of coal Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Poirier, Alex 2 1971-11-22 Natural causes No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Poirier, Joseph 2 1941-01-29 Inverness Mine Inverness County Coal
Poloski, Wentzell 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Pomyea, Daragha 2 1914-12-02 Fall of roof Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Poplar, Danny James 1992-05-09 Explosion Westray Mine Pictou County Coal

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