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

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 2051 to 2100 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Reid, Eugene 3 1911-01-03 Gas explosion Sydney Mines No. 3 Cape Breton County Coal
Reid, Frank 2 1929-09-25 Knocked down steel boom Dominion No. 1B Cape Breton County Coal
Reid, John N. 2 1923-12-27 Dynamite explosion Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Reid, Joseph 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Reid, Layton 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Reid, Lester 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Reid, Peter 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Reid, Robert 2 1868-01-10 Fall of earth Acadia Coal Mine Pictou County Coal
Reid, William S. 2 1923-12-20 Fall of coal caused by a bump Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Reynolds, Silas 2 1917-07-25 Explosion Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Reynolds, Wesley 2 1958-10-23 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Richardson, Joseph 2 1873-05-13 Explosion of gas Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Richmond, John A. 18 1887-09-11 Springhill Surface Cumberland County Coal
Rickets, John A. 2 1903-09-26 Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Riclselts, Vincent 2 1913-05-07 Fall of stone Scotia Mine Cumberland County Coal
Ridgeway, George 2 1915-09-28 Fall of stone Springhill No. 3 Cumberland County Coal
Riley, James 2 1927-06-30 Squeezed between boxes Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Riley, John 2 1917-11-17 Fall of stone Florence Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Ripley, Clifford 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Ripley, Edward 2 1908-05-08 Fell into chute Springhill No. 3 Cumberland County Coal
Ripley, Ira 2 1906-02-13 Fall of top coal Joggins Mine Cumberland County Coal
Roach, Dan 2 1926-07-05 Fall of stone Dominion No. 10 Cape Breton County Coal
Roach, David 2 1959-06-04 Dominion No. 25 Cape Breton County Coal
Roach, John 2 1955-01-26 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Roach, John 2 1900-03-03 Reserve Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Roach, William 15 1861-05 Explosion of gas Bye Pit Pictou County Coal
Roache, William 2 1909-04-21 Fall of stone Dominion No. 5 Cape Breton County Coal
Robbins, James 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Robbins, William F. 2 1921-03-01 Fall of stone Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Roberts, Alfred 2 1947-08-22 Dominion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Roberts, Charles D. 2 1925-11-16 Fatally injured by circular saw Acadia No. 3 Pictou County Coal
Roberts, E. 2 1880-11-12 Explosion of fire damp Albion Mine, Foord Pit Pictou County Coal
Roberts, Edward 2 1880-11-12 Explosion of fire damp Albion Mine, Foord Pit Pictou County Coal
Roberts, J. 2 1880-11-12 Explosion of fire damp Albion Mine, Foord Pit Pictou County Coal
Roberts, Michael 2 1979-02-24 Explosion No. 26 Cape Breton County Coal
Robertson, David 2 1912-09-10 Fall of coal and stone Queen Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Robertson, E. 2 1915-12-13 Clothes caught in revolving shaft Dominion No. 6 Cape Breton County Coal
Robertson, James 15 1861-05 Explosion of gas Bye Pit Pictou County Coal
Robertson, Robert 2 1896-05-08 Walked in under cage Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Robinson, Hugh 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Robinson, Robert 2 1903-01-26 Slipped under car and car passing over him Albion Yard Mine Pictou County Coal
Robinson, Robert 15 1904-01 Overrun by railway car on surface Albion Mine Pictou County Coal
Roche, James Sr. 2 1932-11-19 Allan Mine Pictou County Coal
Rocker, R. 2 1906-04-28 Fall of stone from roof International Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Rockett, Fred 2 1959-07-28 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Rodgers, William 2 1873-05-13 Explosion of gas Drummond Mine Pictou County Coal
Rogers, Albert 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Rogers, Herbert 2 1908-10-06 Fall of coal, died 11 October Dominion No. 2 Cape Breton County Coal
Rogers, Thomas 2 1880-11-12 Explosion of fire damp Albion Mine, Foord Pit Pictou County Coal
Rogers, Thomas 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal

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