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

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 2451 to 2500 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
White, Wallace 2 1968-05-14 Struck by arch boom Devco No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
White, Wilfred 2 1930-09-17 Gas explosion Victoria No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
White, William 2 1930-09-17 Gas explosion Victoria No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Whitemore, John 3 1880-11-25 Fall from tub Montague Halifax County Gold
Whiteway, William 2 1903-04-24 Seriously burned, died 27 April Reserve Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Whittle, William 2 1956-05-02 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Whitty, Stephen 2 1941-12-02 Drummond No. 2 Pictou County Coal
Whitty, Walter 3 1925-10-11 Buried by slide of fine material Ingonish Gypsum Company Victoria County Other minerals
Wilcox, Nicholas 2 1925-11-14 Boxes on bankhead Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilkes, F. 2 1905-05-19 Powder Explosion Marsh Mine Pictou County Coal
Wilkie, William 2 1938-12-06 Broken cable on riding rake Princess Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Wilkowski, Albert 2 1912-05-28 Taking a box off the cage, caught between box and rib Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilks, John 2 1902-01-29 Dynamite explosion in office Marsh Mine Pictou County Coal
Williams, Clarie 2 1953-04-20 Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Williams, Frank 2 1909-09-11 Killed by runaway box Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Williams, J. 3 1893-01-10 Explosion of dynamite in drying house Londonderry Colchester County Gypsum
Williams, John 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Williams, Maurice 3 1925-10-11 Buried by slide of fine material Ingonish Gypsum Company Victoria County Other minerals
Williamson, James 2 1908-10-29 Fall of coal Sydney No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Williamson, Samuel 2 1898-10-08 Fatally injured about the neck Third Seam Mine Pictou County Coal
Willigher, Mark 7 1927-12-27 Springhill No. 6 Cumberland County Coal
Willis, William 2 1899-12-09 Fall of roof stone whilst driving Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Willis, William 2 1900-12-09 Sydney Cape Breton County Coal
Wilsack, John 2 1949-09-02 MacGregor Mine Pictou County Coal
Wilson, David 2 1898-04-11 Struck by prop Drummond No. 4 Slope Pictou County Coal
Wilson, George 2 1935-02-11 Drummond No. 2 Pictou County Coal
Wilson, Henry J. 2 1934-04-19 Dominion No. 16 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilson, James G. 18 1902-11-24 Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Wilson, James G. 2 1903-11-24 Fatally injured by a full rake of boxes Springhill No. 2 Cumberland County Coal
Wilson, John 18 1885-12 Springhill, Syndicate Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wilson, Nelson 2 1907-03-04 Killed on the surface by a haulage rope used to convey cars under the screens Dominion No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilson, Robert 2 1909-03-29 Fall of stone Dominion No. 9 Cape Breton County Coal
Wilson, Thomas 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Winters, Daniel 2 1956-11-01 Explosion Springhill No. 4 Cumberland County Coal
Winton, Robert 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Witstanley, John T. 2 1920-03-20 Fall of coal Florence Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Wood, Edgar 2 1924-08-29 Fall of roof Strathcona Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wood, George 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wood, Jasper 2 1919-02-05 Fell down slope. Died a day later St. George Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wood, Thomas H. or Arthur 2 1910-06-20 Explosion Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Wooden, John 2 1918-05-21 Fall of roof Greenwood Mine Pictou County Coal
Woodfine, Solomon 2 1943-05-26 Dominion No. 14 Cape Breton County Coal
Woodland, Herbert 2 1942-08-20 Dominion No. 12 Cape Breton County Coal
Works, Howard 2 1918-01-18 Explosion Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Worth, John 3 1896-04-10 Fall of rock Goldenville, Springfield Mine Guysborough County Gold
Wright, James 2 1952-01-14 Gas explosion MacGregor Mine Pictou County Coal
Wright, William E. 2 1933-05-14 Allan Shaft Pictou County Coal
Wry, Edgar 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wry, Henry 4 1891-02-21 Explosion of gas and dust Springhill Mine Cumberland County Coal
Wynn, Richard 2 1909-06-01 Run over by full box Dominion No. 3 Cape Breton County Coal

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