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

Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
Results 351 to 400 of 2521 from your search:
Name Date Cause Mine County Type
Ryan, John 2 1904-03-12 Fall of stone from roof Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Brown, Frank 2 1907-05-21 Fall of stone Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Dericimn, F. 2 1907-05-09 Fall of coal Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Holvia, John 2 1907-05-31 Fall of stone Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McVicar, Norman 2 1907-05-21 Fall of stone Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Burke, William 3 1866-09-06 Fall of picks in shaft Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Martell, Charles 2 1873-10-23 Crushed by wagons Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Frost, Jacob 2 1902-07-09 Fall of coal rolling on him Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, John Y. 2 1902-07-30 Fall of coal from face Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Morrison, Alexander 2 1902-10-09 Fall of coal from pillar Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Howie, Alexander 2 1901-04-18 Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Daniel 2 1901-08-19 Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Kearney, Patrick 2 1900-08-10 Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McKinnon, John 2 1900-09-28 Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Nolan, John 2 1900-03-12 Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Ferguson, Allen 2 1896-06-22 Struck by part of junk while loading Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Ferguson, Ronald 2 1894-03-16 explosion of dynamite while heating it Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Hilliar, Joseph 2 1898-10-22 Fall of coal from face of room Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Doyle, John 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Doyle, John Jr. 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Grant, Albert 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Johnstone, Thomas 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Martin, Donald 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McAuly, Malcolm 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McCormick, Stephen 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Alexander 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McDonald, Neil 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McDougall, Roderick 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Simpson, William 2 1899-06-16 Afterdamp from explosion of gas Caledonia Mine Cape Breton County Coal
McKinnon, Lauchlin 2 1947-08-08 Campbell Mine Inverness County Coal
Wambolt, Harry 5 1904-03-04 Fell through floor of the slope and was crushed. Caribou Gold Mines Guysborough County Gold
Weeks, John W. 3 1911 Fall in shaft Caribou Gold Mines Halifax County Gold
Aucoin, Denis M. 3 1929-06-08 Suffocation Cheticamp, Atlantic Gypsum Products Inverness County Other minerals
Aucoin, James A. 3 1929-06-08 Suffocation Cheticamp, Atlantic Gypsum Products Inverness County Other minerals
Stevens, William 2 1910-06-20 Explosion Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Wood, Thomas H. or Arthur 2 1910-06-20 Explosion Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Cormier, John 2 1907-11-11 Caught between car and bankhead Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Carson, James 2 1908-11-02 Fell down balance Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Burrows, I. 2 1883-02-17 Suffocated by carbonic oxide Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Hudson, John 2 1883-02-17 Suffocated by carbonic oxide Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Lockhart, Dan 2 1883-10-30 Killed by cage going off track Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Patton, W. 2 1883-02-17 Suffocated by carbonic oxide Chignecto Mines Cumberland County Coal
Hoeg, Havelock 2 1959-01-06 Cochrane Mine Cumberland County Coal
Manning, Harold 2 1916-03-26 Killed by trip Colburn Mine Hants County Coal
Dugas, Alexander 2 1917-02-02 Crushed between box and rib Colonial Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Jesso, Frank 2 1927-08-08 Fall of stone Colonial Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Kennedy, John 2 1927-08-27 Electrocuted in lodgement Colonial Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Stewart, John 2 1936-02-29 Colonial Mine Cape Breton County Coal
Young, George 2 1927-11-30 Fall of stone Colonial No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal
Hariett, Daniel 2 1926-09-28 Caught in longwall machine cutter chain Colonial No. 1 Cape Breton County Coal

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