Men in the Mines
A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992
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Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities, 1838-1992
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Name sort a-z
Date sort
Cause of Death
Name of Mine
County (map)
Type
Fortune, Angus 2
1918-03-26
Struck by cage
Dominion No. 12
Cape Breton County
Coal
McCormick, Joseph 2
1918-01-08
Struck by boom. Died four days later
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Tallia, Angelo 2
1918-04-24
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Toomey, Joseph 2
1918-12-02
Caught by full box
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Clarke, Warde 2
1918-05-02
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
McLeod, Malcolm 2
1918-11-30
Fall of stone and till
Dominion No. 6
Cape Breton County
Coal
Chase, Richard 2
1918-06-22
Caught between shaft and car
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
McDonald, John 2
1918-01-24
Runaway car. Died six days later
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Wooden, John 2
1918-05-21
Fall of roof
Greenwood Mine
Pictou County
Coal
McDonald, Alexander T. 2
1918-04-30
Struck by mine-car. Died ten days later
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Hall, William 2
1918-06-19
Fall of stone. Died fourteen hours later
Joggins Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Terris, Samuel 2
1918-11-30
Two runaway cars. Died two days later
Joggins Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Martin, John 2
1918-08-21
Runaway mine-car
Jubilee Mine No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Dixon, William 2
1918-01-12
Runaway trip
Jubilee, Cape Breton Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McGill, James 2
1918-05-06
Runaway car
Princess Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Stewart, Alexander 2
1918-07-04
Fell off coal car to ground, surface
Purves Slope
Pictou County
Coal
Copely, David 2
1918-08-28
Fall of stone
Scotia Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Gabriel, Alexander 2
1918-03-25
Fall of stone
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Jerrold, Clement 2
1918-08-30
Struck by empty mine-car
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Rooney, Ottie 2
1918-09-12
Stone rolled down fan-slope and struck him on head. Died the next day
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Thibideau, Godfrey 2
1918-01-16
Jammed between props
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Brown, Leo 2
1919-12-26
Struck by cage on balance. Died 29 December
Albion Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Keith, Fred 2
1919-10-27
From the effects of gas
Allan Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Pohoronz, Wasyl 2
1919-11-15
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Boutilier, Thomas 2
1919-10-10
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 15
Cape Breton County
Coal
George, John 2
1919-09-09
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Kipping, Thomas 2
1919-10-21
Jammed between empty trip
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Locke, James 2
1919-05-02
Struck by piece of wood, surface
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
McLeod, Daniel 2
1919-07-21
Struck by runaway box
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Rordenan, Alex 2
1919-01-06
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
McIntyre, Joseph 2
1919-10-04
Jammed between wall and superintendent's auto
Dominion No. 2 & No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Bigley, John 2
1919-08-20
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Smith, Albert 2
1919-10-14
Burnt at boiler doors. Died 21 October
Florence Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Young, Ninian 2
1919-09-23
Injured by dynamite shot. Died a day later
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Thurbid, John 2
1919-06-20
Fall of stone
Scotia Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
McDougald, Stephen 2
1919-08-09
Stone fell from wall
Shaft, D.C. Co.
Cape Breton County
Coal
Blue, Duncan 2
1919-06-12
Struck by runaway rake
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Taylor, John B. 2
1919-04-19
Caught in fly wheel
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Terris, Asa S. 2
1919-02-10
Run over by full box
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Turner, Joseph 2
1919-02-19
Fall of coal
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Main, William 2
1919-03-25
Struck by runaway box
St. George Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Wood, Jasper 2
1919-02-05
Fell down slope. Died a day later
St. George Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Jackson, Aubrey 2
1920-11-10
Run over by empty box
Acadia No. 1
Pictou County
Coal
Fraser, Hiram 11
1920-01-17
Killed on railway between dump and bankhead
Acadia No. 3
Pictou County
Coal
Love, Ernest 2
1920-04-29
Struck by empty runaway box
Acadia No. 3
Pictou County
Coal
Jewell, Charles 2
1920-09-22
Fall of coal
Allan Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Power, William 2
1920-03-16
Fall of coal
Allan Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Gossens, Octav 2
1920-08-25
Fall of coal
Allan Shaft
Pictou County
Coal
Christie, James 2
1920-02-06
Caught in belt that operates the hoist in engine house
Colonial No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Hanrahan, Joseph 2
1920-02-02
Jammed between loaded box and boom
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
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