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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Cause of Death
Name of Mine
County (map)
Type
Findlay, Hugh 2
1907-07-27
Killed on main slope by runaway box
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Little, Ernest 2
1907-10-28
Smothered by slack coal in a chute of the boiler shed
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
McDonald, J. P. 2
1907-10-12
Killed by box at bottom of balance
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Munroe, John 2
1907-06-24
Fall of stone
Emery Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Gouthro, Simon 2
1907-02-19
Fell down water shaft
International Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Aird, Finlay 2
1907-05-14
Fell from riding rake on main slope
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Gillis, Dan A. 2
1907-07-20
Fatally injured while riding in empty trip, rope broke
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Bolivar, Benjamin 3
1907-04-04
Fall of rock from the roof
Leipsigate, Mic-Mac Gold Mining Co.
Lunenburg County
Gold
Cantfell, Allan 3
1907-08-29
Runaway tub
Oldham Sterling Gold Co.
Halifax County
Gold
Campbell, John A. 2
1907-11-08
Fall of stone
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McKenzie, Archy 2
1907-04-19
Fall of coal
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Bratcher, George 18
1907-02-06
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Budro, Lemuel 3
1907-02-05
Burnt by gas
Strathcona Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Aldrid, William 2
1907-04-24
Fatally injured while riding in empty trip
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Brown, Charles 2
1907-09-11
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
Broderick, R. 2
1907-07-07
Struck by a runaway box down main slope
Sydney No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Nicholson, J.W. 2
1907-07-07
Sydney No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Pendergrast, Donald 2
1907-07-07
Struck by a runaway box down main slope
Sydney No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Burns, George 2
1907-09-06
Full box running over him on main level
Sydney No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
Ferrymand, Edward 2
1907-08-07
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
Green, Frank 2
1908-02-15
Caught by box on balance while putting his clothes on for home
Albion Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Gallant, Frank 2
1908-11-02
Killed by falling timber while driving a full trip
Allan Shaft No. 2
Pictou County
Coal
Carson, James 2
1908-11-02
Fell down balance
Chignecto Mines
Cumberland County
Coal
Bartlett, John C. 2
1908-06-09
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Dumphy, James 2
1908-10-05
Fall of coal from face
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Girdinetti, G. 2
1908-07-29
Fall of coal from face
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
McNeil, Michael A. 2
1908-10-15
Fall of coal and stone
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Holley, Edward 2
1908-09-08
Box knocked out prop and boom and stone fell on him, and killed him
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Johnston, J. D. 2
1908-06-16
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Rogers, Herbert 2
1908-10-06
Fall of coal, died 11 October
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Lee, John 2
1908-08-11
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
McDonald, J. A. 2
1908-08-11
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
McPherson, Neil 2
1908-08-28
Killed by runaway boxes
Dominion No. 6
Cape Breton County
Coal
Nicholson, D. J. 2
1908-02-14
Dominion No. 6
Cape Breton County
Coal
Snow, William 2
1908-03-16
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 6
Cape Breton County
Coal
Morgan, Frank 2
1908-10-12
Killed by live wire
Dominion No. 8
Cape Breton County
Coal
McMaster, D. 2
1908-06-17
Fall of coal and stones while preparing a place in a pillar
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Churchill, Joseph 2
1908-11-13
Fell into Emery shaft
Emery Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McDonald, Dan 2
1908-02-01
Hub Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McDonald, Dan 3
1908-02-01
Pelvis broken by fall of stone
Hub Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McInnis, John 2
1908-04-08
Fall of stone
International Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Gillis, Dan A. 2
1908-02-24
Fall of coal and rock in pillars
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Jones, Harry 2
1908-09-05
Fall of stone and coal No. 7 balance, No.5 east level
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
McLean, D. A. 2
1908-08-21
Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13 foot seam
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Coleman, John 2
1908-12-24
Suffocated with smoke
Joggins Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Sawyer, George 2
1908-12-24
Suffocated with smoke
Joggins Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
(unknown), Bulgarian man 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
(unknown), Bulgarian man 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
(unknown), Bulgarian man 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
(unknown), Bulgarian man 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
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