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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Date sort
Cause of Death
Name of Mine
County (map)
Type
Beaton, Malcolm 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Campbell, John 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Gillis, Lauchlin 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
McDonald, A. R. 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
McDonald, D. R. 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
McKenzie, William 2
1908-02-07
Explosion on No. 3 Level South
Port Hood Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Johnston, James 2
1908-05-07
Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Porter, Archy 2
1908-12-09
Caught between box and rib
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Bigney, Alex 2
1908-12-12
Fall of stone
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
Davidson, Adam 2
1908-01-30
Fell into chute
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
Jordan, Percy 2
1908-08-13
Run over by rake
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
Ripley, Edward 2
1908-05-08
Fell into chute
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
Weatherbee, Melvin 2
1908-12-21
Riding on full box
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
McIntosh, Dan 2
1908-10-20
Killed by express train, Glace Bay Crossing
Sydney & Lousibourg Railway Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Baxendale, Ellis 2
1908-12-04
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
D'Orsay, John 2
1908-02-13
Overwind man-shaft cage
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Stewart, Malcolm 2
1908-02-13
Overwind man-shaft cage
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Williamson, James 2
1908-10-29
Fall of coal
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Young, Thomas 2
1908-12-24
Struck by runaway box
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
MacLeod, Neil 2
1908-12-17
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
McKenzie, Frank 2
1909-02-06
Instantly killed on balance No. 9 1/2 by a runaway box
Albion Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Osterfishok, Simon 2
1909-06-30
Fall of coal from face
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Kitely, George 2
1909-10-08
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 10
Cape Breton County
Coal
McNeil, John H. 2
1909-09-14
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Raus, George 2
1909-06-26
Injured by runaway box, died next day
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Seaman, Max 2
1909-12-06
Electric wire
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Steineff, Audrey 2
1909-05-22
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 2
Cape Breton County
Coal
Arkley, Robert 2
1909-05-01
Hip dislocated by fall of coal, died in hospital two days later
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
Crain, John 2
1909-05-06
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
Schiavan, Petro 2
1909-06-23
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
Wynn, Richard 2
1909-06-01
Run over by full box
Dominion No. 3
Cape Breton County
Coal
McNeil, John A. 2
1909-10-29
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Roache, William 2
1909-04-21
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
Holley, Edward 2
1909-09-08
Dominion No. 6
Cape Breton County
Coal
Braggs, Gideon 2
1909-12-11
Fall of coal
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Williams, Frank 2
1909-09-11
Killed by runaway box
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Wilson, Robert 2
1909-03-29
Fall of stone
Dominion No. 9
Cape Breton County
Coal
Fraser, Robert 3
1909-10-29
Fall of roof coal. Right leg broken in two places, badly bruised across back, cut side, bled to death
Inverness Mine
Inverness County
Coal
Ackles, Charles 2
1909-02-02
Killed by runaway box
Jubilee Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Butt, Robert 2
1909-03-30
Fall of stone
MacKay Mine
Pictou County
Coal
McDonald, Ronald 2
1909-07-05
Crushed between full box and engine
North Atlantic Collieries
Cape Breton County
Coal
LeBlanc, Tillman 18
1909-05-28
Springhill No. 2
Cumberland County
Coal
Delaney, Douglas 2
1909-01-22
Killed by runaway box
Springhill No. 3
Cumberland County
Coal
MacDougall, M. 2
1909-03-01
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
MacMillan, Rod 2
1909-04-02
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 4
Cape Breton County
Coal
Haworth, Joseph 2
1909-10-16
Fall of stone
Sydney No. 5
Cape Breton County
Coal
Sarty, Ralph 3
1909-02-15
Riding in an overbalanced skip, thrown into the shaft
Torbrook, No. 2 Shaft
Annapolis County
Gypsum
Sarty, Nathaniel 3
1909-02-15
Riding in an overbalanced skip, thrown into the shaft
Torbrook, No. 2 Shaft
Annapolis County
Gypsum
Bigney, Edward 3
1910-05-12
Run over by full box
Acadia Colliery
Pictou County
Coal
Baxter, William 3
1910-02-04
Fall of stone
Albion Mine
Pictou County
Coal
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