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
Tattersal, Joseph 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Taylor, Douglas 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Turner, William H. 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Vance, Alexander 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Watt, David 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
White, Philip B. 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Williams, John 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Wilson, Thomas 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Wood, George 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill Mine
Cumberland 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
Armishaw, Herbert 4
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill No. 1
Cumberland County
Coal
Anderson, Arthur
1891-02-21
Explosion of gas and dust
Springhill, East Slope No. 1
Cumberland County
Coal
Cann, John 2
1891-02-24
Killed by cage when descending pit
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Gillis, Stephen 2
1891-08-05
Fell out of cage coming from work
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Josso, John 2
1891-04-25
Fall of coal in room
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Stanton, James 2
1892-01-12
Run over by train of hoppers
Albion Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Johnston, Niel 2
1892-09-10
Run over by coal hopper
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Brown, Amos 2
1892-09-08
Runaway rake in slope
Joggins Mines
Cumberland County
Coal
McDonald, John 2
1892-08-25
Fall of loose coal from face of room
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Costigan, Richard 2
1892-10-18
Struck by timber lowered down slope
Springhill No. 1
Cumberland County
Coal
Hopkins, George 2
1892-10-03
Fall of coal from working face
Springhill No. 1
Cumberland County
Coal
Gleason, James 2
1892-05-26
Fell down shaft
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Boquet, Berry 2
1892-09-01
Fall of coal from working face
Vale Colliery
Pictou County
Coal
Davidson, Charles 2
1893-12-11
Squeezed between box and timber
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
McKinnon, Murdock 2
1893-04-11
Fall of stone from roof
Gowrie Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Young, Alexander 2
1893-06-11
Fall of roof coal, died six weeks later
Gowrie Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
McCormick, Vin 2
1893-11-23
Fall of roof coal at face
International Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Pike, Jabez 2
1893-09-13
Run over by full rake
Joggins Mine
Cumberland County
Coal
Williams, J. 3
1893-01-10
Explosion of dynamite in drying house
Londonderry
Colchester County
Gypsum
Laws, James 6
1893
Drowned, Coroner's inquest Dec.29
Montague, Symon-Kaye Mine
Halifax County
Gold
Tebo, James 2
1893-11-18
Full box struck prop from under boom
Springhill No. 1 Slope
Cumberland County
Coal
Boutilier, John 2
1893-06-07
Damp escaped from submerged district
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Walsh, Patrick 2
1893-11-10
Fall of coal from working face
Sydney
Cape Breton County
Coal
Foster, Alexander 2
1894-02-26
Run over by full rake
3rd Seam Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Ferguson, Ronald 2
1894-03-16
explosion of dynamite while heating it
Caledonia Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Fraser, Stephen 2
1894-08-14
Fell 68 feet from smoke stack, died 5 days later
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
Cassidy, Francis 2
1894-09-24
Struck by boxes
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Pero, E. 2
1894-08-31
Run over by locomotive
Drummond Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Fortune, James 2
1894-07-21
Full trip on deep road
International Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Campbell, Peter 2
1894-07-27
Caught by full tub against pillar
Little Glace Bay Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Finlayson, John 2
1894-05-31
Fall of coal, died 15 days later
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Martin, John 2
1894-03-10
Piece of coal from roof
Reserve Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Glenn, Alexander 2
1895-04-10
Fall from roof at working face
Acadia Mine
Pictou County
Coal
Murray, Duncan 3
1895-05-11
Fatally injured by a piece of ore falling on him
Bridgeville Iron Mine
Pictou County
Gypsum
Hardy, Dan 2
1895-04-16
Explosion of gas
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
McKinnon, Alexander 2
1895-04-16
Explosion of gas
Dominion No. 1
Cape Breton County
Coal
McLean, Hector 2
1895-08-13
Fell under coal car on surface railroad
Gowrie Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Davidson, John 2
1895-03-23
Fell from stage down shaft
Hub Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
Gracy, Bosel 2
1895-03-23
Fell from stage down shaft
Hub Mine
Cape Breton County
Coal
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