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Miners Memorial Database
Coal Miners Killed During The Period 1871 to 1899
sorted alphabetically by name of mine
| Surname | Given Name | Mine | Incident Date | Incident |
| Foster | Alex. | 3rd Seam Mine | February 26, 1894 | Run over by full rake |
| McInnes | John | Acadia Mine | May 27, 1872 | Fall of coal |
| Reeves | James | Acadia Mine | November 7, 1872 | Fall of coal |
| Kingou | James | Acadia Mine | October 28, 1873 | Fall of coal |
| Colin | Francis | Acadia Mine | May 23, 1878 | Run over by pit tub |
| Turner | James | Acadia Mine | December 24, 1880 | Fall of coal |
| Nash | John | Acadia Mine | April 9, 1881 | Barring off coal from pillar |
| Gillis | Peter | Acadia Mine | March 7, 1884 | Fall of coal |
| Glenn | Alex. | Acadia Mine | April 10, 1895 | Fall from roof at working face |
| McGilderic | A. | Albion Mine | August 15, 1871 | Suffocated |
| McKinnon | Donald | Albion Mine | August 29, 1873 | Fall of coal |
| McIsaac | Malcom | Albion Mine | November 27, 1873 | Crushed by back balance |
| Potts | John | Albion Mine | August 17, 1874 | Rope breaking in shaft |
| Jackson | W.C. | Albion Mine | August 17, 1874 | Rope breaking in shaft |
| Campbell | Hector | Albion Mine | May 6, 1875 | Run over by wagons |
| Holland | Guthrie | Albion Mine | May 23, 1878 | Fall of roof stone |
| Bailie | D. | Albion Mine | March 9, 1883 | Killed by run away rake |
| McLellan | James | Albion Mine | January 12, 1884 | Struck by rake |
| Campbell | William | Albion Mine | November 4, 1884 | Premature shotfire |
| Stanton | James | Albion Mine | January 12, 1892 | Run over by train of hoppers |
| Fraser | Albert | Black Diamond Colliery | September 16, 1890 | Riding up on full rake |
| Cathcart | James | Bridgeport Mine | July 20, 1896 | Fall of coal while loading |
| Crowly | Eli | Bridgeport Mine | August 29, 1898 | Fall of roof stone |
| Martell | Charles | Caledonia Mine | October 23, 1873 | Crushed by wagons |
| Ferguson | Ronald | Caledonia Mine | March 16, 1894 | explosion of dynamite while heating it |
| Ferguson | Allen | Caledonia Mine | June 22, 1896 | Struck by part of junk while loading |
| Hilliar | Joseph | Caledonia Mine | October 22, 1898 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Martin | Donald | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Doyle | John | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Neil | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Johnstone | Thomas | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| McAuly | Malcolm | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Alexander | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Simpson | William | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| McCormick | Stephen | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| McDougall | Roderick | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Grant | Albert | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Doyle | John Jr. | Caledonia Mine | June 16, 1899 | Afterdamp from explosion of gas |
| Hudson | John | Chignecto Mine | February 17, 1883 | Suffocated by carbonic oxide |
| Patton | W. | Chignecto Mine | February 17, 1883 | Suffocated by carbonic oxide |
| Burrows | I. | Chignecto Mine | February 17, 1883 | Suffocated by carbonic oxide |
| Lockhart | Dan. | Chignecto Mine | October 30, 1883 | Killed by cage going off track |
| Fraser | Stephen | Dominion No. 1 | August 14, 1894 | Fell 68 feet from smoke stack |
| Hardy | Dan | Dominion No. 1 | April 16, 1895 | Explosion of gas |
| McKinnon | Alexander | Dominion No. 1 | April 16, 1895 | Explosion of gas |
| Spencer | William | Dominion No. 1 | April 9, 1897 | Burned by compressed powder |
| McNeil | Fred | Dominion No. 1 | June 16, 1898 | Fall of loose coal |
| Gillis | John D. | Dominion No. 1 | May 9, 1899 | Fell out of cage while descending shaft |
| Campbell | Alexander | Dominion No. 1 | September 2, 1899 | Fall of loose coal from hung shot |
| McDonald | John | Dominion No. 1 | November 24, 1899 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Darrah | Andrew | Drummond Colliery | February 21, 1898 | Fall of top coal at working face |
| Simpson | Robert | Drummond Colliery | February 21, 1898 | Fall of top coal at working face |
| Burney | George | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Campbell | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Chisholm | Colin C. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Dunn | James | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Dalling | James | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Richardson | Joseph | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Dunbar | Robert | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Bowens | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Dunn | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Bennett | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Dunn | Philip | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Elliott | John T. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McGillivray | Hugh | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Ellis | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Hugh | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Emery | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McNeal | David | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Freeman | Henry | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McNeal | John Jr. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Gillis | Hugh | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McPherson | James Jr. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Hale | Samuel | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Ramsay | James | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McElvie | John Sr. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Smith | Angus | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Walton | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Cameron | Archibald | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McCharles | Roderick | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Cameron | Kenneth | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Collin | Andrew | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Lyall | Matthew | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Burns | Edward | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Campbell | Harvey | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Glenwright | Thomas | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Manning | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Guy | Abraham | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Elliott | William | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Howatt | Timothy | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Daniel J. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Fraser | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McLeod | Oliver | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Duncan | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McRichey | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Halliday | Duncan | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McRae | Duncan | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Murray | Alexander | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| O'Brien | Nicholas | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McDonald | Colin | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Purvis | Alexander Jr. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| McElvie | John Jr. | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Rodgers | William | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Ruddick | Edward | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Shaw | Donald | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Sinclair | John | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Stewart | D. McFarlane | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Stewart | George | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Webb | James | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Jones | Edward | Drummond Mine | May 13, 1873 | Explosion of gas |
| Johnston | Niel | Drummond Mine | September 10, 1892 | Run over by coal hopper |
| Davidson | Charles | Drummond Mine | December 11, 1893 | Squeezed between box and timber |
| Pero | E. | Drummond Mine | August 31, 1894 | Run over by locomotive |
| Cassidy | Francis | Drummond Mine | September 24, 1894 | Struck by boxes |
| Breen | Michael | Drummond Mine | December 2, 1897 | Struck on head by piece of rock |
| Cameron | Alex. | English Slope Mine | November 5, 1888 | Crushed by boiler |
| McDonald | J. R. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | December 13, 1877 | Fall of roof |
| Morrison | Laughlin | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | September 10, 1880 | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | Jas. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| Conway | J.D. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| Boram | Charles | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| Lycom | Chas. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| Benoit | Merles | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| McElvie | Hugh | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | October 12, 1880 | Influx of water |
| Dunbar | C. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McGlaughlin | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Cummins | Dan | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Morrison | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Mitchell | Jas. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Murdock | W. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Ryan | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McKinnon | Rory | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Ross | W. D. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Carr | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Savage | Ed. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McLean | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Johnstone | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Cummins | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McDonald | Ronald | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McDonald | Murdock | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Crawford | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Roberts | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Lewis | W. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Roberts | E. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Skinner | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Sullivan | Thos. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Sutherland | Dan. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Nering | Jos. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McKay | Angus | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Morrison | J. 2nd | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Roberts | Ed. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McNorton | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Haddon | H. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Dunbar | W. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Rogers | Thos. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Thomas | Lewis | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Lennan | Jas. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McInnes | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McGilvray | Angus | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McLeod | R. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McLeise | J. B. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McKay | T. A. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McDonald | Alex. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McLean | H. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McEachern | J. | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McKinnon | Rory 2nd | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McDonald | Angus | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| McInnes | Peter | Foord Pit, Albion Mines | November 12, 1880 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Carmichael | Charles | Gowrie Mine | October 20, 1872 | Crushed by machinery |
| McLean | Angus | Gowrie Mine | December 2, 1872 | Run over by wagon |
| Andrews | William | Gowrie Mine | May 5, 1873 | Fall of coal |
| Fergusson | John | Gowrie Mine | October 5, 1887 | Fall of roof coal |
| McKinnon | Murd. | Gowrie Mine | April 11, 1893 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Young | Alex. | Gowrie Mine | June 11, 1893 | Fall of roof coal |
| McLean | Hector | Gowrie Mine | August 13, 1895 | Fell under coal car on surface railroad |
| McCosh | Alex | Gowrie Mines | April 2, 1890 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Gracy | Bosel | Hub Mine | March 23, 1895 | Fell from stage down shaft |
| Davidson | John | Hub Mine | March 23, 1895 | Fell from stage down shaft |
| McKinnon | Hector | Hub Mine | September 21, 1896 | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Leadbeater | John | Intercolonial Mine | June 13, 1872 | Explosion of powder |
| Campbell | D. | Intercolonial Mine | October 7, 1872 | Explosion of gas |
| Ross | Alexander | Intercolonial Mine | November 18, 1872 | Crushed by tubs |
| Foley | Martin | Intercolonial Mine | May 28, 1874 | Runaway rake in slope |
| McEachern | Alexander | Intercolonial Mine | August 8, 1882 | Killed by rake of full tubs |
| McKay | J. | Intercolonial Mine | April 13, 1883 | Killed by fracture of pinion wheel |
| Hayman | David | Intercolonial Mine | May 5, 1886 | Run over by box |
| Neville | John | International Mine | July 16, 1873 | Crushed by train |
| McLean | Joseph | International Mine | August 14, 1873 | Crushed by train |
| Downie | John | International Mine | November 1, 1873 | Run over by train |
| McCormick | Vin. | International Mine | November 23, 1893 | Fall of roof coal at face |
| Fortune | James | International Mine | July 21, 1894 | Full trip on deep road |
| Cameron | John | International Mine | July 8, 1895 | Cut by piece of stone from roof |
| Burke | Chas. | Joggins Mine | July 11, 1883 | Fall of coal |
| White | Amos | Joggins Mine | November 4, 1889 | Struck by rake in slope |
| Brown | Amos | Joggins Mine | September 8, 1892 | Runaway rake in slope |
| Pike | Jabez | Joggins Mine | September 13, 1893 | Run over by full rake |
| Ryan | Alexander | Lingan Mine | March 29, 1873 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | Murdock | Lingan Mine | April 26, 1877 | Explosion of boiler |
| Nearing | John | Lingan Mine | April 26, 1877 | Explosion of boiler |
| McNamara | Wm | Lingan Mine | April 26, 1877 | Explosion of boiler |
| Hall | Edward | Lingan Mine | December 24, 1879 | Empty horse wagon ran away |
| Shanahan | James | Little Glace Bay Colliery | September 28, 1882 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Campbell | Peter | Little Glace Bay Mine | July 27, 1894 | Caught by full tub against pillar |
| McDougall | Anthony | Lorway Mine | October 15, 1872 | Crushed by cage |
| Kennedy | Rod. | McGregor Pit | September 12, 1890 | Run over by rake of full boxes |
| Tebo | James | No. 1 Slope, Springhill Mine | November 18, 1893 | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Gualtieri | Natali | No. 1 Slope, Springhill Mine | January 16, 1895 | Fall from roof |
| Milburn | William | No. 1 Slope, Springhill Mine | October 8, 1895 | Thrown from cage |
| Ferguson | James | No. 1 Slope, Springhill Mine | December 8, 1897 | Fall of roof while opening no.1 slope |
| Hopkins | Geo. | No. 1 Springhill Mine | October 3, 1892 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Costigan | Richard | No. 1 Springhill Mine | October 18, 1892 | Struck by timber lowered down slope |
| Matheson | H. T. | No. 1, Springhill Mine | August 31, 1895 | Taking down top coal |
| Horone | Wm. | No. 2, Springhill Mine | February 26, 1895 | Fall from roof |
| Lefavour | Emil | No. 3 Slope, Joggins Mine | February 17, 1898 | Struck by cage loaded with box of stone |
| Gallant | Lawrence | No. 3 Slope, Springhill Mine | February 24, 1896 | Runaway in slope |
| Boran | John | No. 3 Slope, Springhill Mine | May 12, 1898 | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Burrows | John | No. 3, Springhill Mine | May 29, 1897 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no.9 |
| Wilson | David | No. 4 Slope, Drummond | April 11, 1898 | Struck by prop |
| Stewart | William | Nova Scotia Mine | August 29, 1874 | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | Alexander | Nova Scotia Mine | March 6, 1875 | Crushed on the bank head |
| Watts | Alexander | Port Hood | March 8, 1878 | Explosion of boiler |
| Gillies | Angus | Port Hood | March 8, 1878 | Explosion of boiler |
| Boutilier | W. | Reserve Mine | June 9, 1879 | Taking down coal loosened by shot |
| Stubbert | Foreman | Reserve Mine | October, 1884 | Fall of coal |
| McNeil | John | Reserve Mine | September 28, 1887 | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McDonald | Hugh | Reserve Mine | July 9, 1889 | Fall of loose coal |
| McDonald | John | Reserve Mine | August 25, 1892 | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Martin | John | Reserve Mine | March 10, 1894 | Piece of coal from roof |
| Finlayson | John | Reserve Mine | May 31, 1894 | Fall of coal |
| McLain | Hector | Reserve Mine | October 26, 1895 | Fall of roof coal |
| McLennan | Philip | Reserve Mine | July 10, 1896 | Fall of roof coal while loading |
| Lund | John | Reserve Mine | May 5, 1897 | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Evans | George | Reserve Mine | June 16, 1899 | Fall of coal at face of room |
| McLutchy | William | Reserve Mines | July 3, 1890 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lockhart | Charles | Scotia Mine | December 5, 1874 | Fall of coal |
| McIntosh | Wm. | Six Foot Seam Mine | February 4, 1899 | Caught in coils of rope on drum |
| Townsend | Leonard | Spring Hill Colliery | April 16, 1876 | Crushed by drum |
| Ferguson | David | Spring Hill Mine | November 3, 1877 | Run over by counter balance |
| Strong | William H. | Springhill Mine | September 16, 1878 | Run over by locomotive engine |
| Blue | John | Springhill Mine | January 20, 1881 | Struck by cage |
| Bigney | Robert | Springhill Mine | October 6, 1881 | Rope broke on cage |
| Fletcher | W. | Springhill Mine | December 20, 1883 | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Crocker | Frederick | Springhill Mine | August 20, 1884 | Crushed between water box and timber |
| McDonald | Donald | Springhill Mine | August 28, 1885 | Died due to legs broken |
| Scully | John | Springhill Mine | August 28, 1885 | Run over by cage |
| McLeod | Murdoch | Springhill Mine | May 3, 1886 | Fall of roof |
| Turner | George | Springhill Mine | November 1, 1886 | Fall of top coal |
| McDonald | Wm. | Springhill Mine | February 7, 1887 | Fall of coal from face |
| May | George | Springhill Mine | April 2, 1887 | Fatally hurt |
| Guthro | Thomas | Springhill Mine | December 8, 1887 | Fall of frozen clay |
| Crawford | Clinton | Springhill Mine | December 8, 1887 | Fall of frozen clay |
| Anderson | Arthur | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Armishaw | Jesse | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Armishaw | Herbert | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Boyd | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Bentliff | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Brown | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Brunt | Andrew | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Brunt | Alexander | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Bond | George | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Birchell | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Budd | Alonzo | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Banbridge | Ernest | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Chandler | Ernest | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Campbell | Donald | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Campbell | Alexander | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Campbell | John D. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carter | Clarence | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carter | Reed | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carter | Willard | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Crawford | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Casey | Jude | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carmichael | Andrew | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carmichael | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carmichael | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Clark | Robert | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Conway | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Connorton | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Carrigan | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Collins | Mathew | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Dawson | Richard | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Dawson | Samuel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Dillon | Frederick | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Dupee | Joseph | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Dunn | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Davis | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Ernest | Roger | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Furbow | Samuel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Francis | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Fife | Hiram | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Fletcher | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Findlayson | Daniel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Guthro | Lazarus | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Gallager | Peter | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Gillis | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Hallet | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Hannager | Peter | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Hayden | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Hunter | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Hyde | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Johnson | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Kent | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Letcher | Frank | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Lockhart | Daniel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Livingston | Henry | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Legere | Samuel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Martin | George | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Murphy | Richard | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Murphy | Jeremiah | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Morrison | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Muckle | Samuel | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Maiden | William J. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Morris | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Miller | James Sr. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Mitchell | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Mott | Ernest | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKinnon | Allen | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKinnon | Angus 2nd | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKinnon | John 1st | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKinnon | Laughlin | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McEachren | John D. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKay | H.J. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKay | Donald 2nd | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McGillvary | William 2nd | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McKee | William | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McDonald | John J. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McDonald | Rory B. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McFadden | Robert | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McPhee | Neil | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McNeill | Charles | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McLeod | Neil | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McLeod | Henry | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McLeod | Rory | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McNeil | Neil S. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McLeod | Norman | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McNeil | John F. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McNeil | Joshua | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McNeil | Rod C. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McVey | David | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| McVey | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nash | Charles | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nash | Henry | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nairn | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nairn | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nairn | Malcolm | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Noiler | Roger | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Nicolson | Malcolm | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Overs | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Pitt | Joseph | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Piquinot | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Regan | Bruce | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Ross | Philip | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Ross | Murdock | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Reid | Peter | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Ripley | Clifford | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Rogers | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Robbins | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Rushton | Stephen | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Robinson | Hugh | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Swift | Henry | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Sherlock | Robert A. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Shipley | Archibald | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Sharples | James | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Simmons | Howard | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Smith | Edward | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Taylor | Douglas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Turner | William H. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Tattersal | Joseph | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Vance | Alexander | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Watt | David | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Wood | George | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Wry | Henry | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Wry | Edgar | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| White | Philip B. | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Williams | John | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Wilson | Thomas | Springhill Mine | February 21, 1891 | Explosion of gas and dust |
| Cunningham | Wm. | Springhill Mine | September 28, 1897 | Fall of rock on main level |
| McKinnon | J. | Sydney Mine | March 9, 1871 | Fall of coal |
| McMullen | K. | Sydney Mine | April 18, 1871 | Explosion of powder |
| Green | Jno. | Sydney Mine | June 5, 1871 | Fall off bridge |
| McCormack | Angus | Sydney Mine | April 10, 1872 | Fall of stone |
| Sumners | Wm. | Sydney Mine | April 17, 1872 | Fall down shaft |
| Lammond | James | Sydney Mine | September 13, 1872 | Fall of stone |
| Bonar | John | Sydney Mine | May 16, 1877 | Fall of stone |
| Burchell | John | Sydney Mine | June 20, 1877 | Fall down shaft |
| McDonald | Murdoch | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| McNeil | Roderick | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| Greenwell | Isaac | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| Hutcheson | Robert | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| Oram | William | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| Millville | Edward | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1878 | Explosion of gas |
| Cook | Robert | Sydney Mine | March 29, 1881 | Riding on engine plane |
| Keigan | Angus | Sydney Mine | October 13, 1883 | Run over by coal tub |
| McGowen | Alex | Sydney Mine | May, 1886 | Died at face by heart disease |
| Morrisson | Daniel | Sydney Mine | October 19, 1886 | Run over by tub due to broken rope |
| Steele | Thomas | Sydney Mine | September 21, 1887 | Fall of roof stone |
| McKinnon | Neil | Sydney Mine | May 21, 1888 | Run over by trip |
| Jones | James | Sydney Mine | June 17, 1889 | Explosion of fire damp |
| Vicars | John | Sydney Mine | September 23, 1889 | Fall of loose coal |
| Cann | John | Sydney Mine | February 24, 1891 | Killed by cage |
| Josso | John | Sydney Mine | April 25, 1891 | Fall of coal in room |
| Gillis | Stephen | Sydney Mine | August 5, 1891 | Fell out of cage |
| Gleason | Jas. | Sydney Mine | May 26, 1892 | Fell down shaft |
| Boutilier | John | Sydney Mine | June 7, 1893 | Damp escaped from submerged district |
| Walsh | Patrick | Sydney Mine | November 10, 1893 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Robertson | Robert | Sydney Mine | May 8, 1896 | Walked in under cage |
| McPherson | James | Sydney Mine | August 3, 1897 | Struck by falling piece of coal |
| Boutilier | John | Sydney Mine | December 10, 1897 | Fall of roof stone |
| McDonald | John W. | Sydney Mine | June 3, 1898 | Caught between full trip and prop |
| Mclntosh | Dan | Sydney Mine | September 2, 1898 | Fell under trip whilst trying to get on |
| Morrison | John | Sydney Mine | February 18, 1899 | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Willis | William | Sydney Mine | December 9, 1899 | Fall of roof stone whilst driving |
| McDonald | John | Sydney Mines | June 12, 1890 | Run over by empty |
| Morrison | Murdock | Sydney Mines | December 22, 1890 | Run over by empty trip |
| McKay | Donald | Third Seam Mine | March 5, 1898 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Williamson | Samuel | Third Seam Mine | October 8, 1898 | Fatally injured about the neck |
| Christopher | George | Vale Colliery | February 19, 1879 | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Fraser | A. | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| Nicholson | John | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| Gillies | Jas. | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| Hannahan | W. | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| McGilvray | W. | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| McEachran | Jas. | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| Campbell | Colin | Vale Colliery | May 3, 1883 | Breaking of drawbar on slope trolley |
| Campbell | John | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Cameron | H. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| McKinnon | Neil | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Kennedy | D. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| McBeth | P. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| McLean | J. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| MacEachern | J. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Grant | J. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Foley | P. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| McNeil | D. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Ryan | T. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Haggart | Joe | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Fraser | J. W. | Vale Colliery | February 10, 1885 | Explosion of gas |
| Spoors | Mat | Vale Colliery | February 17, 1887 | Killed while timbering |
| Hyde | Wm. | Vale Colliery | February 17, 1887 | Killed while timbering |
| Hanley | Angus O. | Vale Colliery | October 18, 1887 | Run over by three boxes |
| Boquet | Berry | Vale Colliery | September 1, 1892 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Grant | Dougald | Vale Colliery | November 13, 1899 | Explosion of gas |
| McKenzie | A. D. | Vale Colliery 6' Seam | February 27, 1890 | Fall of roof |
| Fraser | Archy | Vale Colliery 6' Seam | July 26, 1890 | Struck by cage on back balance |
| Taylor | John | Vale Mine | March 15, 1873 | Fall with tub in slope |
| Turnbull | William | Vale Mine | July 18, 1873 | Fall of derrick |
| McDonald | Daniel | Vale Mine | November 22, 1873 | Crushed tubs in slope |
| Hendricken | William | Vale Mine | November 22, 1873 | Crushed tubs in slope |
| Cummins | Hector | Vale Mine | March 17, 1874 | Runaway rake in slope |
| Fosse | Jean Baptiste | Vale Mine | February 17, 1876 | Fall of coal |
| Connolly | C. | Vale Mine | April 11, 1880 | Burnt by gas in lodgement |
| Nicholson | John | Vale Mine | November 23, 1881 | Caught by slope door while riding rake |
| Flinn | G. | Vale Mine | February 28, 1883 | Fall of coal |
| White | Geo. | Victoria | March 3, 1871 | Fall of stone |
| McIver | Norman | Victoria Mine | March 26, 1872 | Fall of roof coal |
| Winter | Edward | Victoria Mine | September 6, 1872 | Fall of coal |
| Cameron | Michael | Victoria Mine | August 28, 1874 | Fall of coal |
| Livingstone | Joseph | Victoria Mine | April 28, 1876 | Fall of coal |
| Nicheloson | Alex. | Victoria Mine | January 12, 1889 | Run over by full boxes |
| Hall | Edward | Victoria Mine | March 12, 1889 | Struck by full coal box |
| Laffin | Ambrose | Victoria Mine | October 8, 1889 | Fall of loose coal |
| Long | George | Victoria Mine | December 24, 1892 | Boiler Explosion |
| McAdam | Cyril | Victoria Mine | December 24, 1892 | Boiler Explosion |
| McDonald | Dan. | Victoria Mine | December 24, 1892 | Boiler Explosion |
| McIntyre | Joseph | Victoria Mine | September 5, 1893 | Run over by cage in balance |
| McAskill | D. | Victoria Mine | November 30, 1893 | Caught by full cage on balance |
| McInnis | Alexander | Victoria Mine | October 15, 1894 | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| McLeod | William | Victoria Mine | October 15, 1895 | Fall of coal removing coal leg |
| McDougall | Peter | Victoria Mine | January 4, 1897 | Run over by Cuddy on balance |
| McLellan | James | Victoria Mine | March 5, 1897 | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McDougald | Frank | Victoria Mines | March 5, 1890 | Fell in front of full trip |
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IMPORTANT
The information contained on this site is not provided for the purpose of factual
representation. Instead, it is provided in an historical context. Every effort has
been made to ensure that this information represents the actual content
of the published Nova Scotia Department of Mines annual reports.
Nevertheless, no warranties are provided in any respect.
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