Mining Fatalities at Wabana, Newfoundland 1895

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Avalon South Region - Conception Bay South District

Mining Fatalities at Wabana, Newfoundland 1895 - 1966

Excerpts from "The Beautiful Isles" by Rev. John W. Hammond
The information was transcribed by VI SMITH. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors

DATE	NAME	ADDRESS	CAUSE
October 10, 1898	Edward Power	St. John's	Dynamite explosion
October 10, 1901	Edward Kavanagh	Bell Island	Runaway car
December 20, 1902	William Glavine Pat Fitzgerald	Green Bay Bell Island	Runaway car Runaway car
August 17, 1904	William Bugden	Bell Island	Run over by car
May 12, 1905	Charles Petten Peter Doyle (Age 14)	Kelligrews Conception Harbour	Dynamite explosion Explosion
November 26, 1905	Pat Curran	Conception Harbour	Dynamite explosion
November 13, 1906	Michael Smith	Brigus	Caught in machinery
June 1, 1907	Chas Dav	Old Shop, Trinity Bay	Dynamite explosion
July 28, 1907	Hubert Bruce	Long Harbour	Run over by car
September 2, 1907	Peter Bray	Harbour Grace	Fall of ground
September 26, 1907	Edward Halleran	Holyrood	Struck by car
Novermber 25, 1907	Edward Pendergast	Harbour Main	Fall of ground
January 24, 1908	Edward Gaul	Topsail Road	Runaway car
February 22, 1908	John Walsh	Conception Harbour	Dynamite explosion
February 28, 1908	Richard Delaney	Bay Roberts	Runaway car
February 29, 1908	Michael Bolger Bernard Moriarity Jordan Deering	Portugal Cove Harbour Grace Carbonear	Dynamite explosion Dynamite explosion Dynamite explosion
February 29, 1908	Charles Thomas	Bell Island	Caught in belt
March 5, 1908	James Murphy	Plate Cove	Fall of ground
March 14, 1908	?? Hunt	Conception Harbour	Explosion
March 16, 1908	George Antle	Victoria	Dynamite blast
July 10, 1909	John King	Placentia	Caught between cars
March 10, 1910	Pat Abbott	Portugal Cove	Dynamite blast
June 15, 1911	Jas Whelan	Conception Harbour	Crushed by cars
June 16, 1911	Thos Hawco	Harbour Main	Struck by cars
October 12, 1911	Fred Taylor	St. John's	Runaway car
July 3, 1912	John Bursey	Pilley's Island	Dynamite blast
August 26, 1912	Pat McEvay	Haricott, Placentia Bay	Fell from loading shute and drowned
February 17, 1913	William Seward	Heart's Ease	Fall of ground
March 13, 1913	Michael Dinn	Salmonier	Dynamite blast
July 10, 1913	Peter Wade	Conception Harbour	Run over by car
July 10, 1913	Peter Winters	Pool's Island	Struck by car
January 31, 1914	J.J. McKenzie	Nova Scotia	Struck by 20-ton car
February 14, 1914	Pat Hanlon	St. Mary's	Struck by stockpile shovel
February 27, 1914	Elisha Smith	Bell Island	Struck by car
March 21, 1914	Ambrose Clarke	Harbour Grace	Fall of ground
August 22, 1916	Steward Luffman Thos. Wall John Rose **See Errata table below Thos Gill	Bell Island Bell Island Portugal Cove Conception Harbour	Dynamite explosion Dynamite explosion Dynamite explosion Dynamite explosion
April 2, 1917	William Hennessey	Kelligrews	Dynamite blast in pier tunnel
April 11, 1917	Peter Fitzgerald	Bell Island	Dynamite blast in mine
July 13, 1917	Dennis Power	Bay Roberts	Clothes caught in cable and drew him into engine
November 6, 1917	Edward King	Perry's Cove	Fall of ground
January 12, 1918	Pat Kelly	Bell Island	Boom of hoist fell on him at pier
October 16, 1918	Ed. T. Barnes	Harbour Grace	At construction work
May 5, 1919	Isaac Crann	Placentia	Runaway car
May 10, 1919	George Bishop	Kelligrews	Fell of boiler in power plant
July 16, 1919	Jas Pynn	Bristol's Hope	Struck by car
July 24, 1919	Albert Walsh	St. John's	Run over by surface ore car
September 12, 1919	Richard Lahey	Bell Island	Runaway car
May 8, 1920	John LeGrow	Broad Cove	Struck by car
November 30, 1920	Samuel Penney	Bell Island	Dynamite blast
September 26, 1922	Henry Sheppard	Harbour Grace	Fall of ground
August 9, 1923	Thos Whelan	Bryant's Cove	Fall of ground
November 28, 1923	Samuel Murphy	Colliers	Run over by car
May 1, 1924	Robert Yetman	Bryant's Cove	Coal fence came in on him
May 1, 1924	Walter Dwyer	Bell Island	Electrocuted
May 21, 1927	Edward Dwyer	Bell Island	Struck by car
August 30, 1927	Sydney Warford	Bell Island	Fell into shaft
February 28, 1928	Samuel Cobb	Bell Island	Dynamite blast
January 13, 1929	Angus MacDonald (Asst. Manager)	Bell Island	Died of blood poison, after accident in mine
June 13, 1929	Jas Leo Fitzpatrick	Bell Island	Run over by electric shovel
July 24, 1930	John Costello	Bell Island	Thrown from car
August 5, 1931	Frank Costello	Bell Island	Run over by car No.6 Mine
March 15, 1934	Thos Sweeney	Bell Island	Struck head against roof while riding trip
July 4, 1935	John W. Gosse Edmond Mercer	Bell Island Bell Island	Fall of ground Fall of ground
April 14, 1936	William Lane	Bell Island	Run over by cars
July 15, 1937	Martin Sheppard	Bell Island	Fall of ground
September 30, 1937	William Power	Bell Island	Dynamite blast
April 27, 1938	Samuel Chaytor Robert Bowdring	Bell Island Bell Island	Explosion of gas Explosion of gas
June 11, 1938	John Brazil	Spaniard's Bay	Run over by surface ore car
June 22, 1939	Hector Cobb Thos Butler	Bell Island Bell Island	Struck by 20-ton car Fall at the pier
November, 1942	Hayward George	Bell Island	Fall of ground
September, 1945	Michael Kennedy	Bell Island	Fell into engine room of ore boat
October, 1949	Randell Skanes James Butler	Bell Island Bell Island	Runaway car Runaway car
March, 1951	Joseph Anthoney	Bell Island	Struck his head
May 15, 1951	Sam Peach	Salmon Cove	Fall of ground
January 11, 1952	Joseph Bunce	Bell Island	Struck by ore car
March 20, 1952	Reginald Dobbin	Bell Island	Cave-in
March 4, 1953	John Connolly	Bell Island	Caught in belt
June 17, 1953	Michael Nugent	Bell Island	Struck by ore car
September 4, 1953	Harold Dean	Bell Island
September 11, 1953	Gerald Shea	Bell Island	Ore car collision
March 2, 1954	William Anthony	Bell Island	Cave-in
December 11, 1954	Richard Butler	Bell Island	Cave-in
September 26, 1955	Alphonsus Hawco	Bell Island	Went over clift
January 28, 1958	Albert Slade	Salmon Cove	Cave-in
November 6, 1959	James Kelloway	Salmon Cove	Jammed between cars
October 13, 1960	Gerald Costello	Bell Island
November 11, 1961	Ernest Vokey	Bell Island	Cave-in
June 5, 1964	Walter C. Rees	Bell Island	Cave-in
March 4, 1965	Leander Gosse	Bell Island	Cave-in
May 12, 1965	William Miller	Bell Island	Jammed between ore cars
October 22, 1965	Patrick Kelly	Bell Island	Explosion

E R R A T A

Name in Transcription Description of Error My Name

John ROSE The surname should be ROSS David Parsons

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E R R A T A
Name in Transcription	Description of Error	My Name
John ROSE	The surname should be ROSS	David Parsons