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
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

Excerpts from "The Beautiful Isles" by Rev. John W. Hammond - Transcribed by Vi Smith, May 2000