Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 known Nova Scotia coal mining fatalities. Names, dates, places, mines, and causes of death have been painstakingly compiled. Despite this, it is by no means a complete list. Fatalities occurred before records were kept; descriptions of incidents and those involved were lost along with coal company records. Official recording of multiple deaths may have missed some names; in some cases, names are misspelled. However, this is likely the most complete list that exists. Please contact us if you know names to add.
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Surname | Given Name(s) | Year | County | Mine | Cause |
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Vickers | Alexander | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed trying to jump on a full trip |
Howie | Alexander | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by runaway coal wagon in east deep |
Young | Alexander | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal, died 6 days later |
McVicar | Alexander | 1904 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of coal from face |
Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
Eloi | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Andreggo | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
McInnis | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught between coal box and pillar |
Walker | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
McDonald | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
Bunton | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
Campbell | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of loose coal from hung shot |
Morrison | Alexander | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from pillar |
McKinnon | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
Bonner | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
Ross | Alexander | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
Cameron | Alexander | 1888 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Overground as a boiler was being lowered |
Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
MacDonald | Alexander | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
Ross | Alexander | 1911 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake |
McEachern | Alexander | 1882 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a rake of full pit tubs |
Cameron | Alexander | 1978 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
Purvis | Alexander Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Collier | Alfred | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 4 | Fall of coal from roof in room |
Coulier | Alfred | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Hit by a runaway box |
Leonard | Alfred | 1900 | Cape Breton County | International | Killed getting in cage at pit bottom |
Roberts | Alfred | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of roof |
Hanuse | Alfred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
Legere | Alfred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
Turner | Alfred | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by horse; in falling pick stabbed abdomen |
White | Alfred A. | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump on March 18 |
Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
McDougall | Allan | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
McDonald | Allan | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
MacDonald | Allan | 1937 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Buried beneath fall of stone |
McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
McDonald | Allan | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cumberland | No.9 ? (may be Glace Bay) | Fall of stone |
McDonald | Allan J. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck on head by upright timber, died 3 days later |
McVicar | Allen | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
McKinnon | Allen | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Ferguson | Allen | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Struck by part of junk while loading |
Goode | Allen H. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
Budd | Alonzo | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |