Coal Mining Fatalities

This database contains 2498 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 Countysort ascending Mine Cause
Ladime (Bulgarian) Unknown 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
McDonald Alexander T. 1918 Inverness Inverness Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later
McLellan Angus 1906 Inverness Broad Cove Killed by runaway box on main slope
DeCoste Bernard 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Lamby (Bulgarian) Unknown 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
McDonald or MacDonald Neil 1923 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Struck head against roof or boom
McLeod D.H. 1913 Inverness Inverness Struck by fall of frozen briquettes
Deveau Willie V. 1966 Inverness Evans Mine Killed by haulage
Lambyi (Bulgarian) Unknown 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
McDonald Saunders 1940 Inverness inverness No. 4 Struck by runaway box
McNeil Neil S. 1911 Inverness Inverness Run over by balance cage, died 3 hours later
Dixon Alex 1943 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of stone
Large August 1921 Inverness Inverness Fall down chute
McDonnell Dan 1927 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of coal
McNeil John 1927 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Crushed by full boxes of coal
Doucet J. S. 1941 Inverness Inverness Fall of stone
LeBlanc Joseph 1923 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Found dead in boiler room; may have fallen
McDougall Daniel 1924 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed
Merritt John 1903 Inverness Port Hood Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof
Fraser Robert 1909 Inverness Inverness Fall of roof coal; bled to death from injuries
MacDonald Alexander 1922 Inverness bootleg pit Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed
McIsaac Neil 1924 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed
Muise Patrick 1946 Inverness Inverness Killed by haulage
Dunlap Robert 1928 Colchester Kempton or Riversdale Fell off tub in shaft
Pike Jabez 1894 Cumberland Joggins Run over by full rake
Rector Daniel 1912 Cumberland Minudie Fall of stone
Wood Jasper E. or R. 1919 Cumberland St. George Fell down slope, died 1 day later
McGrath Clarence 1930 Cumberland Victoria No. 2 Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed
Landry Fidele D. 1910 or 1938 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Fall of stone
Maloney James 1973 Cumberland River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran Died of natural causes in mine
Fletcher William 1883 Cumberland Springhill Killed by fracture of brake bolt
Armishaw Jesse 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Carrigan William 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Dupee Joseph 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Kent William 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McKinnon Angus 2nd 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McLeod Henry 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Pitt Joseph 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Tattersal Joseph 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Matheson Hugh Thomas 1895 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Taking down top coal
Wilson James 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatally injured by full rake of boxes
MacKinnon Alex 1905 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Bump
Jones Moses 1912 or 1913 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by rake in slope
Jerrold Clement 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by empty mine car
Miskin Wasil 1923 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed
Morse Harry 1930 Cumberland Springhill No. 6 Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed
Maine or Main Donald A. or Douglas 1937 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Crushed by stone or wood on longwall
Weirich or Wetrich Herman E. 1943 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Caught in haulage rope
Light Fred J. 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Killed by haulage
Davis Douglas 1953 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump; 1 of 2 killed

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