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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boram | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Burke | Andrew | 1917 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by rail car on surface |
| Campbell | Hector | 1875 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Run over by loaded wagons |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conway | Wayne Michael | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dalling | Timothy | 1927 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by riding on coal trip which derailed |
| Dudka | Andrew | 1950 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Favier | Thomas | 1911 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between rib and full box |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Freeman | Henry | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grasesnack | C. G. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| James | Laurence Elwyn | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Kayens | Felician | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Launey | Francis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lohez | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | F. | 1902 | Pictou County | Vale | Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Mahoney | Patrick | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| McCarney | unknown | 1866 | Pictou County | Above ground, at Acadia wharf | Fell and struck his head |
| McElvie | Hugh | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| McKinnon | Rod #1 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeal | John Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | Laughlin | 1880 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| O'Brien | J. D. | 1939 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Russell | unknown | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Carbon monoxide after methane explosion 1of 2 killed |
| Short | Romeo Andrew | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Van Larkin | Dominic | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Amon | W. | 1921 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 1 | Buried 4 hours under fall, died at home in evening |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burkett | "young" | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Colin | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Cooke | H. A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Darroch or Darrah | Andrew | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Rock fall |
| Dunbar | Robert | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Feltmate | Roy Edward | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Simon | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between two cars |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Green | Frank | 1908 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a box on balance |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |