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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| McMullin | Lauchlin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fell off trip and under box |
| Sedosky | Stephen | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
| iafalli | Carmen | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Power | Andrew | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| Kuta | Leo | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by runaway box |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Lucus | Marcus | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Chipman | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Lamond | Daniel | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | Laurence | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McNeil | Arthur | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Podenski | Steve | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McLeod | Archie | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Briggs | Louis | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of coal |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| MacIntosh | Earl | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling stone and coal |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Leadbeater | Earl | 1973 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hall | Albert | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| Andrews | William | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Hutcheson | Robert | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McKinnon | Murdock | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Grant | Albert or Arthur | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McLain | Hector | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Reserve or Gowrie | |
| Young | Michael | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Run over by trip while trying to get on it |
| Lanswood | Fred | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Run over by full boxes on slope |
| McDonald | Lauchlin | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by hoisting bucket falling on him |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Laffin | John J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |
| McLean | D. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Ferrymand | Edward | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Seaman | Max | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric wire |
| McLean | Dan S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | While connecting wire, shotfirer fired |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
| McLean | Dan | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under engine |
| Purchase | Harry | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |