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
Burns George 1907 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 5 (Queen) Full box ran over him on main level
McDonald Dan 1908 Cape Breton County Hub Fatal injury: pelvis broken in fall of stone
McNeil John H. 1909 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Macmillan Rod 1909 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Bonnell Louis 1910 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal at face
McLain Hector 1895 Cape Breton County Reserve Fatally injured on head by fall of roof coal
McKenzie Stephen 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Struck by cage balance
Reid Eugene 1911 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed
Bellan Joseph 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone in pillars
McMullin Andrew 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 13 Fall of stone at face
Morrison John 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone in pillars
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
Trente Adam 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Killed by falling boom
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of roof
McPherson Dan 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip, died 2 days later
Mitetski Woosyl 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of coal
Grave Henry 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
Crummey or Crominey Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Kleizer Paul 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Murphy Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Steele John J. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Chase Richard 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Caught between shaft and car
Kipping Thomas 1919 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Jammed between empty trip
Vaughan Fitz 1920 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Robbins William F. 1921 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Reid John N. 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Accidental dynamite explosion
Waugh Michael 1923 Cape Breton County Princess Caught in worm-gear of coal conveyor
Berger Charles 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by a trip of boxes
McPhee Angus 1926 Cape Breton County Princess Squeezed between longwall machine and face
Riley James 1927 Cape Breton County Princess Squeezed between boxes
McKinnon Murdoch 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of coal
Johnstone Archie 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Stoker; injured in boiler explosion
Jones Charles 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later
Cowans Daniel A. 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Struck head on boom
McDonald James R. 1931 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of coal
McInnis Michael J. 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by a runaway empty trip
Wilson Henry J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck on head by stone
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

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