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 |
County |
Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald | Laurence | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Ireland | Dan | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Wilson | Nelson | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed on surface by haulage rope used to convey cars under screens |
| Broderick | R. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| MacLeod | Neil | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Wilson | Robert | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | Angus | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Farrell | Sebastien | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Scotia | Fall of stone; died with another family member |
| Cibarro | Stephano | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | Brian | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Wilkowski | Albert | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Taking box off cage, caught between box and rib |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Chiasson | Pat | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| Admino | Athmis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| McKinnon | J. J. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric shock, died 4 days later |
| Jewer | Rich. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Shunter, killed by car on surface |
| Murphy | John H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cherry | Matthew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Killoway | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | Nelson | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Skacun | Mitro | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Boutilier | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Kenneth | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Crushed between box and pillar |
| McDougall | Allan | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Prentice | Patrick | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 2 | Electric wire |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Roach | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Strang | Thomas L. | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Donkey runner; caught in rope on drum |
| Chiasson | Joseph R. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Gerard | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Engine and bed raised by jerk; he fell underneath |
| Kavanaugh | Michael | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Overcome by gas |
| Kutzyk | Matthew | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | Isadore | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bradbury | Isaac | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Fell in pickling tank on surface |
| Clarke | Herbert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Michaelites | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| McPhee | Donald | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Alex H | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Attempted to get on moving train |
| Phalen | Louis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| MacComiskey | Owen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |