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)sort descending Year County Mine Cause
Dugas Alex 1917 Cape Breton County Colonial Crushed between box and rib
Steele Alex 1928 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of stone
McIntyre Alex 1929 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by cage
Rordenan Alex 1919 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone
McCosh Alex 1890 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of stone from roof
Caporallo Alex 1936 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by trip
Glenn Alex 1895 Pictou County Acadia Fall from roof of working face
MacKinnon Alex 1905 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Bump
Spence Alex 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion
McSween Alex 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Construction
Degaust Alex 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Aexter Alex 1911 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) Explosion
Foster Alex 1894 Pictou County Albion Run over by a coal trip
McGillivray Alex 1871 Pictou County Foord pit Killed in the Foord by gas
MacLean Alex 1867 Pictou County unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit Methane explosion
McLeod Alex 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Run over by trip
Jenson or Jamieson Alex 1914 Pictou County Albion Run over by a box
LeBlanc Alex 1927 Pictou County Allan Shaft Crushed: 2 runaway boxes hit box he was lifting
Bigney or Bignay Alex 1908 or 1909 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone
Arseneau Alex 1916 Cumberland Victoria Fall of roof
MacLean Alex 1937 Pictou County Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) Fall of coal
Dixon Alex 1943 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of stone
Campbell Alex 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
Graham Alex 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
McGowen Alex 1886 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Dropped dead at face by heart disease
McNeil Alex H 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Attempted to get on moving train
MacKenzie Alex J. 1970 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Struck by a trip on the south angle
McDonald Alex P. 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Crushed between boxes
Munroe Alex W. 1942 Pictou County McGregor Hit by a trip
Hill Alexander 1923 Cape Breton County Princess Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine
Holland Alexander 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Bonner Alexander 1920 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed
Eloi Alexander 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Vance Alexander 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Ryan Alexander 1873 Cape Breton County Lingan Fall of coal
Cameron Alexander 1978 Cape Breton County Lingan Fall of stone
Vance Alexander 1931 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Squeezed between two boxes
Ross Alexander 1872 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Methane explosion
Hacquoil Alexander 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatal injuries
Ross Alexander 1911 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Struck by a rake
MacDonald Alexander 1922 Inverness bootleg pit Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed
Pashkoski or Pasoshki Alexander 1946 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Killed by haulage
McEachern Alexander 1882 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Killed by a rake of full pit tubs
Cameron Alexander 1888 Pictou County English Slopes (abandoned) Overground as a boiler was being lowered
Cameron Alexander 1906 Pictou County Vale Run over by a hopper in pit yard
Smith Alexander 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
MacDonald Alexander 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Gabriel Alexander 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Murray Alexander 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Howie Alexander 1901 Cape Breton County Caledonia Killed by runaway coal wagon in east deep

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