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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McIsaac | Daniel A. or Danile | 1936 | Inverness | Port Hood | Killed by file shot |
| McIsaac | Daniel C. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| Boudreau | Daniel J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| McDonald | Daniel J. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | Daniel J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a man-rake |
| MacMillan | Daniel L | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| MacKay | Daniel L. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Bump |
| McDonald | Daniel O. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDougall | Daniel R. | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall from bankhead (surface) |
| McKinnon | Daniel S. | 1945 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Poplar | Danny | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Tighe | Danny (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of roof |
| Lipton | Dave | 1954 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | watchman, died suddenly at work |
| Cullen or Cullins | David | 1914 | Pictou County | McGregor | Suffocation in mine |
| Hayman | David | 1886 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a box of coal |
| Betts | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vance | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Turner | David | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Squeezed between rib and box |
| McDonald | David | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by trip |
| Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
| Sutherland | David | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Muir | David | 1941 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Infection caused by a cut at work |
| Ferguson | David | 1877 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by counter balance |
| McVey | David | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Wilson | David | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by falling roof prop |
| Sutherland | David | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Campbell | David | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
| Conway | David | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Run over by a shunting engine on surface |
| Copely | David | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (Sydney Mines) | Fall of stone |
| Roach | David | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| McNeal | David | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Russell | David | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Robertson | David | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Fall of coal and stone |
| Watt | David | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Broughton | Struck by runaway box |
| Batchford | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| Brown | David | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| Gillespie | David | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by cage |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Soloman | David Allen | 1928 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Run over by a full trip of boxes |
| Wood | David Edgar | 1924 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Fall of roof |
| Morgan | Delbert | 1951 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by fall of coal or stone from rib |
| Boviada | Demetris | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Crushed between boxes |
| Laderie | Desire | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Van Larkin | Dominic | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| MacEachern | Donald | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Pendergrast | Donald | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |