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
O'Hanley Donald 1902 Cape Breton County Reserve Killed by runaway full box in slope
McInnis Donald 1959 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Campbell Donald 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Martin Donald 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed
McLellan Donald 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed
McIntyre Donald 1901 Cape Breton County International Caught by runaway coal box from bank on surface
MacEachern Donald 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Tabor Donald 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
MacFadgen Donald 1973 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 12 Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed
McPhee Donald 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
McDonald Donald 1885 Cumberland Westville or Springhill mine Died after breaking legs
Pendergrast Donald 1907 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed
McDonald Donald 1952 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
MacKinnon Donald 1873 Pictou County Foord pit Fall of coal
McKay Donald 2nd 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Fraser Donald A. 1962 Pictou County McBean Struck by a falling steel boom
Maine or Main Donald A. or Douglas 1937 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Crushed by stone or wood on longwall
Ferguson Donald J. 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone
MacQueen Donald John 1933 Cape Breton County Sullivan (Indian Cove) Runaway Box
MacDonald Donald R. 1922 Inverness bootleg pit Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed
Stewart Donald Sr. 1966 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage:Hit by a full trip
Venus Donald W. 1961 Cumberland Syndicate Electrocution on slope
Melanson Dosithe 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Cause not recorded
Grant Dougald 1899 Pictou County Vale Methane explosion by naked light
McIsaac Dougald 1939 Inverness Inverness Jammed; died 2 days later
Davis Douglas 1953 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump; 1 of 2 killed
Delaney Douglas 1909 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Killed by runaway box
Taylor Douglas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Blue Duncan 1919 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by runaway rake
MacLean Duncan 1907 Inverness Inverness See D.A. McLean, 1908, possibly a duplicate
McInnis Duncan 1905 Cape Breton County Caledonia Fall of stone from roof
McDonald Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
MacLeod Duncan 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone
McIsaac Duncan 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of stone
Halliday Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McRae Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Curry Duncan 1957 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Pero E. 1894 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Locomotive started on its own, ran over him
Robertson E. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface)
MacKay Earl 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
MacLellan Earl 1973 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Natural Causes
Leadbeater Earl 1973 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 12 Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed
MacIntosh Earl 1967 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Falling stone and coal
MacKenzie Earl C. 1969 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Fall of stone
McMasters Earl J. 1969 Cumberland Springhill, Syndicate Mine or Springhill No. 1 Struck by empty trip
Sweet Eben 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall down chute
Murrant Edgar 1956 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Wry Edgar 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Luscombe Edmund Clarence 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between box and timber
Burns Edward 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion

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