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) |
Year | County | Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rozmarinovich | Fred | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed between box and drop |
| Saunders | Fred | 1944 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Elkin | Fred | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by trolleys on surface |
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Schwinghammer or Swinghammer | Fred | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Canova | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off |
| Matheson | Fred | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Rockett | Fred | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Gillis | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Haulage: Caught by box on 25E main level and squeezed against low side of wall |
| Lanswood | Fred | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Run over by full boxes on slope |
| Cameron | Fred | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Run over by trip |
| Mitchell | Fred | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Lynk | Fred | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Pettipas | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal |
| Keith | Fred | 1919 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Overcome by gas, likely methane |
| Ward | Fred | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone, died next day |
| Young | Fred | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Keating | Fred | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Livingstone | Fred C. | 1957 | Pictou County | Greenwood No. 2 | Hit by a runaway coal box |
| Tabor | Fred E. | 1938 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Light | Fred J. | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Gower | Frederick | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Beaver | Fall of stone |
| Crocker | Frederick | 1884 | Cumberland | Springhill | Crushed between water box and timber |
| Dillon | Frederick | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKenzie | Frederick A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Swarttzack | Freeman | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 20 | Natural Causes |
| Wadden | Freeman | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Clements | Freeman | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Girdinetti | G. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Eveleigh | G. Hector William | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Caverzan | Gaetano | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Angelo | Gaeton | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Murray | Garfield | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Meulders | Gaspar | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |