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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| McPhee | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by full trip |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Brown | George | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Paul | George | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Burns | George | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Full box ran over him on main level |
| Raus | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Iinjured by runaway box, died next day |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Long | George | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
| Brown | George D. | 1926 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Parsons | George E. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |