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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Long | George | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Domokosch | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Wood | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bishop | George | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking |
| 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 |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| 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 |