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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | James | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; maybe 4th man killed in an explosion or is a separate explosion |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |