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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Lammond | James | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Conway | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Mackey or Mackie | James | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Leg broken; caught by cage in balance |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Hamilton | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| Rose | James | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |