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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| 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 |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jones | James | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Explosion of methane |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |