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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |