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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| 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 |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |