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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| 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 |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Johnson | 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 |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |