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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Overs | 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 |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Jones | James | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Explosion of methane |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| 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 |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| Conway | James D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| Matheson | James E. | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage: Struck by a trip of material |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Burke | James J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria | Undetermined |
| McPherson | James Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |