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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| 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 |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| 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 |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | James E. | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage: Struck by a trip of material |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| 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 |
| Keiver | James L. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |