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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boutilier | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of roof stone |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| Bonar | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McDonald | John | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip, died next day |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Burchell | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fell down shaft |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Simpson | John | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagons |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Cann | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Killed by cage when descending pit |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Horn | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Josso | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of coal in room |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Timmons | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |