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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |