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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| MacDonald | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Boutilier | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of roof stone |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Nearing | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Bonar | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| McDonald | John | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip, died next day |
| Simpson | John | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagons |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Burchell | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fell down shaft |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |