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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| MacDonald | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Nearing | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |