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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |