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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Boutilier | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of roof stone |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |