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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Campbell | John | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ryan | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |