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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Ellis | 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 |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |