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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |