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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Josso | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of coal in room |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Timmons | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Newman | 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 |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |