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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Tighe | John (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Morrison | John #1 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John #1 | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John #2 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John #2 | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKinnon | John 1st | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDougall | John A. | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John A. | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured by box |
| McNeil | John A. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| MacIsaac | John A. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18A | Haulage |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |