Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Connorton | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| 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 |
| MacNeil | John A. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Richmond | John A. | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Foster | John A. | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| MacIsaac | John A. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18A | Haulage |
| McNeil | John A. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John A. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | fall of stone |