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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| 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 |
| MacIsaac | John A. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18A | Haulage |
| McDonald | John A. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | fall of stone |
| MacNeil | John A. | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| McNeil | John A. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Richmond | John A. | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |