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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| 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 |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| 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 |
| MacIsaac | John A. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18A | Haulage |
| McNeil | John A. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| MacNeil | John A. | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |