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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| 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 |
| McNeil | John A. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John A. | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured by box |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | John A. | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by loaded box |