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 |
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McLean | Joseph | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
McDonald | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
Perfect | Joseph | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by moving railway cars |
Crummey | Joseph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
Oliver | Joseph | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
Martin | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
Turner | Joseph | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
McLellan | Joseph | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Roof stone fell on him while driving |
Walsh | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
Berallen | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
McMullin | Joseph | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
Hanrahan | Joseph | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between loaded box and boom |
Hilliar | Joseph | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face of room |
Churchill | Joseph | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fell into Emery shaft |
Debodt | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Haworth | Joseph | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
McCormick | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by boom, died 4 days later |
Krantz | Joseph | 1910 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Major | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
Lohez | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Gallivan | Joseph | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Deveaux | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
Burbine | Joseph | 1969 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
MacIntyre | Joseph | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Run over by cage in balance, died next day |
Gilroy | Joseph | 1911 | Cumberland | Springhill | Jammed by cars |
Morrison | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
Quann | Joseph | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Caught between loaded box and pillar |
Campbell | Joseph | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Mechanical |
Borden | Joseph | 1922 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone and coal |
Saltys | Joseph | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Strick by flying timber from tram |
Tattersal | Joseph | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Hennessey | Joseph | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone, leg injured |
Reid | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
King | Joseph | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
Orell | Joseph | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
McDougall | Joseph | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by loaded car at No. 4 landing |
Bellan | Joseph | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in pillars |
Gallant | Joseph | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
Brian or Bryan | Joseph | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Motor exploded on back slope |
Gerhardt | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
Hest | Joseph | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Struck by runaway car, near landing |
McMahon | Joseph | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
McKinnon | Joseph | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
McAulay | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
LeBlanc | Joseph | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Found dead in boiler room; may have fallen |
Michalik | Joseph | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
Campbell | Joseph | 1936 | Pictou County | McGregor | Overrun by a full trip of coal on slope |
Toomey | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught by full box |
Nearing | Joseph | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |