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)sort descending Year County Mine Cause
Briggs Louis 1961 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of coal
Coffin Louis 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Vaast Louis 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Bartholemew or Bartholomew Louis 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Johnstone Louis 1949 Pictou County McBean Caught by a moving cable in haulage
Jacob or Jacobs Louis L. 1944 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Fall of stone
Vaast Lucien (boy) 1916 Pictou County Thom or Tom pit Gas explosion at mouth of abandoned slope; boy was chasing a ball
Passino Lucien or Lucino 1916 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Slanwhite M. 1906 Cape Breton County Hub Fall of stone
McDonald M. 1910 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
MacDougall M. 1909 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Fall of stone
Campbell M. S. 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal
White Malcolm 1965 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
McDonald Malcolm 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Kicked by a horse
McPhee Malcolm 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
McLeod Malcolm 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Fall of stone and till
McIsaac Malcolm 1873 Pictou County Foord pit Crushed by coal tubs
Nicholson Malcolm 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Steele Malcolm 1905 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fatally injured from premature shot
Beaton Malcolm 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
McAulay Malcolm 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed
McAskill Malcolm 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of stone
O'Handley Malcolm 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed
McPherson Malcolm 1906 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Stewart Malcolm 1908 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed
McPherson Malcolm I. 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
MacNeil Malcolm P. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Lawless Marcel 1935 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Found on haulage
Lucus Marcus 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Trevison Mario 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
McDonald Mark 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of roof
Greene Mark 1928 Cape Breton County Colonial No. 1 Methane explosion
Kennedy Mark 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Willigher Mark 1927 Cumberland Springhill No. 6 Cause not recorded
Shoder Martin 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of roof
MacKay Martin 1931 Pictou County Allan Shaft Heart attack in act of getting on riding rake
Foley Martin 1874 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Crash of a runaway rake
Spoors Mat 1887 Pictou County Vale Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed
Collins Mathew 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Todd Matther 1941 Cape Breton County Bras d'Or Fall of stone
Stubbert Matthew 1903 Cape Breton County Reserve Mis-shot exploded while he was examining it
Kutzyk Matthew 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Whalen Matthew 1922 Cape Breton County Jubilee, lower seam, Sydney Mines Fall of stone from roof
Lyall Matthew 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Cherry Matthew 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Hayes Matthew 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Haulage
Stoker Matthew 1968 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Natural Causes
Reashor Maurice 1968 Cape Breton County Princess Coronary heart attack
Raggar Max 1951 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 18 Fall of stone
Seaman Max 1909 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Electric wire

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