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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McIsaac | Angus | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Corbett | Angus | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Caught in conveyor belt |
| Boutilier | Angus | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof |
| Keigan | Angus | 1883 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by coal tub |
| Haley or Hanley | Angus | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by boxes on main slope |
| Cameron | Angus | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McGillivray | Angus | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLean | Angus | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Run over by wagon |
| Fortune | Angus | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by cage |
| Fraser | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake on the slope |
| Gillies | Angus | 1878 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion of steam boiler; 1 of 2 killed |
| Holmes | Angus | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fell, striking head on rail |
| McKay | Angus | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Angus | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by runaway box |
| Hasey | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Caught in stoke driver shaft |
| McKinnon | Angus 2nd | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | Angus J. | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| MacNeil | Angus Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Angus L. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| MacMillan | Angus R. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McDonald | Angus V. | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Wasakalius | Ant. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Killed by runaway box |
| MacDougall | Anthony | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Lorway | Crushed by cage |
| Kuss | Anthony | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone face |
| McNeil | Anthony | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and prop, died next day |
| MacIntosh | Anthony | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion Glace Bay Shops Department | Natural Causes |
| McSorley | Anthony | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught by rope and drawn behind drum |
| Buenivego or Buenivege | Antoine | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| Modesto | Antonio | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Arch. B. | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a full box |
| Andrews | Archibald | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by metal that fell off ascending cage or chuck falling down shaft |
| Hayman | Archibald | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Casey | Archibald | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake of coal |
| Cameron | Archibald | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Shipley | Archibald | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cameron | Archibald | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIsaac | Archibald A. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| Hachey | Archibald J. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Kennedy | Archie | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Foster | Archie | 1904 | Cumberland | Aberdeen | Caught between box and chute; died on beaching bank |
| Cameron | Archie | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | Archie | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| Young | Archie | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of coal |
| Johnstone | Archie | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Stoker; injured in boiler explosion |
| Weeks | Archie | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Ferguson | Archie F. | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |