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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Melnick | Steve | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Podenski | Steve | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Laderie | Sylvia | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| O'Toole | Terrance | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Crushed between box and timber |
| Johnstone | Thomas | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Hawes | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillar |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McKay | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kelly | Thomas | 1984 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Prendergast | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | End blew out of aftercooler |
| Connors | Thomas | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Yacick | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal, head and back hurt, accidental death |
| Quigley | Thomas | 1906 | Inverness | Mabou | Jammed between box and pillar |
| Blackwood | Thomas | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Sullivan | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Carpenter | Thomas | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| White | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Brown | Thomas | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Bell | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Cassey | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Hallet | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Marshall | Thomas | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Marsh | Thomas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or | Struck by trip |
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Rogers | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gaskin | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Shaw | Thomas | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Rogers | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Penny | Thomas | 1948 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope | Fall of stone |
| Steele | Thomas | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone |
| Baker | Thomas | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Derailed rake |
| Favier | Thomas | 1911 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between rib and full box |
| Ross | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Young | Thomas | 1870 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Durham | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Browner | Thomas | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Mine machinery |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| Smillie | Thomas | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |