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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megeney | Vernour | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck and Run over by rake |
| Humblet | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Henwood | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Millard | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Barrett | Victor | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Moseychuck | Victor | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McCormick | Vin | 1893 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of roof coal at face; also recorded as 1894 |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| O'Leary | Vincent | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Lewis | Vincent | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Caught between tram and prop |
| MacDonald | Vincent | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Struck by coal from a shot |
| McPherson | Vincent | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Harte | Vincent | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Wierschbizki | Vladislow | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McIntyre | W. | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed by machinery |
| Boutilier | W. | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Taking down coal loosened by shot |
| Amon | W. | 1921 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 1 | Buried 4 hours under fall, died at home in evening |
| Burridge | W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip |
| Jackson | W. C. | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Dunbar | W. Sr | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walczak | Wallace | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McGilvray or MacGillivray | Wallace | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Griffiths | Wallace | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| White | Wallace | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Haulage: Struck by arch boom |
| Keddy | Wallace | 1942 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Head | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Crushed between box and chock |
| Davidson | Walter | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Young | Walter | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Ledger | Walter | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Bulmer | Walter | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck by ginney (aka jinney or jig) or prop |
| Stewart | Walter | 1935 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Fall of stone |
| Eveley | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Linthorne | Walter | 1969 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught in coal-cutting machine |
| Sutherland | Walter | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Brown | Walter | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a runaway trip |
| Clarke | Walter | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Purdy | Walter Charles | 1921 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by piece of coal blown off by shot |
| Budd | Walter R. | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Clarke | Warde | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Hyatt | Warren | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Miskin | Wasil | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Kohusz | Wasye | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Caught between two boxes |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Pohoronz | Wasyl | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Raeshore | Wayne | 1982 | Cape Breton County | Prince | |
| Mills | Wayne | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Conway | Wayne Michael | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |