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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Main | William | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by runaway box |
| Driscol or Driscoll | William | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Slipped from car, wheels passed over him |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Newcomb | William | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Killed by a fall of timber |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jones | William | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Steel railing falling from car |
| Mintis | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Thompson | William | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Reid | William | 1929 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck on head by falling jackhammer; died 5 weeks later |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Mirtan | William | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Burchill or Birchill | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Roach | William | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| O'Brien | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Brown | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Willis | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone whilst driving |
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Walsh | William | 1905 | Inverness | Port Hood | Hit by boom sliding down slope while timbering |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |