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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Roache or Roche | William | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | William | 1874 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Fall of coal |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Nicholson | William | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Squeezed between box and pillar |
| Main | William | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by runaway box |
| Blake | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Spencer | William | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Burned by compressed powder |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| McNamara | William | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| Lowther | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Leg broken in fall of stone at working face |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Cooke | William | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Jewkes | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
| McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |