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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Nicholson | William | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Squeezed between box and pillar |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| McAldine | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Patton | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Jewkes | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Walsh | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Ramsay | William | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Newcomb | William | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Killed by a fall of timber |