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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Luffman | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Rodgers | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |
| McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
| Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Roache or Roche | William | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Nicholson | William | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Squeezed between box and pillar |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Oliver | William | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |