Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Colburn | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McAldine | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| Burchill or Birchill | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cooke | William | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Lowther | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Leg broken in fall of stone at working face |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Brown | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Willis | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone whilst driving |
| Walsh | William | 1905 | Inverness | Port Hood | Hit by boom sliding down slope while timbering |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| MacKenzie | William | 1903 | Pictou County | Albion | Jumped from moving train in mine yard |
| Patton | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Andrews | William | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |