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)sort descending Year County Mine Cause
Andrews William 1910 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of coal
Willis William 1899 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Fall of roof stone whilst driving
Jones William 1928 Cape Breton County Florence Steel railing falling from car
Thompson William 1924 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone and coal
Paterson William 1912 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of coal
Morrison William 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 8 Struck by box
Colburn William 1910 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
McKenzie William 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
Cherrie William 1905 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 killed at the 2400-foot level
Rodgers William 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
King William 1903 Cape Breton County Reserve Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope
Hamilton William 1950 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
McAldine William 1910 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Andrews William 1873 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of coal
Stevens William 1910 Cumberland Chignecto Explosion
Carroll William 1910 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Jammed between coal hoppers at surface
Whiteway William 1903 Cape Breton County Reserve Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later
Hannaham or Hanrahan William 1883 Pictou County Vale Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake
Stevenson William 1917 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by prop, died 3 days later
Jewkes William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Burke William 1930 Cumberland Victoria No. 2 Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed
McLellan William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Aldrid William 1907 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Fatally injured while riding in empty trip
Henderson William 1905 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of coal
Dixon William 1918 Cape Breton County Jubilee, Sydney Mines Runaway trip
Wright William 1933 Pictou County Allan Shaft Asphixiated by methane gas
McLeod William 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Cooke William 1979 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed
Muller William 1912 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of top coal at face of pillar
Spencer William 1897 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Burned by compressed powder
Milburn William 1895 or 1896 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Thrown from cage
McDonald William 1887 Cumberland Springhill Fall of coal from face
Horne or Horone William 1895 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall from roof
Large William 1942 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
McNamara William 1877 Cape Breton County Lingan Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed
Hutchinson William 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by cage
Turnbull William 1873 Pictou County Vale Under a falling derrick
Penny William 1928 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of coal
White William 1930 Cumberland Victoria No. 2 Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed
Lewis William 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
McLutchy William 1890 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later
Burke William 1866 Cape Breton County Caledonia Fall of picks in shaft
Snow William 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck head on roof when box jumped track
McCallum William 1931 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Went over surface dump with car
Munsie William 1943 Pictou County McGregor Crushed between a box and a steel boom
Hurley William 1913 Cumberland Lawson Tube of boiler burst
Kendell William 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
McKee William 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Murdock William 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Ferguson William 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion

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