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)sort descending 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

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