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 |
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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 |