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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson | Dan | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip, died 2 days later |
| McDonnell | Dan | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Roach | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McLean | Dan | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under engine |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
| Gillis | Dan A. | 1907 | Inverness | Inverness | Fatally injured riding in empty trip, rope broke |
| Gillis | Dan A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal and rock in pillars |
| McNeil | Dan C. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Aucoin | Dan F. | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McNeil | Dan H. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone; also recorded as a casualty - not dead |
| O'Neil | Dan J. | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| McNeil | Dan R. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| McLean | Dan S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | While connecting wire, shotfirer fired |
| MacDonald | Dan W, | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Anderson | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Finlayson | Daniel | 1971 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Running cars at plant,got jammed between couplings of a full car and empty car |
| Lamond | Daniel | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Rector | Daniel | 1912 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Lockhart | Daniel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Finlay | Daniel | 1903 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Hit by a rake on the hoisting slope |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by shot going off while firing squib |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hariett | Daniel | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Caught in longwall machine cutter chain |
| Waye | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal from face |
| MacKenzie | Daniel | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| LeBlanc | Daniel | 1976 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Struck by a material trip |
| Brown | Daniel | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Graham | Daniel | 1925 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Morrison | Daniel | 1886 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by tub due to broken rope |
| McInnis | Daniel | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| MacDonald | Daniel | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| McKinnon | Daniel | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal; died in hospital |
| Jobs | Daniel | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed; died 6 days later |
| MacKenzie | Daniel | 1901 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 | |
| Findlayson | Daniel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Daniel | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway box |
| Winters | Daniel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| Cummings | Daniel | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKinnon | Daniel | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gerard | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Engine and bed raised by jerk; he fell underneath |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| Taylor | Daniel | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Hit by a train |
| Young | Daniel | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| MacDougall | Daniel | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work 1 of 2 killed |
| Cowans | Daniel A. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck head on boom |
| McDonald | Daniel A. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Killed by coal tipple on bankhead |