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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yak | Nicholas | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Brixco | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilcox | Nicholas | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Tally boy; boxes on bankhead |
| Mellise | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Durdle | Neslon | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Riding on trip which left the road |
| Rushton | Nelson W. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Burgoyne | Nelson | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |
| Wilson | Nelson | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed on surface by haulage rope used to convey cars under screens |
| Milley | Nelson | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McNeil | Neil S. | 1911 | Inverness | Inverness | Run over by balance cage, died 3 hours later |
| McNeil | Neil S. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Chapman | Neil D. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed under trip |
| MacKinnon | Neil | 1888 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by trip |
| MacLeod | Neil | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| McKinnon | Neil | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnstone or Johnston | Neil | 1892 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by coal hopper |
| Lynk | Neil | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by stone |
| McNeil | Neil | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Burned by electricity |
| McDonald | Neil | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McPherson | Neil | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Killed by runaway boxes |
| McLeod | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald or MacDonald | Neil | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Struck head against roof or boom |
| McIsaac | Neil | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McPhee | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gualtieri or Gaualtiere | Natali | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall from roof |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| MacIntyre | Murdock | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between timber and box |
| MacDonald | Murdock | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell against in-motion engine drum |
| McLeod | Murdock | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Morrison | Murdock | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKinnon | Murdock | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDougald | Murdock | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fatally injured on surface between 2 cars |
| McGregor | Murdock | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Brown | Murdock | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Struck on head when taking coal to chute |
| Ross | Murdock | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Murdoch | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| McKinnon | Murdoch | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| McPherson | Moses | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Jones | Moses | 1912 or 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake in slope |
| Perry | Moses | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Lutes | Morton M. or Norton | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Trapper, Struck by trip at 8300-ft trap door |
| White | Morris | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of methane |
| Tabor | Monty | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Skacun | Mitro | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Meagher | Milton | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |