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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | John A. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone |
| Young | John A. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of timber |
| Campbell | John A. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKinnon | John 1st | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | John #2 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John #2 | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John #1 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John #1 | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Tighe | John (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Ryan | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |