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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Timmons | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Wilkes | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Cormier | John | 1907 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between car and bankhead |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |