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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| Ryan | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Boutilier | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of roof stone |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Nearing | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip, died next day |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Bonar | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |