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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Campbell | John | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilkes | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Cormier | John | 1907 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between car and bankhead |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |