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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |