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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| 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 |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Campbell | John | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Mitchell | 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 |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Connorton | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |