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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |