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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Hayden | 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 |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| MacDonald | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |