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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Dragon | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |