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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| 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 |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Connorton | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| 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 |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |