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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |