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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | James E. | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage: Struck by a trip of material |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| Conway | James D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Hamilton | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |