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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Stevenson | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |