Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Jones | James | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Explosion of methane |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |