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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| 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 |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |