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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Overs | 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 |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | 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 |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McDonald | James | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; maybe 4th man killed in an explosion or is a separate explosion |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Mackey or Mackie | James | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Leg broken; caught by cage in balance |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Conway | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Rose | James | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Jacobi | Jacob | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught under riding rake |