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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| 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 |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |