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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost | Jacob | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal rolling on him |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Pike | Jabez | 1894 | Cumberland | Joggins | Run over by full rake |
| Nicholson | J.W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | J.S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Cameron | J.J. | 1903 | Inverness | Mabou | Caught by box on slope |
| Johnson | J.D. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | J.A. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McMillan | J. W. | 1901 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal and stone |
| Sutherland | J. W. | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Doucet | J. S. | 1941 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J. R. | 1877 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Fall of roof |
| MacDonald | J. P. | 1907 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by box at bottom of balance |
| McKinnon | J. J. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric shock, died 4 days later |
| O'Brien | J. D. | 1939 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof |
| McLennan | J. A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught by cage |
| Barclay | J. W. R. | 1907 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKay | J. | 1883 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Hit by flying fragments of broken pinion wheel |
| McVarish | J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Run over by box |
| McKinnon | J. | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of coal |
| Murray | Ivor | 1951 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of stone |
| Parsons | Israel | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Cossman | Isadore | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | Isadore | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Smith | Isaac | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Struck by trip of coal boxes |
| Bradbury | Isaac | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Fell in pickling tank on surface |
| Conway | Isaac | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Beasley | Isaac | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Greenwell | Isaac | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Holloway | Isaac | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Luther | Isaac | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boone | Isaac | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ripley | Ira | 1906 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of top coal |
| Collins | ingraham | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | Hugh Thomas | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Taking down top coal |
| Flemming | Hugh R | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of stone |
| MacNeil | Hugh M. | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck with haulage rope |
| MacDougall | Hugh G. or Hugh C. | 1934 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Hoegg | Hugh Brown | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal from roof |
| McKenzie | Hugh A. | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Hugh "Dulie" Arthur | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Accident, blasting incident; died 29 days later |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal |
| Gillis | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Hugh | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Hugh | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Robinson or Robertson | Hugh | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |