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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Burns | George | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Full box ran over him on main level |
| Raus | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Iinjured by runaway box, died next day |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPhee | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by full trip |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Domokosch | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wood | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Brown | George | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Paul | George | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |