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 |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Bishop | George | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking |
| 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 |
| Paul | George | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | George | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Burns | George | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Full box ran over him on main level |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Raus | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Iinjured by runaway box, died next day |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |