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.
Displaying page 35 of 50 pages (2497 entries).
| Surname |
Given Name(s) |
Year | County | Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| 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 |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Meulders | Gaspar | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Murray | Garfield | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Angelo | Gaeton | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Caverzan | Gaetano | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Eveleigh | G. Hector William | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Girdinetti | G. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Wadden | Freeman | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Clements | Freeman | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Swarttzack | Freeman | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 20 | Natural Causes |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| McKenzie | Frederick A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gower | Frederick | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Beaver | Fall of stone |
| Crocker | Frederick | 1884 | Cumberland | Springhill | Crushed between water box and timber |
| Dillon | Frederick | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Light | Fred J. | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Tabor | Fred E. | 1938 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Livingstone | Fred C. | 1957 | Pictou County | Greenwood No. 2 | Hit by a runaway coal box |
| Young | Fred | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Lanswood | Fred | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Run over by full boxes on slope |
| Cameron | Fred | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Run over by trip |
| Nicholson | Fred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Pettipas | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal |
| Rozmarinovich | Fred | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed between box and drop |
| Mitchell | Fred | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Lynk | Fred | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Canova | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off |
| Keating | Fred | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| McNeil | Fred | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of loose coal |
| Saunders | Fred | 1944 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Boutilier | Fred | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | Fred | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Elkin | Fred | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by trolleys on surface |
| Ward | Fred | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone, died next day |
| Schwinghammer or Swinghammer | Fred | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Rockett | Fred | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Gillis | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Haulage: Caught by box on 25E main level and squeezed against low side of wall |