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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holley | Edward | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Driving when box derailed, knocked out prop, roof fell, killing him |
| Dawe | Edward | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Miller | Edward | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Ripley | Edward | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| McLeod | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Crawford | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ruddick | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hall | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by trip |
| Duprey | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stanislaw | Edward | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Millville | Edward | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Clarke | Edward | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Vickers | Edward | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Hall | Edward | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Empty horse wagon ran away |
| Smith | Edward | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacCallum | Edward | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Phalen | Edward | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McLean | Edward | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Edward | 1939 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of rock, died 4 days later |
| Hardcastle | Edward | 1911 | Cumberland | Great Northern | Fall of stone |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| Savage | Edward | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Merrit | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Duder | Edward | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall in sump |
| Burns | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal; possibly in Cumberland County |
| Donovan | Edward | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Hall | Edward | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Possibly in Cumberland County |
| LeBlanc | Edward | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Struck by moving box |
| Bigney | Edward | 1910 | Pictou County | Acadia | Run over by a box of coal |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Fall of coal |
| Ferrymand | Edward | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Roberts Jr | Edward | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Briffett | Edward | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Warren | Edward | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Clark | Edward | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by trip |
| Doyle | Edward | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of rock |
| Bobbie | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jones | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| LeBlanc | Edward | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Struck by a moving box |
| McDonald | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Arthrell | Edward | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McLean | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Fagon | Edward | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hawley or Holley | Edward | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Box knocked out prop and boom, stone fell on him |
| Flavin | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Bossman or Bosman | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Luscombe | Edmund Clarence | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and timber |
| Murrant | Edgar | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |