Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinnon | Allen | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ferguson | Allen | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Struck by part of junk while loading |
| McVicar | Allen | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | Allan J. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck on head by upright timber, died 3 days later |
| McDonald | Allan | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDougall | Allan | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cumberland | No.9 ? (may be Glace Bay) | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Allan | 1937 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Buried beneath fall of stone |
| Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
| White | Alfred A. | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump on March 18 |
| Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
| Turner | Alfred | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by horse; in falling pick stabbed abdomen |
| Roberts | Alfred | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of roof |
| Legere | Alfred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hanuse | Alfred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Leonard | Alfred | 1900 | Cape Breton County | International | Killed getting in cage at pit bottom |
| Coulier | Alfred | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Hit by a runaway box |
| Collier | Alfred | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 4 | Fall of coal from roof in room |
| Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| Purvis | Alexander Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hill | Alexander | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine |
| McDonald | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Eloi | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Holland | Alexander | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Ross | Alexander | 1911 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake |
| McEachern | Alexander | 1882 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a rake of full pit tubs |
| Walker | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Campbell | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of loose coal from hung shot |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | Alexander | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from pillar |
| MacDonald | Alexander | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| McKinnon | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Murray | Alexander | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bonner | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1888 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Overground as a boiler was being lowered |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| MacDonald | Alexander | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Brunt | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Watts | Alexander | 1878 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion of steam boiler; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ryan | Alexander | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| Bunton | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1978 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |