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 |
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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 |
Jessoe | Alexander | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
Bond | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal |
MacDonald | Alexander | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
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 |
Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
Ryan | Alexander | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
MacDougall | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
Andreggo | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
MacLean | Alexander | 1980 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Crushed by bucket against wall of shaft |
Bunton | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
Campbell | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
Fraser | Alexander | 1875 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Crushed by moving coal tub against a doorpost |
Munroe | Alex W. | 1942 | Pictou County | McGregor | Hit by a trip |
McDonald | Alex P. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Crushed between boxes |
MacKenzie | Alex J. | 1970 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Struck by a trip on the south angle |
McNeil | Alex H | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Attempted to get on moving train |
McGillivray | Alex | 1871 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Killed in the Foord by gas |
McDonad | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
Poirier | Alex | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Natural Causes |
Steele | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
Caporallo | Alex | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
McIntyre | Alex | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by cage |
Arseneau | Alex | 1916 | Cumberland | Victoria | Fall of roof |
Borden | Alex | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
McSween | Alex | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Construction |
Dugas | Alex | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Crushed between box and rib |
McGowen | Alex | 1886 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Dropped dead at face by heart disease |
Rordenan | Alex | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
Nichelson | Alex | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | |
Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
Aexter | Alex | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Explosion |
Glenn | Alex | 1895 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall from roof of working face |
McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |
Young | Alex | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
Foster | Alex | 1894 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a coal trip |
MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
MacLean | Alex | 1867 | Pictou County | unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit | Methane explosion |
Campbell | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
McCosh | Alex | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
LeBlanc | Alex | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed: 2 runaway boxes hit box he was lifting |
Graham | Alex | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |