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)sort ascending Year County Mine Cause
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

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