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)sort ascending Year County Mine Cause
McLeod Varley 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Sedlak Valent 1960 Pictou County McBean Conflict with underground haulage
MacLeod unknown 1905 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of stone from shaft wall being excavated as they were sinking the shaft
McCarney unknown 1866 Pictou County Above ground, at Acadia wharf Fell and struck his head
Russell unknown 1858 Pictou County Cage pit Carbon monoxide after methane explosion 1of 2 killed
Luddington Truman 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Salcon Trifon 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Jahn Trevor Martin 1992 Pictou County Westray Devastating methane and coal dust explosion
Shuparski Tony 1938 Pictou County McGregor dropped dead
Moro Tino 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of coal
Fahey Timothy 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Howatt Timothy 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dalling Timothy 1927 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Killed by riding on coal trip which derailed
LeBlanc Tillman 1909 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Haulage rope injury
Nicholson Thomas N. 1953 Cumberland Springhill No. 2, #1 seam Killed by haulage
Strang Thomas L. 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Donkey runner; caught in rope on drum
Adderly Thomas Jr 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Hines Thomas J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Pearson Thomas Edgar 1936 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Leg broken by trip, died 5 days later in hospital
O'Brien Thomas E. 1941 Cumberland Cumberland Railway & Coal Pulmonary embolism
Porter Thomas D. 1945 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by rake
Smith Thomas B. 1938 Pictou County Allan Shaft Died in pit from natural causes
Corkin Thomas A. 1944 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Fall of stone
Sullivan Thomas 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Morrison Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Glenwright Thomas 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Young Thomas 1908 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Struck by runaway box
Shaw Thomas 1958 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
White Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Gabriel Thomas 1949 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump
Wilson Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Brown Thomas 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Baker Thomas 1900 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Derailed rake
McLeod Thomas 1867 Cape Breton County Lingan Fall of stone
Hamilton Thomas 1931 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Milley Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Crummey or Crominey Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Tower Thomas 1885 Cumberland Syndicate burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed
Prendergast Thomas 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 End blew out of aftercooler
Murphy Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Gaskin Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Barclay Thomas 1932 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Fall of coal
Rogers Thomas 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Johnstone Thomas 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed
Browner Thomas 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Mine machinery
Young Thomas 1870 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of coal
Carpenter Thomas 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Penny Thomas 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope Fall of stone
Campbell Thomas 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Smillie Thomas 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by a haulage rope

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