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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| Wilson | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smillie | Thomas | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hawes | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillar |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Baker | Thomas | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Derailed rake |
| Hart | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Yacick | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal, head and back hurt, accidental death |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Prendergast | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | End blew out of aftercooler |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Quigley | Thomas | 1906 | Inverness | Mabou | Jammed between box and pillar |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ryan | Thomas | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| White | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Marsh | Thomas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or | Struck by trip |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Jennings | Thomas | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Carpenter | Thomas | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Thomas | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Bell | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Cassey | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Hallet | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Marshall | Thomas | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Durham | 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 |
| McKay | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rogers | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Steele | Thomas | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone |
| O'Toole | Terrance | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Crushed between box and timber |
| Laderie | Sylvia | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Melnick | Steve | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Lilley | Stephen Paul | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Cronius | Stephen | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of roof |
| McDougald | Stephen | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion Coal Company shaft | Stone fell from wall |
| Rushton | Stephen | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |