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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McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
Burridge | W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip |
Alexander | Gust | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal off rib |
Hayden | Roderick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
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 |
Porter | Elia | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
McNeil | John D. | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Methane explosion |
Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
McNeil | John H. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Bonnell | Louis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal at face |
Bellan | Joseph | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in pillars |
Kipping | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between empty trip |
Vaughan | Fitz | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Borsato | Giovanni | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Stevenson | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
Tomkins | Michael | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Haulage |
McDonald | Lauchlin | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by hoisting bucket falling on him |
Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
McLean | D. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Raus | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Iinjured by runaway box, died next day |
Chisholm | John J. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of pillar stone |
Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
Meulders | Gaspar | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Johnstone | Archie | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Stoker; injured in boiler explosion |
McInnis | Michael J. | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by a runaway empty trip |
McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
Chipman | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
McDonald | Dan | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of cage down shaft |
Warren | Edward | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Seaman | Max | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric wire |
McLean | Dan S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | While connecting wire, shotfirer fired |
Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
McLean | Dan | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under engine |
Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
McNeil | Michael K. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in room |
Martell | Louis | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Falling pit timber |
McDonald | Henry | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Kicked by a horse |
Scott | Leslie | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from rib |
Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
McNeil | John A. | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by loaded box |
McNeil | Roderick | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by empty trip |
Steineff | Audrey | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Ross | Curtis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
McPhee | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and roof, died a few hours later |
Campbell | Ronald | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by horse-hauled mine car |