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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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 |
Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
Miller | Edward | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Harte | Simon | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Rozmarinovich | Fred | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed between box and drop |
Rickets | John A. | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by fall of coal |
Strople | Ralph | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
Gouthro | Charles | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck and run over by full coal box |
Prendergast | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | End blew out of aftercooler |
Lawlor | Richard | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Runaway box |
Toomey | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught by full box |
Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
Jacques | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Trip of boxes |
Waye | Samuel | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by chain block |
Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Hawley or Holley | Edward | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Box knocked out prop and boom, stone fell on him |
Assemmather | Fawl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
McNeil | John M. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal at face |
Beasley | Isaac | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
Bonner | Harry | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
O'Neil | Dan J. | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
MacDonald | John T. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall in shaft |
Davidson | Walter | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
Johnson | J.D. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Erunio | Parristto | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
Stewart | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Ford | Julian | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed between box and boom |
McLeod | Angus | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between motor and prop |