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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid | William | 1929 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck on head by falling jackhammer; died 5 weeks later |
| Munroe | Alex W. | 1942 | Pictou County | McGregor | Hit by a trip |
| Nicholson | Bain | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Morgan | Delbert | 1951 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by fall of coal or stone from rib |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Vacheresse | Albert | 1932 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Dudka | Andrew | 1950 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a haulage rope |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Russell | David | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Butt | Robert | 1909 | Cape Breton County | MacKay | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| Wilkes | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Wilkes | F. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | Powder explosion |
| Sutherland | J. W. | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Sutherland | Walter | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Murray | Ivor | 1951 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of stone |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Johnson | Peter | 1957 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of coal |
| Johnstone | Louis | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught by a moving cable in haulage |
| Linthorne | Walter | 1969 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught in coal-cutting machine |
| Sedlak | Valent | 1960 | Pictou County | McBean | Conflict with underground haulage |
| Fraser | Donald A. | 1962 | Pictou County | McBean | Struck by a falling steel boom |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
| Fraser | Grant | 1954 | Pictou County | McBean | victim found in No. 5 level |
| Manning | Harold | 1916 | Pictou County | Milford | Thrown off trip that derailed and ran over him |
| MacDonald or Greenwood | William A. | 1933 | Pictou County | Milford | Fall of stone |
| MacKenzie | Hector | 1867 | Pictou County | Montreal & Pictou | Fall of stone |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Barrett | Abe | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Saccrey | John W. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Braggs | Gideon | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of coal |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Williams | Frank | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by runaway box |
| Wilson | Robert | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Trente | Adam | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by falling boom |
| Chase | Richard | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Caught between shaft and car |
| Kaspersky | Peter | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of coal, died 17 days later |
| McDonald | Ronald | 1909 | Cape Breton County | North Atlantic Collieries | Crushed between full box and engine |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Raeshore | Wayne | 1982 | Cape Breton County | Prince | |
| Kerr | Ross | 1983 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Electrocuted |
| MacRae | Harry | 1985 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Motor vehicle accident |