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 Minesort descending Cause
MacLean Alexander 1980 Cape Breton County Prince Crushed by bucket against wall of shaft
Bushar Patrick 1912 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
McGregor Murdock 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Wilkie William 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
McIntyre Arthur 1964 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Forrest Stanley 1967 Cape Breton County Princess Natural Causes
McKinnon Rod 1912 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Keigan Patrick 1928 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
McIntyre Alex 1929 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by cage
Burkhart Amos 1931 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of coal
Gunn Dan 1933 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Dixon Richard 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Campbell Thomas 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Head George 1955 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Brown Albert 1960 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Paterson William 1912 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of coal
Grycorn John 1933 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Russell James 1934 Cape Breton County Princess Heart failure
McPhee Malcolm 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Luffman William 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Collins William 1943 Cape Breton County Princess Crushed under trip
Shaw Thomas 1958 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
MacKinnon Daniel 1964 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Orell Joseph 1931 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Gallop Abe 1934 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Eveley Walter 1937 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
MacDonald William J. 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
MacLeod Melvin 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Halliday Charles 1945 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by rake
MacDonald Harold 1962 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
McInnis Michael 1913 Cape Breton County Princess Run over by trip
Burgoyne Nelson 1937 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Rollins John 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Campbell John 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Cann William 1942 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by trip
Keigan Charles 1962 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Patey Robert 1937 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Morrison Richard 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Boyd Clarence 1959 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Major Joseph 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Dickson John 1940 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Brown George 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Hill Alexander 1923 Cape Breton County Princess Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine
Turner James 1924 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
McDonald Colin 1936 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by runaway box
Morrison Joseph 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Brown Daniel 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
MacIntyre Dan 1941 Cape Breton County Princess Undetermined
Peddle Arthur 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
McLean Wilmont 1959 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage

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