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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McKinnon | Neil | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John A. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNulty | C. | 1902 | Pictou County | Vale | Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ryan | Thomas | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Maquire | Bernard | 1914 | Pictou County | Vale | Struck by an empty trip that derailed |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| MacKenzie | A. D. | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Roof fall in Six-Foot Seam |
| McGilvray or MacGillivray | Wallace | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wamboldt | Harry | 1903 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of stone at working face |
| Fraser | John Walter | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Haggart | Joe or James | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Hugh | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| Cummings | Hector | 1874 | Pictou County | Vale | Crash of runaway rake on main slope |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKenzie | Hugh | 1911 | Pictou County | Vale | Riding an empty trip that derailed |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Crushed by a runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Laffin | Ambrose | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Killed by loose coal by face of junk while at work in his room |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Fell in front of a full trip while riding up slope |
| Dollimont | Adonis Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McIsaac | Eric Earl | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacNeil | Angus Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Doyle | Robert Steven | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Halloran | John Philip | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bates | John Thomas | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Drolet | Remi Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Jahn | Trevor Martin | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McCallum | Harry Alliston | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Poplar | Danny | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Conway | Wayne Michael | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| James | Laurence Elwyn | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Short | Romeo Andrew | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Feltmate | Roy Edward | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacKay | Michael Frederick | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Vickers | Peter Francis | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bell | Larry Arthur | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| House | Randolph Brian | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Benoit | Bennie Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |