Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |
| McDougall | Peter | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed on balance, run over by cuddy |
| Burke | James J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria | Undetermined |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Jowett or Gowett | John Ernest | 1920 | Cumberland | Victoria | cause not recorded |
| Livingstone | Joseph | 1876 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal |
| McAskill | D. | 1864 | Cumberland | Victoria | |
| MacIver | Norman | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal |
| Nichelson | Alex | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal; possibly in Cumberland County |
| Hall | Edward | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Possibly in Cumberland County |
| McAskill | D. | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught by full cage on balance |
| Cameron | Michael | 1874 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | |
| MacIntyre | Joseph | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Run over by cage in balance, died next day |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Cope | William A. | 1922 | Cumberland | Victoria | Caught between roof and car on slope, died 30 days later |
| Arseneau | Alex | 1916 | Cumberland | Victoria | Fall of roof |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Boudreau or Budro | Lemuel | 1907 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Burnt by gas fire |
| Wood | David Edgar | 1924 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Fall of roof |
| Linkletter | Harris Karl | 1943 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Struck by stemming from shot hole |
| Porter | Melburn Parker | 1944 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Fall of stone |
| Wood | Jasper E. or R. | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Fell down slope, died 1 day later |
| Main | William | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by runaway box |
| Purdy | Walter Charles | 1921 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by piece of coal blown off by shot |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| McKeigan | George Hector | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Hugh "Dulie" Arthur | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Accident, blasting incident; died 29 days later |
| Burbine | Joseph | 1969 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Long or Lank | Lawrence | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 14 days later |
| Rector | Daniel | 1912 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Moffat | Clifford | 1915 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| LeBlanc | Henry J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Murray | Ezra G. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Landry | Fidele D. | 1910 or 1938 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Boudreau | Daniel J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Soloman | David Allen | 1928 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Run over by a full trip of boxes |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| McAloney | Robert L. | 1920 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf | Struck by runaway box, died 6 days later |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Dunlap | Robert | 1928 | Colchester | Kempton or Riversdale | Fell off tub in shaft |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| LeFavour | Emile | 1898 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 slope | Struck by cage loaded with box of stone |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| MacKenzie | Daniel | 1901 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 | |
| White | Amos | 1889 | Cumberland | Joggins | Struck by rake in slope |