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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doucette | P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Struck by runaway box |
| McDonald | James T. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of coal from roof |
| Lanswood | Fred | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Run over by full boxes on slope |
| Arkley | Robert | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Hip dislocated by fall, died in hospital after 2 days |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Electric switch |
| Quann | Joseph | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Caught between loaded box and pillar |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Schiavan | Petro | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Anderson | Andrew | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Killed by fall of roof stone in room |
| Wynn | Richard | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Pick boy; Run over by full box |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Currie | Michael | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | Donald Sr. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage:Hit by a full trip |
| Andrews | Stanley | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| MacIntosh | Bernard | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Baxter | Robert | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Hit by runaway box |
| O'Handley | Malcolm | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boutilier | Ben | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Boozan | Leo | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| MacLean | John J. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Hit by an empty trip |
| Stoker | Matthew | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacDonald | Lauchie | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Seward | Wilfred | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Roberts | Alfred | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of roof |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Buchanan | Michael | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Briggs | Louis | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of coal |
| MacIntosh | Earl | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling stone and coal |
| Rowe | Simon J. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| McIsaac | Duncan | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Sampson | Sanford | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling boom |
| Clarke | Edward | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Cole | Eugene | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| White | Richard | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Tobie or Tobin | Frank | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| White | Malcolm | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| King | Michael | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Caught between rail and box when motor trip struck standing boxes |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Oliver | Joseph | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Warren | Henry | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Roach | David | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McNeil | Arthur | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gardiner | Ambrose | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| O'Leary | Vincent | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |