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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McInnis | Michael J. | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by a runaway empty trip |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
| Chipman | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| McDonald | Dan | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of cage down shaft |
| Warren | Edward | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Seaman | Max | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric wire |
| McLean | Dan S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | While connecting wire, shotfirer fired |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| McLean | Dan | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under engine |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| McNeil | Michael K. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in room |
| Martell | Louis | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Falling pit timber |
| McDonald | Henry | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Kicked by a horse |
| Scott | Leslie | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from rib |
| Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Snow | Albert Joseph | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Run over by trip |
| Peretta | Silvio | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Smeyers | Pierre | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Saccary | Leo | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Undetermined |
| Boutilier | Fred | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Gallivan | Joseph | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Driscol or Driscoll | William | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Slipped from car, wheels passed over him |
| Salcon | Trifon | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Melnick | Steve | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Ferguson | Robert | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Hogan | Cornelius | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Walsh | P. Joseph | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by runaway box |
| Cirotto | Giovanni | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | Donald | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Gouthro | John W. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
| Vine | Charles | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McLean | Henry | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Goldie | Peter | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Malcolm | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
| McPherson | Malcolm I. | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| MacNeil | Malcolm P. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Skinner | Richard | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Donovan | Edward | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Cathcart | Michael | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| McIntyre | Rod | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Boone | Adrian | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Found dead on haulageway |
| McNeil | Peter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | John D. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall caused by trip |