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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Morrison | Alexander | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Morrison | Daniel | 1886 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by tub due to broken rope |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Morrison | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | Laughlin | 1880 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | John #1 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John #2 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Morrison | Daniel J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a man-rake |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Morse | Harry | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Morse | Russell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Moseychuck | Victor | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Moss | Samuel | 1937 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Crushed under full trip he was riding; died 3 days later |
| Moss | Arthur | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Moss | Albert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Moss | Laurie A. | 1950 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Mott | Ernest | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Muckle | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
| Muir | Gilbert | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a trip of coal boxes |
| Muir | David | 1941 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Infection caused by a cut at work |
| Muir | Robert | 1921 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Muirhead | William B. | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Muise | Patrick | 1946 | Inverness | Inverness | Killed by haulage |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Munro | John D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Run over by a trip of cars |
| Munro | Charles | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed by full box of coal |
| Munroe | Alex W. | 1942 | Pictou County | McGregor | Hit by a trip |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Murphy | Brian | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Murphy | Carl G. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill | Caught between beam of screen floor and break wheel of a moving railway car |
| Murphy | John R. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at face |
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Murphy | Richard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murphy | Jeremiah | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murrant | Edgar | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Murray | Alexander | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |