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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson | Thomas Edgar | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Leg broken by trip, died 5 days later in hospital |
| Peddle | Arthur | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Pembroke | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Pendergrast | Donald | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| Penill | Arthur | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down main shaft |
| Penny | Reuben | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Penny | Thomas | 1948 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope | Fall of stone |
| Penny | Charles J. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Pepperdine | Burrell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Peretta | Silvio | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Perfect | Joseph | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by moving railway cars |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Pero | E. | 1894 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Locomotive started on its own, ran over him |
| Perrin | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Perris or Paris | A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Perry | Moses | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Pettipas | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal |
| Phalen | Edward | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Phalen | Louis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Philpot | Nicholas | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; 1 of 3 or 4 killed |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pietzrak or Pietchieck | Carl | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| Piggot | Richard | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Pike | Jabez | 1894 | Cumberland | Joggins | Run over by full rake |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Pitt | Joseph | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Podgurski | Stephen | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Pohoronz | Wasyl | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Poirier | Alex | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| Poirier | Joseph | 1941 | Inverness | Inverness | Crushed between machine amd chock pack |
| Poloski | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of roof |
| Poplar | Danny | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Pordorski or Prodorski | Peter | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Porter | Melburn Parker | 1944 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Fall of stone |
| Porter | Archy | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box and rib |
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Porter | Thomas D. | 1945 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake |
| Porter | Elia | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |