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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schima or Schimo | Wenzel | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Schobarlietner | Frank | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Schwinghammer or Swinghammer | Fred | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Scott | John W. | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip on turnout |
| Scott | Joseph | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Scott | Leslie | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from rib |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Seaman | Max | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric wire |
| Sedlak | Valent | 1960 | Pictou County | McBean | Conflict with underground haulage |
| Sedosky | Stephen | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Semenuk | Mike | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| Seward | Peter | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Seward | Wilfred | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
| Sharpe | Clifford | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Sharpe | Arthur | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Shaw | Thomas | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Shaw | Elias | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Scalded by steam |
| Shaw | Donald | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Sherider | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sherlock | Robert A. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Shipley | Archibald | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Shoder | Martin | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| Short | Romeo Andrew | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Shuparski | Tony | 1938 | Pictou County | McGregor | dropped dead |
| Simmons or Simmonds | Howard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Simpson | John | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagons |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Simpson | Robert | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal while drawing pillar |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Skacun | Mitro | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Skelton or Skilton | Hollis T. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Skidmore | Kenneth | 1942 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Fall of stone |
| Skinner | Richard | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Skinner | Job | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Slade | Elijah | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Slanwhite | M. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fall of stone |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Small | John D. | 1900 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| Smeyers | Pierre | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |