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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKeigan | George Hector | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Fall of stone |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKay | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKay | Angus | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKay | Donald | 1898 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall from roof of working face |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| McKay | H. J. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKay | Donald 2nd | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKay | John w. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by riding on a trip |
| McKay | John D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McIsaac | Neil | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | John D. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone while timbering, died 5 days later |
| McIsaac | Archibald A. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | Daniel C. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | Daniel A. or Danile | 1936 | Inverness | Port Hood | Killed by file shot |
| McIsaac | Dougald | 1939 | Inverness | Inverness | Jammed; died 2 days later |
| McIsaac | Malcolm | 1873 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Crushed by coal tubs |
| McIsaac | Eric Earl | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McIsaac | Angus | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McIsaac | Duncan | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | Rod | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | W. | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed by machinery |
| McIntyre | Donald | 1901 | Cape Breton County | International | Caught by runaway coal box from bank on surface |
| McIntyre | Arthur | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | Joseph | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion 2 and 9 pityard (surface) | Jammed between wall and superintendent''s auto |
| McIntyre | Adrian | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| McIntyre | Paul | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McIntyre | Alex | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by cage |
| McIntyre | Donald | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McIntosh | Dan | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell under trip trying to get on for a ride |
| McIntosh | Dan | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney & Louisburg Railway (Mine)? | Killed by express train, Glace Bay Crossing |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McIntosh | Michael | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | Michael J. | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by a runaway empty trip |
| McInnis | Daniel | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | Peter | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| McInnis | Donald | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | Hugh | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Crushed between derailed box and timber |
| McInnis | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| McInnis | Duncan | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| McInnes | Michael | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Trip of boxes left rails |
| McGregor | Murdock | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McGraw | Ernest | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| McGrath | Patrick | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |