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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kralieck | Bohuslon | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Kralicek or Krawlick | Emil or Emile | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Kohusz | Wasye | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Caught between two boxes |
| Knowlton | Everett | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone; 1 of 3 killed |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| Kleizer | Paul | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Kipping | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between empty trip |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| King | Joseph | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| King | Michael | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Caught between rail and box when motor trip struck standing boxes |
| Killoway | George W. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof stone hile clearing up fall |
| Killoway | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Killoway | Eugene | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Kerr | Ross | 1983 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Electrocuted |
| Kernekant or Heinekamp | Herman | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kennedy | Archie | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Kennedy | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Rod | 1890 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a rake |
| Kennedy | Mark | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Angus | 1901 or 1902 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Run over by back balance rope-brake |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Kelly | Thomas | 1984 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Kelloway | Kenneth | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by box |
| Keiver | James L. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Keith | Fred | 1919 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Overcome by gas, likely methane |
| Keigan | Angus | 1883 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by coal tub |
| Keigan | Charles | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Keigan | Patrick | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Keehn | Emile | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by loaded box |
| Keddy | Wallace | 1942 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| Keating | Fred | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Kearney | Patrick | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by coal fall while loading in room |
| Kayens | Felician | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kavanaugh | Michael | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Overcome by gas |
| Kaspersky | Peter | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of coal, died 17 days later |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Kane | Roy | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Kaiser | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jowett or Gowett | John Ernest | 1920 | Cumberland | Victoria | cause not recorded |
| Josso | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of coal in room |
| Josey | Emanuel | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Jose | Henry | 1865 | Pictou County | Either Bye, Cage, Dalhousie pit | Fall down shaft |