Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie | Lawrence | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gaskin | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Leemore | Ferdinand | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Lawlor | Richard | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Runaway box |
| Blackwood | Thomas | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McNeil | John M. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal at face |
| Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
| Holmes | Angus | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fell, striking head on rail |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Baldwin | Philip | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Murphy | John R. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at face |
| Beaumeister | Otto | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| Connell | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| Steele | Hugh | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | By full trip |
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| Conway | Isaac | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Neary | Andrew | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fell under moving car |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| DeCoste | Bernard | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| MacMillan | Daniel L | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Taylor | Daniel | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Hit by a train |
| Josey | Emanuel | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Casey | Percy A. | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Caulfield or Canfield | Peter | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| Dye | Charles | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard |
| Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Gardion | Anglo | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by trip |
| Pastusek | Joseph | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and prop |
| Hall | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by trip |
| Admino | Athmis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Jewer | Rich. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Shunter, killed by car on surface |
| Brown | Thomas | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Potts | Charles | 1915 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by a trip of coal |
| Nevat | Andrew | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| Milo | Louis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by runaway box |
| Jennings | Thomas | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |