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) Yearsort descending County Mine Cause
Chase Richard 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Caught between shaft and car
Laderie Desire 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Tabbot John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Campbell Rod 1918 Cape Breton County Dominon No. 11 Fall of stone
Humblet Victor 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Laderie Sylvia 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Pettipas Fred 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of top coal
Barcey Clement 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Copely David 1918 Cape Breton County Scotia (Sydney Mines) Fall of stone
Pickerton Thomas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Winton Robert 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McPherson Moses 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
MacKenzie Hugh 1918 Pictou County Albion Crushed by cars
McAulay Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Poloski Wentzell 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Wooden John 1918 Pictou County Greenwood roof fall
McLeod Malcolm 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Fall of stone and till
Grasesnack C. G. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Roy Benjamin 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by piece of coal, died 3 days after
MacKenzie Kenneth 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McAulay John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Bartholemew or Bartholomew Louis 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Works Howard 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Toomey Joseph 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught by full box
Bartholemew or Bartholomew Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Donnelly Robert 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
Cossman Isadore 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Bastin or Baston Andrew 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Sloan Dan 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Launey Francis 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Thompson Melvin 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Hand James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Zomoskie Peter 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Gabriel Alexander 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Dunbar W. Sr 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Myers William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Crawford Edward 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Jerrold Clement 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by empty mine car
Nacas Wentzell 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Hanuse Alfred 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Rooney Ottie or Ronnie 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Stone rolled down fan slope, hit him on head
Hanuse Cammile 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Hale Joseph W. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McPherson Lemuel 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Thibideau or Thibodeau Godfrey 1918 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Jammed between props
Smith Alexander 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Carrigan Peter 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Brixco Nicholas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Duprey Edward 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Sampler Samuel Jr. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion

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