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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly | Robert | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Vaast | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Thibideau or Thibodeau | Godfrey | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between props |
| Paris | Norman | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Vaast | Floriand | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Partner | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lindsay | Charles | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Vaast | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| Debodt | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Adderly | Thomas Jr | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jordan | Norman | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Delmouth | Arthur | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pembroke | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Terrio or Terris | Samuel | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | 2 runaway cars, died 2 days later |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rogers | Albert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walsh | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kaiser | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lohez | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Bosman or Bossman | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kayens | Felician | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bossman or Bosman | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pettipas | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Albion (Purvis slope) | Coal box fell to the ground |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Poloski | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Strathie | Robert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Luddington | Truman | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roy | Benjamin | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by piece of coal, died 3 days after |
| Grasesnack | C. G. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lussem or Lussen | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Luther | Isaac | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Mark | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sullivan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cossman | Isadore | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |