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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by boom, died 4 days later |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| Pagella | Karal | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Leshambre | Pierre | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Thompson | Melvin | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | Peter A. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Runaway trip |
| Paris | Norman | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Adderly | Thomas Jr | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Zomoskie | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fortune | Angus | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by cage |
| Partner | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grasesnack | C. G. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lindsay | Charles | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Tallia | Angelo | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Clarke | Warde | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Jordan | Norman | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Pembroke | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cossman | Isadore | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Chase | Richard | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Caught between shaft and car |
| Vaast | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rogers | Albert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bosman or Bossman | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Rod | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunbar | W. Sr | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Vaast | Floriand | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kaiser | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bossman or Bosman | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lohez | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Copely | David | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (Sydney Mines) | Fall of stone |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Vaast | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kayens | Felician | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crawford | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | Moses | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| Pettipas | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |