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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanherek | Henry | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| McLean | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Lyons | Charles F. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face, died 5 days later |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Whalen | Matthew | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, lower seam, Sydney Mines | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Norvok or Novak | Frank | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 21 | Fall of coal caused by bump |
| Reid | John N. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Accidental dynamite explosion |
| LeBlanc | Joseph | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Found dead in boiler room; may have fallen |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Blarion | Leon | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal off face |
| Killoway | George W. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof stone hile clearing up fall |
| Bourgisk | Charles | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davidonkow | Pichon | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Scott | Joseph | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Melanson | Melos | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone from crosscut roof |
| Miskin | Wasil | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Reid | William S. | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of coal |
| Copan | Louis | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by trip of mine cars |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| McDonald or MacDonald | Neil | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Struck head against roof or boom |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| McDougall | Joseph | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by loaded car at No. 4 landing |
| Walzak | Albert | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone from roof in pillar work |
| Collier | Alfred | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 4 | Fall of coal from roof in room |
| McNeil | Roderick X. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Flemming | Hugh R | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of stone |
| Hill | Alexander | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacDougall | Daniel | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work 1 of 2 killed |
| Coady | Peter | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip near surface on main slope |
| Waugh | Michael | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught in worm-gear of coal conveyor |
| McNeil | Michael K. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in room |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Wells | Horace | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Harte | Vincent | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Prentice | Patrick | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 2 | Electric wire |
| Buso | Petro | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Crushed between mine car and rib, died next day |
| Perfect | Joseph | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by moving railway cars |
| Thompson | William | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Smith | Josiah | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway mine car |
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| MacInnis | Hugh | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Blinkhorn | Arthur | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |