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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Keiver | James L. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | Hugh | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between full box and timber |
| Blinkhorn | Arthur | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Laderie | Jules | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck down by a runaway box |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Sweeney | John W. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Smith | Howard | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Gaskill | Samuel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Van Larkin | Dominic | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Muir | Gilbert | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a trip of coal boxes |
| Walsh | John D. | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| MacInnis | Hugh | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | Neil | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | Archibald A. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | Daniel C. | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Wood | David Edgar | 1924 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Fall of roof |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Clark | Samuel | 1925 | Pictou County | Thom or Tom pit | Killed by boxes |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Debodt | Frank | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Boss | Asa G. | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | William James | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Graham | Daniel | 1925 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Berger | Charles | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by a trip of boxes |
| McDonald | Daniel A. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Killed by coal tipple on bankhead |
| Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Smeyers | Pierre | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Jacques | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Trip of boxes |
| McAulay | Ronald | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Wilcox | Nicholas | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Tally boy; boxes on bankhead |
| Skinner | Richard | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hariett | Daniel | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Caught in longwall machine cutter chain |
| Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
| McDonald | Malcolm | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
| Davies | Peter | 1926 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of stone |
| Kralieck | Bohuslon | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Michael | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by rake |