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
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
Laderie Jules 1924 Pictou County Albion Struck down by a runaway box
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
McIntosh Michael 1924 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of stone
O'Regan James 1924 Cumberland Joggins No. 7 Fall of coal
Tobin Michael 1924 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Between full box and timber
Wood David Edgar 1924 Cumberland Strathcona Fall of roof
Perfect Joseph 1924 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by moving railway cars
Nelms Hubert 1924 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of coal
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
Barrett Victor 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone and coal
Scully James 1924 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed
Turner James 1924 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Keiver James L. 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Blinkhorn Arthur 1924 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of coal
McPherson Hugh 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Caught between full box and timber
Devoe James 1924 Cape Breton County Florence Killed by box on main deep
Pettigrew Charles 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
MacInnis Hugh 1924 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed
Dunsmuir James 1924 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Clark Samuel 1925 Pictou County Thom or Tom pit Killed by boxes
Boss Asa G. 1925 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed
Berger Charles 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by a trip of boxes
Roberts Charles D. 1925 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw
Mitchell William James 1925 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed
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
Chisholm William 1925 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Killed by runaway box
Jacques Arthur 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Trip of boxes
Debodt Frank 1925 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Fall of coal
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
Jessoe James 1925 Cape Breton County Colonial No. 1 Fall of stone
Graham Daniel 1925 Pictou County Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) Fall of stone
Lackie or Lackey James 1925 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed
MacMaster John 1925 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed
Brown George D. 1926 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Davies Peter 1926 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of stone
Miller Penman 1926 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Smith John J. 1926 Pictou County Allan Shaft Coal fall that had him buried for 2 hours
Shaw Elias 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Scalded by steam
Feit Frank 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Fall of stone

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