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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baudoux | John maybe George | 1930 | Pictou County | Albion (Purvis slope) | Riding an empty trip that derailed; killed by falling timbers and stone |
| MacRae | John Duncan | 1930 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of Stone |
| Ferguson | Henry | 1930 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by an empty trip |
| McCumiskey | Owen | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McDonald | Dan | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Francis | Arthur J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| Brine | Philip | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Fagon | Edward | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Moro | Tino | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| Morse | Harry | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fowler | Simon J. | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Chiasson | Joseph R. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Kralicek or Krawlick | Emil or Emile | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Fortune | Joseph R. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Donkey runner; caught in drum of engine |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Lynk | Neil | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by stone |
| White | Wilfred | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Cowans | Daniel A. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck head on boom |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ferguson | Donald J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| MacDonald | Vincent | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Struck by coal from a shot |
| LeBlanc | Joseph Adolph | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Donovan | Edward | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| MacKay | Martin | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Heart attack in act of getting on riding rake |
| Legere | Sanford | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Haley | John V. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between car and timber |
| McKenzie | John H. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Run over by trip |
| Cooper | Arthur | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Run over by car in colliery yard |
| Vance | Alexander | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Squeezed between two boxes |
| Ross | Frank | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Gerard | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Engine and bed raised by jerk; he fell underneath |
| Brathwaite | Cyril | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Dan C. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McDonald | James R. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Whidden | Charles | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| McIsaac | Angus | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Waye | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal from face |
| Auld | Angus | 1931 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of stone |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |