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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Burkhart | Amos | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Rector | Samuel D. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Quinn | George W. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Orell | Joseph | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Vacheresse | Albert | 1932 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Boudreau | Daniel J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Rector | Ruben | 1932 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Lonergan | Michael | 1932 | Pictou County | Albion | Fell over a bench of coal |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| LeBlanc | Henry J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Murray | Ezra G. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Roach or Roche | James Sr. | 1932 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Arsenault | Arsene | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between trip and prop |
| Dykens | Elmer W. or Elmmar | 1932 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | Malcolm I. | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Yorke | Eugene I. | 1932 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone on Longwall |
| Moroletto | Albino | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Blood poisoning (possibly cut underground) |
| Conn | Leo | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Angelo | Michael | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Clarke | John G. | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Stanislaw | Edward | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Kavanaugh | Michael | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Overcome by gas |
| Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
| Chiasson | Leo | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by a trip |
| MacQueen | Donald John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Sullivan (Indian Cove) | Runaway Box |
| MacDonald or Greenwood | William A. | 1933 | Pictou County | Milford | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | Michael J. | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by a runaway empty trip |
| McDonald | Henry | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Kicked by a horse |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McNeil | Neil | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Burned by electricity |
| McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |
| Gunn | Dan | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Perry | Moses | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacNeil | Malcolm P. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Boone | Adrian | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Found dead on haulageway |
| Jessoe | Alexander | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | Walter | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a runaway trip |
| Cullen | John Sr. | 1934 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Clark | Edward | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by trip |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Martin | Isadore | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |