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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke | Walter | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by box |
| McDonald | John A. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | fall of stone |
| Weatherbee | Lorne A. | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Martin | Francis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by box |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Currie | John F. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Struck by trip |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Munroe | Alex W. | 1942 | Pictou County | McGregor | Hit by a trip |
| Gouthro | John W. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Woodland | Herbert | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Cathcart | Michael | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Briffett | Edward | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Deveaux | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Young | Fred | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| McAskill | Malcolm | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Angus L. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | Wilson | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Marsh | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| McKinnon | Joseph | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
| Woodfine | Solomon | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Linkletter | Harris Karl | 1943 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Struck by stemming from shot hole |
| Dorando | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by runaway box |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Forris | Stephen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Lamey | Joseph | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Alex P. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Crushed between boxes |
| Gillis | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Crushed between trip and rubbing rail |
| MacComiskey | Owen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Fanning | Willard | 1943 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal from face |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Lewis | John F. | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Crushed between trip and air line |
| Fowler | Richard | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Crushed while working on screens |
| Megeney | Vernour | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck and Run over by rake |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Weirich or Wetrich | Herman E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught in haulage rope |
| Dixon | Alex | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Michniak or Michmiak or Michneak | Emerson | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed between packs caused by bump |
| Stevenson | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Chipman | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Whalen | Emmanuel | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Tally boy; Crushed between box and loader (likely on surface) |
| Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Young | Walter | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Saccary | Leo | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Undetermined |