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) Yearsort descending County Mine Cause
Salcon Trifon 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
O'Neil Dan J. 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Griffiths Wallace 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Briggs George 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
MacKenzie Norman J. 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Gallant Joseph 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
White Clarence 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Haulage
Kennedy James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of roof
Peddle Arthur 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Cobert James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Jeffrey Leonard 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Explosives
Pashkoski or Pasoshki Alexander 1946 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Killed by haulage
Cochrane William L. 1946 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Killed by mine machinery
Dean George W. 1946 Cumberland Springhill No .4 Fall of coal
Cameron John W. 1946 Pictou County Albion Struck by coal trip on main slope
Muise Patrick 1946 Inverness Inverness Killed by haulage
Devison Hector 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Caught between box and stopping
McKinnon Lauchlin 1947 Inverness Campbell or No. 4 Fall of roof
Roberts Alfred 1947 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of roof
Morrison John 1947 Cape Breton County Greener Fall of roof
Carey George 1947 Cape Breton County Florence Bankhead (surface)
Copan John 1947 Pictou County Allan Shaft Caught by a haulage cable
MacKenzie Rod J. 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope Killed in haulage
Leggett Herbert 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
Penny Thomas 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope Fall of stone
MacEachern Donald 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
McGraw Ernest 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
Gardiner Ambrose 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 25 Fall of stone
Light Fred J. 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Killed by haulage
Melnick Steve 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Campbell Gregory 1948 Cape Breton County Lloyds No. 7 Machinery
Goldie Peter 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Copley Samuel 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Machinery
McIsaac James 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
O'Connell Patrick 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Explosives
Morgan George 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
Weeks Archie 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
Young Alex 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Haulage
Tremblett Phillip 1949 Cape Breton County Greener Haulage
Tomkins Michael 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Haulage
Baudoux Alfred H. 1949 Pictou County McBean Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager
McDonald Laurence 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Coffin Louis 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Rowe Simon J. 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage
Boutilier Fred 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Lyons Thomas 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of stone
Miller Charles 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Rose John 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
MacIntosh John J. 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Hayes Matthew 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Haulage

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