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
Brown Amos 1892 Cumberland Joggins Runaway rake in slope
McDonald John 1892 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of loose coal from face of room
Gleason James 1892 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Fell down shaft while working there
Cantfill Arthur 1892 Cumberland Victoria; or Cape Breton County Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later
Costigan Richard 1892 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Struck by timber lowered down slope
MacIntyre Joseph 1893 Cape Breton County Victoria Run over by cage in balance, died next day
McAskill D. 1893 Cape Breton County Victoria Caught by full cage on balance
MacIntyre Joseph 1893 Cape Breton County Victoria Run over by cage in balance, died next day
McKinnon Murdock 1893 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of stone from roof
Young Alexander 1893 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of roof coal, died 6 days later
McCormick Vin 1893 Cape Breton County International Fall of roof coal at face; also recorded as 1894
Boutilier John 1893 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning)
Walsh Patrick 1893 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Fall of coal from working face
Tebo or Tebe James 1893 or 1894 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Full box struck prop from under boom
Ferguson Ronald 1894 Cape Breton County Caledonia Explosion of dynamite while heating it
Pero E. 1894 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Locomotive started on its own, ran over him
Fraser Stephen 1894 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fell 68 feet from smoke stack, died 5 days later
Fortune James 1894 Cape Breton County International Full trip on deep road
Davidson Charles 1894 Pictou County Acadia Squeezed by a box of timber
Campbell Peter 1894 Cape Breton County Little Glace Bay Caught by full tub against pillar
Finlayson John 1894 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of coal, died 15 days later
Martin John 1894 Cape Breton County Reserve Piece of coal from roof
Foster Alex 1894 Pictou County Albion Run over by a coal trip
Pike Jabez 1894 Cumberland Joggins Run over by full rake
Cassidy Francis 1894 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Run over by a coal trip
McInnis Alexander 1895 Cape Breton County Victoria Caught between coal box and pillar
Matheson Hugh Thomas 1895 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Taking down top coal
Gualtieri or Gaualtiere Natali 1895 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Fall from roof
Horne or Horone William 1895 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall from roof
Hardy Dan 1895 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed
McKinnon Alexander 1895 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed
McLean Hector 1895 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fell under coal car on surface railroad
Davidson John 1895 Cape Breton County Hub Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed
Glenn Alex 1895 Pictou County Acadia Fall from roof of working face
Gracy Bosel 1895 Cape Breton County Hub Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed
McLain Hector 1895 Cape Breton County Reserve Fatally injured on head by fall of roof coal
Milburn William 1895 or 1896 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Thrown from cage
McLeod William 1896 Cape Breton County Victoria Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg
Gallant Lawrence 1896 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 slope Runaway in slope
Cathcart James 1896 Cape Breton County Bridgeport Fall of coal while loading
McLain Hector 1896 Cape Breton County Reserve or Gowrie
Ferguson Allen 1896 Cape Breton County Caledonia Struck by part of junk while loading
McKinnon Hector 1896 Cape Breton County Hub Fall of coal from pillar
McLennan Philip 1896 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of roof coal while loading
Robertson Robert 1896 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Walked in under cage
McDonald John 1896 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Caught between full trip and prop
McDougall Peter 1897 Cape Breton County Victoria Killed on balance, run over by cuddy
McLellan James 1897 Cape Breton County Victoria Fall of coal from pillar
Ferguson James 1897 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope
Burrows John 1897 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9

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