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 ascending County Mine Cause
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
Skidmore Kenneth 1942 Pictou County Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) Fall of stone
Keddy Wallace 1942 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of stone
Horne Wilfred 1942 Pictou County Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) Fall of stone
Connors Thomas 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Gillis Frank L. 1941 Cumberland Cumberland Railway & Coal Fall of stone
Hunter Joseph E. 1941 Cumberland Cumberland Railway & Coal Crushed by conveyor belt
O'Brien Thomas E. 1941 Cumberland Cumberland Railway & Coal Pulmonary embolism
Nodwell Harry A. 1941 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Doucet J. S. 1941 Inverness Inverness Fall of stone
Muir David 1941 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Infection caused by a cut at work
Whitty Stephen 1941 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Struck by a trip of coal
Batten Joseph P. 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Gordon Henry 1941 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of stone
MacIntyre Dan 1941 Cape Breton County Princess Undetermined
McNeil Alex H 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Attempted to get on moving train
MacNeil Hugh M. 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck with haulage rope
MacDonald Gus 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Struck by runaway trip
Smillie Thomas 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by a haulage rope
Hoegg Hugh Brown 1941 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal from roof
Kuta Leo 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Struck by runaway box
Poirier Joseph 1941 Inverness Inverness Crushed between machine amd chock pack
Cassidy Charles 1941 Pictou County Albion Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock"
Todd Matther 1941 Cape Breton County Bras d'Or Fall of stone
Rozmarinovich Fred 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Crushed between box and drop
Ross James 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Eveleigh G. Hector William 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Boates James 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
McIntyre Donald 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McLean Henry 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Patten John 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Runaway trip
McDonald Saunders 1940 Inverness inverness No. 4 Struck by runaway box
Burke James J. 1940 Cumberland Victoria Undetermined
Tipping Royal Preston 1940 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Injuries from collision of empty boxes
Bert Alphonse 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone from roof
McNeil Angus J. 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Struck by trip
Cirotto Giovanni 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Yakubaski John 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later
Semenuk Mike 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
McKenzie Hugh A. 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
MacInnis or MacInnes John Henry 1940 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of roof coal, died 4 days later
Dickson John 1940 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Hubert William 1940 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Caught between 2 rail cars on surface
Vienneau or Veneau John J. 1940 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Caught between box and boom
Murray Garfield 1939 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of coal

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