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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Taylor | John S. | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| McNeil | John H. | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Scott | Leslie | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from rib |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Miller | Edward | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Hennessy | Abraham | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Lawless | Marcel | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Found on haulage |
| McDonald | Angus V. | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Carter | Ralston | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by full car on back slope |
| Fowler | Orrin L. | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal at 7100-foot level |
| Brian or Bryan | Joseph | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Motor exploded on back slope |
| Clark | Richard | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Fleming | Ross | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Stewart | Walter | 1935 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | Edward | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of rock |
| Bortniak | Egnate | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Hasey | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Caught in stoke driver shaft |
| 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 |
| McLeod | Dan | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bannon | Henry | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Cullen | John Sr. | 1934 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| MacDougall | Peter | 1934 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Gas explosion |
| MacDougall | Hugh G. or Hugh C. | 1934 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Brown | Murdock | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Struck on head when taking coal to chute |
| Fraser | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake on the slope |
| Tomshaniski | Samuel | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone or coal from the roof |
| Morrison | Daniel J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a man-rake |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Kutzyk | Matthew | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| MacArthur | John F. | 1934 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Head crushed between boxes |
| McDonald | Ronald H. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12, Surface | Fell while working on bankhead machinery |
| McDonald | Daniel O. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Wilson | Henry J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck on head by stone |
| MacNeil | Malcolm P. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Thomas J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Collided with turbine in power house |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Balzoni | Pietro | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Collided with turbine in power house |
| Boone | Adrian | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Found dead on haulageway |
| McPhee | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by full trip |