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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLean | John J. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Hit by an empty trip |
| Tighe | John (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Chiasson | Paul C. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage: Struck by runaway box |
| Tighe | Danny (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Deveau | Willie V. | 1966 | Inverness | Evans Mine | Killed by haulage |
| White | Malcolm | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Oliver | Joseph | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Buchanan | Michael | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| MacDougall | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| McIntyre | Arthur | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Hogan | Cornelius | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| MacKinnon | Daniel | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| MacNeil | John A. | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| MacIntosh | Bernard | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Boozan | Leo | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| MacDonald | Lauchie | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Sharpe | Arthur | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| Keigan | Charles | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Fraser | Donald A. | 1962 | Pictou County | McBean | Struck by a falling steel boom |
| Campbell | Charles | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| White | Richard | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| MacDonald | Harold | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Venus | Donald W. | 1961 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Electrocution on slope |
| Seward | Wilfred | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Briggs | Louis | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of coal |
| Chiasson | Arthur | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Campbell | Joseph | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Mechanical |
| Dowe or Dow | Elroy | 1960 | Cumberland | Bayview No. 8 (Green Crow) | Killed by haulage |
| Sampson | Sanford | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling boom |
| Brown | Albert | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Cole | Eugene | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
| Young | Daniel | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Jenkins | Robert | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Surface haulage |
| Duder | Edward | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall in sump |
| Conran | Andrew | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Ben | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | Henry | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Sedlak | Valent | 1960 | Pictou County | McBean | Conflict with underground haulage |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |