Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastin or Baston | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Hale | Joseph W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Brixco | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Duprey | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Carrigan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Curry | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Nicholson | Philip | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Martin | Roderick | 1917 | Pictou County | Albion | Suffocated in his draeger machine due to carbonic acid leak |
| O'Leary | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Curry | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Pancryk | Frank | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Dugas | Alex | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Crushed between box and rib |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Parsons | George E. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Gilhomes | R. D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Run over by trip of cars |
| Domokosch | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Burke | Andrew | 1917 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by rail car on surface |
| Munro | John D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Run over by a trip of cars |
| Durham | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Peach | William J. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | Angus | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between motor and prop |
| Benoit | Rodham | 1917 | Pictou County | Albion | Asphyxiated by methane |
| Fahey | Timothy | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Penny | Reuben | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McPherson | D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Run over by trip of cars |
| Fedora | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Pietzrak or Pietchieck | Carl | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| McDonald | A. J. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Reynolds | Silas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cronius | Stephen | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of roof |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McNeil | Anthony | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and prop, died next day |
| Piggot | Richard | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Gadd | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Schima or Schimo | Wenzel | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Casey | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |