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) Yearsort ascending County Mine Cause
McAulay John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Carrigan Peter 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald D. W. C. 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Wooden John 1918 Pictou County Greenwood roof fall
Morrison James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McCormick Joseph 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by boom, died 4 days later
Paris Norman 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Works Howard 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Cassey Thomas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Butt or Butts George W. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McLean Frank 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Butts Joseph L. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McLellan Andrew 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Jennings Stanley 1917 Pictou County Allan Shaft Jammed between a box and a prop
Butts Richard 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McLeod John 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Benoit Rodham 1917 Pictou County Albion Asphyxiated by methane
Cameron Archibald 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McNeil Lauchlin 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Cameron Lawrence 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
McPherson Vincent 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Cherry Matthew 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Miller Richard 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Coleman Peter 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Milley Nelson 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Comhaire or Comhair Henri 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Milley 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
Murphy Thomas 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
Newman John 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Curry John 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 Michael 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
O'Leary Michael 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
Pancryk Frank 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
Piggot Richard 1917 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of coal
Domokosch George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Flynn James 1917 Pictou County Greenwood Fall of stone
Parsons George E. 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
Munro John D. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Run over by a trip of cars
Stevenson William 1917 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by prop, died 3 days later
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

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