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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinnon | J. J. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Electric shock, died 4 days later |
| Arseneau | Alex | 1916 | Cumberland | Victoria | Fall of roof |
| Boutilier | Seth | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Trip ran over him, died 7 days later |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| McPherson | Dan | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip, died 2 days later |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Campbell | M. S. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Smith | Isaac | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Struck by trip of coal boxes |
| Campbell | Hector | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| Gillespie | David | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by cage |
| McLennan | J. A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught by cage |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| McNeil | Dan R. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| McGrath | Patrick | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Gardner | Michael A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
| Yak | Nicholas | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Mitetski | Woosyl | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Passino | Lucien or Lucino | 1916 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Wasakalius | Ant. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Killed by runaway box |
| Theriault | Wilfred | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Killed by shot blowing through pillar |
| Manning | Harold | 1916 | Pictou County | Milford | Thrown off trip that derailed and ran over him |
| Vaast | Lucien (boy) | 1916 | Pictou County | Thom or Tom pit | Gas explosion at mouth of abandoned slope; boy was chasing a ball |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Saccrey | John W. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of roof |
| Chiasson | Elezare | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Pusher, killed by improperly spragged box |
| Jennings | Thomas | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |
| Robertson | E. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface) |
| Gibson | Harry | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Haulage rope breaking |
| Moffat | Clifford | 1915 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Potts | Charles | 1915 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by a trip of coal |
| Trente | Adam | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by falling boom |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Flavin | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Gouthro | Servine | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Anderson | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Lebonis | Andre | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Barrett | Abe | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Stewart | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Dye | Charles | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard |
| Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Gardion | Anglo | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by trip |