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
Yak Nicholas 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of roof
Mitetski Woosyl 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of coal
Manning Harold 1916 Pictou County Milford Thrown off trip that derailed and ran over him
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
Vaast Lucien (boy) 1916 Pictou County Thom or Tom pit Gas explosion at mouth of abandoned slope; boy was chasing a ball
Gillespie David 1916 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by cage
Knobi Fred 1916 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of coal, died next day
Arseneau Alex 1916 Cumberland Victoria Fall of roof
Lukovitch Stanis 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal, died 6 days later
Lameaux James 1916 Pictou County Albion Struck by a runaway box
McKinnon J. J. 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Electric shock, died 4 days later
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
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
McLennan J. A. 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Caught by cage
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
Passino Lucien or Lucino 1916 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Brown Thomas 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Nevat Andrew 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
McDonald H. 1915 Cape Breton County Queen Boilermaker killed by fan on surface
Milo Louis 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Killed by runaway box
Ramsay William 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of roof
McDonald Mark 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of roof
Cavasotte Fernando 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of coal
Burton James 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone
Potts Charles 1915 Pictou County Albion Crushed by a trip of coal
McDonald Allan 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
Ridgeway George 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone
Ford Julian 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed between box and boom
O'Handley John 1915 Cape Breton County Dominon No. 11 Killed between box and roof
Jennings Thomas 1915 Cumberland Joggins Fall of stone
Saccrey John W. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Fall of roof
Gibson Harry 1915 Cumberland Joggins Haulage rope breaking
Chiasson Elezare 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Pusher, killed by improperly spragged box
Moffat Clifford 1915 Cumberland Minudie Fall of stone
Robertson E. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface)
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
Ballantyne George 1915 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Run over by a trip of coal
Flavin Edward 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone
MacDonald John 1915 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Run over by a trip of coal
Gouthro Servine 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone

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