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) Yearsort ascending County Mine Cause
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
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
Flavin Edward 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone
Gouthro Servine 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 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
Barrett Abe 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Fall of stone
MacDonald John 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
Casey Percy A. 1914 or 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed
Caulfield or Canfield Peter 1914 or 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed
McDonald Murdock A. 1914 or 1915 Inverness Inverness Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake
Taylor Daniel 1914 Pictou County Albion Hit by a train
Taylor George 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Betts William 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Hacquoil Alexander 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatal injuries
Bond Philip 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
White Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Blackwood Thomas 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Sennio Antonio 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Died in Halifax in 1914
Boviada Demetris 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Crushed between boxes
MacMillan Daniel L 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Brown James 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Ferguson A.T. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by a box
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Kroput John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Josey Emanuel 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of roof
Beaumeister Otto 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
O'Connor John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone at longwall face
Gaskin Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Porter James 1914 Cumberland Black Diamond Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand)
Ryan Frank 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Leemore Ferdinand 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
MacKearney Arthur 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Zyales Stainslaw 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
Lawlor Richard 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Runaway box
Frye John 1914 Pictou County Albion Riding a coal trip that derailed
Maquire Bernard 1914 Pictou County Vale Struck by an empty trip that derailed
McNeil John M. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal at face
Stentley William 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
DeCoste Bernard 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Tracey William 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed by full trip
Holmes Angus 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 22 Fell, striking head on rail

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