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.
Displaying page 30 of 50 pages (2497 entries).
Surname | Given Name(s) |
Year![]() |
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 |