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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | Daniel | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Hit by a train |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Conway | Isaac | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| MacMillan | Daniel L | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| 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 |
| Boviada | Demetris | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Crushed between boxes |
| Chiasson | Pat | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Collogani | Redolph | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Jammed between boxes |
| McMullin | Andrew | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 13 | Fall of stone at face |
| Andreggo | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Graham | Alex | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| McLean | Edward | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| Mini | Francisco | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Electric wire |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Assemmather | Fawl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Erunio | Parristto | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | Peter | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Modesto | Antonio | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Neunann | Gottleip | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from rib |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Andrews | Wilfred | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Geuro | Petro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Nazoff | Castro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Jammed between box and roof |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Fell over trestle |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Campbell | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Broughton | Struck by runaway box |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |