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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| MacKenzie | Lawrence | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Neary | Andrew | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fell under moving car |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Blackwood | Thomas | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| Connell | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| Campbell | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Broughton | Struck by runaway box |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Curry | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| Batchford | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Bond | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Machuniski | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Explosion of Powder |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| McLean | Edward | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Mini | Francisco | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Electric wire |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| Assemmather | Fawl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Erunio | Parristto | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| 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 |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| Andrews | Wilfred | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |