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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steele | Hugh | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | By full trip |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Maquire | Bernard | 1914 | Pictou County | Vale | Struck by an empty trip that derailed |
| 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 |
| Neary | Andrew | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fell under moving car |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| 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 |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Blackwood | Thomas | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKenzie | Lawrence | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Campbell | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Broughton | Struck by runaway box |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Bond | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal |
| Batchford | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| 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 |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Penill | Arthur | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down main shaft |
| Collogani | Redolph | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Jammed between boxes |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| McMullin | Andrew | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 13 | Fall of stone at face |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| Andreggo | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Gillis | Peter | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Modesto | Antonio | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| Neunann | Gottleip | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from rib |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |