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) |
Year |
County | Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| 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 |
| Jones | Moses | 1912 or 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake in slope |
| Muirhead | William B. | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Bacarro | Guissippi | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between trip and door |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Rector | Daniel | 1912 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Trevison | Mario | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| McNeil | Dan H. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone; also recorded as a casualty - not dead |
| Zanicol | Barnado | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Fry | Peter | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Stephenson | John E. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone |
| McSorley | Anthony | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught by rope and drawn behind drum |
| Vitus | Armond | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| Candido | Amoiesi | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fell off box that then ran over him |
| Cameron | William Archibald | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by revolving wheel on main driving shaft of screen engine under bankhouse |
| Clements | Freeman | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Nicseptote | Carmian | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Wilkowski | Albert | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Taking box off cage, caught between box and rib |
| Cauffery | Albert | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Premature shot |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Crawford | Patrick | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fell under fuel box |
| Bellan | Joseph | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Meulders | Gaspar | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Dean | Thomas | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fell under full trip |
| Hayman | Arthur | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down the shaft 462 feet |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Foster | John A. | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| Bushar | Patrick | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McKinnon | Rod | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Robertson | David | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Fall of coal and stone |
| Carroll | Frank | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | |
| Shoder | Martin | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| Farrell | Sam | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Scotia | Fall of stone; died with another family member |
| Taylor | Henry | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Knocked down by horse and run over by full trip |
| Farrell | Sebastien | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Scotia | Fall of stone; died with another family member |
| Bulmer | Walter | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck by ginney (aka jinney or jig) or prop |
| Nicholson | Phillip | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |