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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slanwhite | M. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fall of stone |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Rocker | R. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone from roof |
| Gardner | Joseph | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Reddick | Robert, Sr. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed while mining, a shot blew down on him |
| McLellan | Angus | 1906 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway box on main slope |
| Vickers | Alexander | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed trying to jump on a full trip |
| LeBlanc | Edward | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Struck by a moving box |
| McNeil | John P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed by runaway box grab slipping off rope |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| LeBlanc | Edward | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Struck by moving box |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| Borden | Alex | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
| Chisholm | Norman | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
| Wilkes | F. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | Powder explosion |
| McInnis | Duncan | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Fitzgerald | Laurence | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Hannah | Joseph | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed instantly by being run over by hopper |
| McMullin | Joseph | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Scott | John W. | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip on turnout |
| Cooke | H. A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | James T. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of coal from roof |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Laffin | John J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face |
| Walsh | William | 1905 | Inverness | Port Hood | Hit by boom sliding down slope while timbering |
| McVarish | J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Run over by box |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Perris or Paris | A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Vickers | Edward | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| MacLeod | unknown | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone from shaft wall being excavated as they were sinking the shaft |
| McKay | John w. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by riding on a trip |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
| Elbridge | Clifford | 1904 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall in chute, smothered by coal |
| Foster | Archie | 1904 | Cumberland | Aberdeen | Caught between box and chute; died on beaching bank |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Roy | John H. | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed instantly in a fall |
| McNeil | Stephen | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of roof coal |
| Nicholson | Norman | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Broken back, died 11 weeks later |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McNeil | John D. | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Methane explosion |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Warren | Edward | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |