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) Yearsort ascending County Mine Cause
McNeil Henry 1876 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 cause not recorded
Fosse Jean Baptiste 1876 Pictou County Vale Fall of coal
Campbell Hector 1875 Pictou County Foord pit Run over by loaded wagons
Fraser Alexander 1875 Pictou County Black Diamond Crushed by moving coal tub against a doorpost
Jackson W. C. 1874 Pictou County Foord pit Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft
Cummings Hector 1874 Pictou County Vale Crash of runaway rake on main slope
Lockhart Charles 1874 Cumberland Scotia (Northern) Fall of coal
Stewart William 1874 Pictou County Black Diamond Fall of coal
Foley Martin 1874 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Crash of a runaway rake
Potts John 1874 Pictou County Foord pit Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft
Cameron Michael 1874 Cape Breton County Victoria
Halliday Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
MacDonald Daniel 1873 Pictou County Vale Crushed by coal tubs
Ramsey James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Neville john 1873 Cape Breton County International Crushed by train
McRae Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Bennett John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dunbar Robert 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Ryan Alexander 1873 Cape Breton County Lingan Fall of coal
McRichey John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Fraser John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Taylor John 1873 Pictou County Vale Fall with tub in slope
McIsaac Malcolm 1873 Pictou County Foord pit Crushed by coal tubs
MacKinnon Donald 1873 Pictou County Foord pit Fall of coal
Sinclair John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Guy Abraham 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Bowens John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dunn James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Hale Samuel 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dunn John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Richardson Joseph 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Shaw Donald 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dunn Philip 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
O'Brien Nicholas 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Turnbull William 1873 Pictou County Vale Under a falling derrick
Elliott John T 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Smith Angus 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Martell Charles 1873 Cape Breton County Caledonia Crushed by wagons
Elliott William 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McCharles Roderick 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Ellis John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McDonald John #1 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McDonald John #2 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Emery John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McDonald Hugh 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McDonald Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Chisholm Colin C. 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Jones Edward 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Dalling James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McDonald Daniel J. 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion

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