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
Wilsack John 1949 Pictou County McGregor Fall of coal
Lyons Thomas 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of stone
Miller Charles 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Rose John 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
MacIntosh John J. 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Hayes Matthew 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Haulage
Davidson Robert 1949 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Baudoux Alfred H. 1949 Pictou County McBean Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager
Johnstone Louis 1949 Pictou County McBean Caught by a moving cable in haulage
Gabriel Thomas 1949 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump
Weeks Archie 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
MacKenzie Rod J. 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope Killed in haulage
Penny Thomas 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope Fall of stone
MacEachern Donald 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Leggett Herbert 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
Gardiner Ambrose 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 25 Fall of stone
McGraw Ernest 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
Melnick Steve 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Light Fred J. 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Killed by haulage
Campbell Gregory 1948 Cape Breton County Lloyds No. 7 Machinery
Goldie Peter 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Copley Samuel 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Machinery
McIsaac James 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
O'Connell Patrick 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Explosives
Morgan George 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
McKinnon Lauchlin 1947 Inverness Campbell or No. 4 Fall of roof
Roberts Alfred 1947 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of roof
Morrison John 1947 Cape Breton County Greener Fall of roof
Carey George 1947 Cape Breton County Florence Bankhead (surface)
Copan John 1947 Pictou County Allan Shaft Caught by a haulage cable
Campbell Percy 1946 Pictou County Allan Shaft Wash Plant Injured putting up a door bar, died a week later
Aucoin William Joseph 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of roof
Lamond Daniel 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Browner Thomas 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Mine machinery
Fraser Hugh 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Nutter Roy 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Haulage
Salcon Trifon 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
O'Neil Dan J. 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Griffiths Wallace 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Briggs George 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
MacKenzie Norman J. 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed
Gallant Joseph 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
White Clarence 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Haulage
Kennedy James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of roof
Peddle Arthur 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Cobert James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Jeffrey Leonard 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Explosives
Muise Patrick 1946 Inverness Inverness Killed by haulage
Cameron John W. 1946 Pictou County Albion Struck by coal trip on main slope
Pashkoski or Pasoshki Alexander 1946 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 Killed by haulage

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