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 Countysort ascending Mine Cause
MacDonald James 1922 Inverness bootleg pit Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed
McIsaac Daniel C. 1924 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed
Powelle (Bulgarian) Unknown 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
Assiff Joseph 1921 Inverness Inverness Hit by rake on level, died 2 days later
Gillies Angus 1878 Inverness Port Hood Explosion of steam boiler; 1 of 2 killed
MacDougall Peter 1934 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Gas explosion
McIsaac Daniel A. or Danile 1936 Inverness Port Hood Killed by file shot
Quigley Thomas 1906 Inverness Mabou Jammed between box and pillar
Beaton Malcolm 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
Gillis Dan A. 1907 Inverness Inverness Fatally injured riding in empty trip, rope broke
MacDougall Hugh G. or Hugh C. 1934 Inverness Inverness No. 1 Fall of coal
McIsaac Dougald 1939 Inverness Inverness Jammed; died 2 days later
Quigley James 1943 Inverness Inverness No. 3 Crushed between engine drum and rope
Beaumeister Otto 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Gillis Dan A. 1908 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal and rock in pillars
MacKinnon Angus 1945 Inverness Inverness No. 3 Fall of stone
McKenzie William 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
Ross Angus 1913 Inverness Inverness Stepped in front of moving balance box
Cameron J.J. 1903 Inverness Mabou Caught by box on slope
Gillis Lauchlin 1908 Inverness Port Hood Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed
MacLean Duncan 1907 Inverness Inverness See D.A. McLean, 1908, possibly a duplicate
McKinnon Dan 1937 Inverness Inverness Struck by runaway box
Shea James 1867 Inverness Port Hood Crushed by machinery
Dunlap Robert 1928 Colchester Kempton or Riversdale Fell off tub in shaft
Lockhart Charles 1874 Cumberland Scotia (Northern) Fall of coal
Cormier John 1907 Cumberland Chignecto Caught between car and bankhead
Burbine John 1913 Cumberland Joggins Runaway boxes
Nicholson James 1922 Cumberland Minudie #2 Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed
Quinn George W. 1931 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Explosion; 1 of 6 killed
Porter Melburn Parker 1944 Cumberland Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 Fall of stone
McDonald Donald 1885 Cumberland Westville or Springhill mine Died after breaking legs
Brown William 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Clark or Clarke Robert 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Furbow Samuel 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Martin George 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McNeil John F. or John P. 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Murphy Jeremiah 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Rogers Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Williams John 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Burrows John 1897 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9
Fisher Henry 1903 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of coal
Davidson Adam 1908 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fell into chute
Caulfield or Canfield Peter 1914 or 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed
Turner Joseph 1919 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of coal
McPherson Hugh 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Caught between full box and timber
Meagher Milton 1928 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Gillis Frank L. 1941 Cumberland Cumberland Railway & Coal Fall of stone
Corkin Thomas A. 1944 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Fall of stone
Davis Andrew 1952 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump; 1 of 2 killed
Dykens or Daken Layton A. 1954 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump; 1 of 5 killed

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