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 |
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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 |