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 Minesort descending Cause
Jenson or Jamieson Alex 1914 Pictou County Albion Run over by a box
MacLean John 1902 Pictou County Albion Jammed between rail cars on surface
Dunbar John 1904 Pictou County Albion Run over by a rake
Gaskill Thomas 1924 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Jewell Charles 1920 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Purvis James 1902 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
Baillie D. 1883 Pictou County Albion Killed by a runaway rake
MacDonald Jasper 1926 Pictou County Albion Struck by falling timber prop
Martin Michael 1901 Pictou County Albion Whirled around a shaft
Partner Herbert 1942 Pictou County Albion Crushed between boxes
Robinson Robert 1903 Pictou County Albion Fell under rail car which passed over him
Colburn William 1910 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Flemming Hugh R 1923 Pictou County Albion Fall of stone
Leonard Elmer 1910 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
MacKenzie William 1903 Pictou County Albion Jumped from moving train in mine yard
Martin Roderick 1917 Pictou County Albion Suffocated in his draeger machine due to carbonic acid leak
Small John D. 1900 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Stewart James 1906 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Benoit Rodham 1917 Pictou County Albion Asphyxiated by methane
Bowran George 1923 Pictou County Albion Caught and crushed by screening machinery
Cullen John Sr. 1934 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
MacKenzie Frank 1909 Pictou County Albion Killed on balance by runaway box
McLellan James 1884 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Muir Gilbert 1924 Pictou County Albion Struck by a trip of coal boxes
Barclay J. W. R. 1907 Pictou County Albion Killed on main slope by runaway box
MacKenzie H. M. 1911 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal at the face
MacLeod Wellington 1921 Pictou County Albion Suffocated by methane under coal fall
Mason Stanley 1927 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Connell Frank 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Brown Leo 1919 Pictou County Albion Struck by a cage in a balance
Cameron John W. 1946 Pictou County Albion Struck by coal trip on main slope
Downs William B. 1910 Pictou County Albion Scalded or burned, causes unknown; a machinist making repairs
Laderie Jules 1924 Pictou County Albion Struck down by a runaway box
MacKenzie Hugh 1918 Pictou County Albion Crushed by cars
Doyle Edward 1935 Pictou County Albion Fall of rock
Fraser John E. 1921 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Isnor Hubert 1921 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Roy John H. 1904 Pictou County Albion Killed instantly in a fall
Conway Isaac 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
Heighton Dan 1927 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
McKay Donald 1898 Pictou County Albion Fall from roof of working face
Williamson Samuel 1899 Pictou County Albion Chainrunner, struck in neck by snapped chain
Cassidy Charles 1941 Pictou County Albion Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock"
Foster Alex 1894 Pictou County Albion Run over by a coal trip
Jackson Aubrey 1920 Pictou County Albion Run over by an empty box
Conway James 1950 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Fanning Willard 1943 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal from face
Lameaux James 1916 Pictou County Albion Struck by a runaway box
Stewart Alexander 1918 Pictou County Albion (Purvis slope) Coal box fell to the ground
Baudoux John maybe George 1930 Pictou County Albion (Purvis slope) Riding an empty trip that derailed; killed by falling timbers and stone

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