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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillis | Dan A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal and rock in pillars |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| MacLean | Duncan | 1907 | Inverness | Inverness | See D.A. McLean, 1908, possibly a duplicate |
| McKinnon | Dan | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by runaway box |
| Gillis | Simon D. | 1920 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of rock |
| Jones | Harry | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone and coal, No 7 balance, No 5 E level |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| McDonald | Ranald or Ronald | 1911 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal; head crushed |
| McLean | D.A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13-foot seam |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| Young | Ninian | 1919 | Inverness | Inverness | Injured by dynamite shot; died a day later. |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| DeCoste | Bernard | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| McNeil | Neil S. | 1911 | Inverness | Inverness | Run over by balance cage, died 3 hours later |
| Deveau | Willie V. | 1966 | Inverness | Evans Mine | Killed by haulage |
| McKinnon | Lauchlin | 1947 | Inverness | Campbell or No. 4 | Fall of roof |
| Stuart | Kenneth | 1901 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway wagon in bottom of slope |
| Kennedy | Angus | 1901 or 1902 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Run over by back balance rope-brake |
| McLellan | Angus | 1906 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway box on main slope |
| MacDonald | Alexander | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacDonald | Donald R. | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Stewart | Walter | 1935 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Fall of stone |
| Tipping | Royal Preston | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Injuries from collision of empty boxes |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Rector | Samuel D. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Quinn | George W. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| LeBlanc | Joseph Adolph | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Legere | Sanford | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Fowler | Simon J. | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Kralicek or Krawlick | Emil or Emile | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| White | Wilfred | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Brine | Philip | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Fall of coal |
| McAdam | Cyril | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| MacIntyre | Joseph | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Run over by cage in balance, died next day |
| McInnis | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |