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 | Peter | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Baldwin | Philip | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Saccrey | John W. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of roof |
| Gardner | Michael A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | A. J. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Butts | Joseph L. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLellan | Andrew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Pietzrak or Pietchieck | Carl | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| McLeod | Daniel | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway box |
| Witstanley | John T. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Snow | John W. | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Walzak | Albert | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone from roof in pillar work |
| Thompson | William | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Skinner | Richard | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Kralieck | Bohuslon | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Kernekant or Heinekamp | Herman | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Jones | William | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Steel railing falling from car |
| Turner | David | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Squeezed between rib and box |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Donovan | Edward | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Moroletto | Albino | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Blood poisoning (possibly cut underground) |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Corbett | Angus | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Caught in conveyor belt |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Patey | Robert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Morrison | Richard | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McKenzie | Hugh A. | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Connors | Thomas | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cathcart | Michael | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| McIntyre | Rod | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| MacKenzie | Norman J. | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Hayes | Matthew | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| Raggar | Max | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| McKinnon | Colin | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Vickers | Leonard | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Fall of stone |
| Bates | Willis | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Young | Daniel | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |