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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw | Donald | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pendergrast | Donald | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| McInnis | Donald | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | Donald | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacEachern | Donald | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| O'Hanley | Donald | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed by runaway full box in slope |
| MacFadgen | Donald | 1973 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed |
| Campbell | Donald | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Donald | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Tabor | Donald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| MacKinnon | Donald | 1873 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Fall of coal |
| Martin | Donald | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McPhee | Donald | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McKay | Donald 2nd | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Donald A. | 1962 | Pictou County | McBean | Struck by a falling steel boom |
| Maine or Main | Donald A. or Douglas | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed by stone or wood on longwall |
| Ferguson | Donald J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| MacQueen | Donald John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Sullivan (Indian Cove) | Runaway Box |
| MacDonald | Donald R. | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Stewart | Donald Sr. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage:Hit by a full trip |
| Venus | Donald W. | 1961 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Electrocution on slope |
| Melanson | Dosithe | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Grant | Dougald | 1899 | Pictou County | Vale | Methane explosion by naked light |
| McIsaac | Dougald | 1939 | Inverness | Inverness | Jammed; died 2 days later |
| Davis | Douglas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Delaney | Douglas | 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by runaway box |
| Taylor | Douglas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Blue | Duncan | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by runaway rake |
| MacLeod | Duncan | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacLean | Duncan | 1907 | Inverness | Inverness | See D.A. McLean, 1908, possibly a duplicate |
| McInnis | Duncan | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| McIsaac | Duncan | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Duncan | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Halliday | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McRae | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pero | E. | 1894 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Locomotive started on its own, ran over him |
| Robertson | E. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface) |
| MacKay | Earl | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacLellan | Earl | 1973 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| Leadbeater | Earl | 1973 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacIntosh | Earl | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling stone and coal |
| MacKenzie | Earl C. | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| McMasters | Earl J. | 1969 | Cumberland | Springhill, Syndicate Mine or Springhill No. 1 | Struck by empty trip |
| Sweet | Eben | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall down chute |
| Murrant | Edgar | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Wry | Edgar | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Luscombe | Edmund Clarence | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and timber |
| Hall | Edward | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Empty horse wagon ran away |