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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixco | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Yak | Nicholas | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| O'Brien | Nicholas | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilcox | Nicholas | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Tally boy; boxes on bankhead |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Durdle | Neslon | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Riding on trip which left the road |
| Rushton | Nelson W. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Burgoyne | Nelson | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |
| Milley | Nelson | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wilson | Nelson | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed on surface by haulage rope used to convey cars under screens |
| McNeil | Neil S. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | Neil S. | 1911 | Inverness | Inverness | Run over by balance cage, died 3 hours later |
| Chapman | Neil D. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed under trip |
| Johnstone or Johnston | Neil | 1892 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by coal hopper |
| MacKinnon | Neil | 1888 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by trip |
| McDonald or MacDonald | Neil | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Struck head against roof or boom |
| MacLeod | Neil | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Lynk | Neil | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by stone |
| McLeod | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McIsaac | Neil | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
| McNeil | Neil | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Burned by electricity |
| McPhee | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Neil | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McKinnon | Neil | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | Neil | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Killed by runaway boxes |
| Gualtieri or Gaualtiere | Natali | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall from roof |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | Murdock | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacIntyre | Murdock | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between timber and box |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell against in-motion engine drum |
| Morrison | Murdock | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip |
| Ross | Murdock | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKinnon | Murdock | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
| Brown | Murdock | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Struck on head when taking coal to chute |
| McGregor | Murdock | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McDougald | Murdock | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fatally injured on surface between 2 cars |
| McLeod | Murdock | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| McKinnon | Murdoch | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | Murdoch | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Perry | Moses | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | Moses | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Jones | Moses | 1912 or 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake in slope |
| Lutes | Morton M. or Norton | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Trapper, Struck by trip at 8300-ft trap door |
| White | Morris | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of methane |
| Tabor | Monty | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Skacun | Mitro | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Meagher | Milton | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |