Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | Edward | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McKinnon | Mick | 1904 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone from roof |
| McVicar | Alexander | 1904 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of coal from face |
| Jesso | Simon | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by fall of stone |
| McMullen | Bernard | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by a trip |
| McNeil | Stephen | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by fall of roof coal |
| Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Vickers | Edward | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Perris or Paris | A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Hannah | Joseph | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed instantly by being run over by hopper |
| Scott | John W. | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip on turnout |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Walsh | William | 1905 | Inverness | Port Hood | Hit by boom sliding down slope while timbering |
| McKay | John w. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by riding on a trip |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Borden | Alex | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
| Chisholm | Norman | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
| McInnis | Duncan | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Wilkes | F. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | Powder explosion |
| MacLeod | unknown | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone from shaft wall being excavated as they were sinking the shaft |
| Fitzgerald | Laurence | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McMullin | Joseph | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Cooke | H. A. | 1905 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell when staging broke in shaft as they were sinking it |
| Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
| McDonald | James T. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of coal from roof |
| Laffin | John J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face |
| McVarish | J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Run over by box |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| McKinnon | Daniel | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal; died in hospital |
| McPherson | Malcolm | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | Angus | 1906 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway box on main slope |
| Davidson | Walter | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Dominick | P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Genter | Frank | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| McVicar | Allen | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Prindle | Joe | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Doucette | P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Struck by runaway box |
| Ireland | Dan | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Slanwhite | M. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fall of stone |
| Quigley | Thomas | 1906 | Inverness | Mabou | Jammed between box and pillar |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Rocker | R. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone from roof |
| LeBlanc | Edward | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Struck by moving box |
| Gardner | Joseph | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |