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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | Fidele | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Landry | Fidele D. | 1910 or 1938 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Aird | Finlay | 1907 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell from riding rake on main slope |
| Vaughan | Fitz | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Vaast | Floriand | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Beaton | Floyd | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Gilroy | Floyd O. | 1969 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Fall of stone |
| Stubbert | Foreman | 1884 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal |
| Cassidy | Francis | 1894 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a coal trip |
| Martin | Francis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by box |
| Launey | Francis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Colin | Francis | 1878 | Pictou County | Acadia | Run over by pit tub |
| Marsh | Francis | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Mini | Francisco | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Electric wire |
| McLean | Frank | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Feit | Frank | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Tobie or Tobin | Frank | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| MacKenzie | Frank | 1909 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed on balance by runaway box |
| Ross | Frank | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Reid | Frank | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Knocked down steel boom |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| McKenzie | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gallant | Frank | 1909 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Driving a full trip & killed by falling timber |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | |
| Norvok or Novak | Frank | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 21 | Fall of coal caused by bump |
| Genter | Frank | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Schobarlietner | Frank | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Debodt | Frank | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Pancryk | Frank | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Connell | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Letcher | Frank | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Melanson | Frank | 1951 | Cumberland | Cochran | |
| Groves | Frank | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Furlong | Frank | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Scalded with steam |
| Green | Frank | 1908 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a box on balance |
| Allen | Frank | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Frank | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Jesso | Frank | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Fall of stone |
| Desmond | Frank | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Empty box passed over him, died 28 days later in hospital |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Fell in front of a full trip while riding up slope |
| Williams | Frank | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by runaway box |
| Carroll | Frank | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | |
| Morgan | Frank | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Killed by live wire |
| Gillis | Frank L. | 1941 | Cumberland | Cumberland Railway & Coal | Fall of stone |
| Blackwood | Fraser | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by runaway box |
| Canova | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| Matheson | Fred | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Elkin | Fred | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by trolleys on surface |