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)sort descending Year County Mine Cause
McNeil Fred 1898 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of loose coal
Keating Fred 1955 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
Boutilier Fred 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Young Fred 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
Knobi Fred 1916 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of coal, died next day
Borden Fred 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Saunders Fred 1944 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope Fall of coal
Ward Fred 1921 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone, died next day
Elkin Fred 1906 Cumberland Springhill Killed by trolleys on surface
Canova Fred 1968 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off
Schwinghammer or Swinghammer Fred 1929 Cumberland Springhill No. 7 Fall of stone
Rozmarinovich Fred 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Crushed between box and drop
Matheson Fred 1979 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed
Rockett Fred 1959 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Haulage
Gillis Fred 1968 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 12 Haulage: Caught by box on 25E main level and squeezed against low side of wall
Lanswood Fred 1902 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 3 Run over by full boxes on slope
Mitchell Fred 1957 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Nicholson Fred 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Lynk Fred 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Livingstone Fred C. 1957 Pictou County Greenwood No. 2 Hit by a runaway coal box
Tabor Fred E. 1938 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Light Fred J. 1948 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Killed by haulage
Dillon Frederick 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Gower Frederick 1953 Cape Breton County Beaver Fall of stone
Crocker Frederick 1884 Cumberland Springhill Crushed between water box and timber
McKenzie Frederick A. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Burke Frederick John 1957 Cumberland Bayview Fall of stone
Clements Freeman 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of coal
Stevens Freeman 1942 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Struck by rake
Swarttzack Freeman 1968 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 20 Natural Causes
Wadden Freeman 1951 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of stone
Girdinetti G. 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal from face
Eveleigh G. Hector William 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Caverzan Gaetano 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Angelo Gaeton 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Murray Garfield 1939 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of coal
Flinn or Flynn Garnett 1883 Pictou County Vale Fall of coal
Meulders Gaspar 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of roof
Turner George 1886 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of top coal
Bowran George 1923 Pictou County Albion Caught and crushed by screening machinery
Smith George 1923 Cumberland Springhill Surface Cause not recorded
Bishop George 1900 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking
McPhee George 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Struck by full trip
Nicoloff George 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of coal
Beaton George 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
May George 1887 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatally hurt
Munroe George 1992 Pictou County Westray Devastating methane and coal dust explosion
Delaney George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Domokosch George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Wood George 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion

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