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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whalen | Matthew | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, lower seam, Sydney Mines | Fall of stone from roof |
| Cherry | Matthew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Kutzyk | Matthew | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Stubbert | Matthew | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Mis-shot exploded while he was examining it |
| Lyall | Matthew | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hayes | Matthew | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| Stoker | Matthew | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| Todd | Matther | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or | Fall of stone |
| Collins | Mathew | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Spoors | Mat | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed |
| Shoder | Martin | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| MacKay | Martin | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Heart attack in act of getting on riding rake |
| Foley | Martin | 1874 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Crash of a runaway rake |
| Greene | Mark | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Methane explosion |
| Willigher | Mark | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Cause not recorded |
| McDonald | Mark | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| Kennedy | Mark | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Trevison | Mario | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Lucus | Marcus | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Lawless | Marcel | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Found on haulage |
| MacNeil | Malcolm P. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | Malcolm I. | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| O'Handley | Malcolm | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stewart | Malcolm | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| McPherson | Malcolm | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | Malcolm | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| White | Malcolm | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Malcolm | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| McPhee | Malcolm | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McIsaac | Malcolm | 1873 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Nicholson | Malcolm | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McAskill | Malcolm | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McAulay | Malcolm | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
| Campbell | M. S. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | M. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Slanwhite | M. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fall of stone |
| MacDougall | M. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Passino | Lucien or Lucino | 1916 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Vaast | Lucien (boy) | 1916 | Pictou County | Thom or Tom pit | Gas explosion at mouth of abandoned slope; boy was chasing a ball |
| Jacob or Jacobs | Louis L. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Martell | Louis | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Falling pit timber |
| Phalen | Louis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Johnstone | Louis | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught by a moving cable in haulage |
| Bonnell | Louis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal at face |
| Copan | Louis | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by trip of mine cars |
| Briggs | Louis | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of coal |
| Vaast | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Coffin | Louis | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |