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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Brown | George | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Paul | George | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Domokosch | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Long | George | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Bishop | George | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking |
| Wood | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
| Brown | George D. | 1926 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Parsons | George E. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |