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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Butt | 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 |
| Wood | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Burns | George | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Full box ran over him on main level |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bishop | George | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Raus | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Iinjured by runaway box, died next day |
| McPhee | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by full trip |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |