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
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

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