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 Minesort descending Cause
Hogan Cornelius 1964 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Walsh P. Joseph 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by runaway box
Cirotto Giovanni 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McIntyre Donald 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Gouthro John W. 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by trip
Bennett Henry 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Falling boom
Vine Charles 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
McLean Henry 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Goldie Peter 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Rose John 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McDonald Malcolm 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Kicked by a horse
McPherson Malcolm I. 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
MacNeil Malcolm P. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McGillivray John 1953 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Skinner Richard 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Donovan Edward 1931 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
McIntosh John 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
Cathcart Michael 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
McIntyre Rod 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Boone Adrian 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Found dead on haulageway
McNeil Peter 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McNeil John D. 1938 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall caused by trip
Finlayson Charles 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by trip
Brown Walter 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by a runaway trip
Lynk Fred 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Wells Horace 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Ferguson John R. 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Kicked by a horse
Morrison Daniel J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by a man-rake
Taylor John S. 1935 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by trip
Young Fred 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
McMullin Michael 1955 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Fitzgerald Laurence 1905 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone from roof
Stostak Wasyl 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and stone
McKinnon J. J. 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Electric shock, died 4 days later
Murphy John H. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Cameron John 1921 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face
Harte Vincent 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Curran John 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face of room
MacDougall John 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later
Holland Alexander 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Vokey William 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Loose coal from face
Caporallo Alex 1936 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by trip
Luscombe Edmund Clarence 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between box and timber
Keehn Emile 1903 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Run over by loaded box
McMullin Joseph 1905 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face
Ashworth Richard 1907 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Kutzyk Matthew 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
McLeod Thomas 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and stone
Parr Robert 1902 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed: fell back in shaft from surface
McCuish John 1903 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone from roof

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