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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Stubbert | Matthew | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Mis-shot exploded while he was examining it |
| Horn | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Jameson | Hector | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| Gardner | Joseph | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| McLain | Hector | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured on head by fall of roof coal |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Laffin | John J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face |
| Laforte | Nelson | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Struck by full box on slope |
| McVarish | J. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Run over by box |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Sellars | Nich | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal |
| McLennan | Philip | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of roof coal while loading |
| Robertson | David | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Fall of coal and stone |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Finlayson | Daniel | 1971 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Running cars at plant,got jammed between couplings of a full car and empty car |
| McKinnon | Rod | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Keigan | Patrick | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McIntyre | Alex | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by cage |
| Burkhart | Amos | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Gunn | Dan | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Dixon | Richard | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Campbell | Thomas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Brown | Albert | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| McPhee | Malcolm | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Luffman | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Shaw | Thomas | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| MacKinnon | Daniel | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Orell | Joseph | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gallop | Abe | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Eveley | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| MacDonald | William J. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacLeod | Melvin | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Halliday | Charles | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by rake |
| MacDonald | Harold | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Burgoyne | Nelson | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |