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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn | Philip | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Andrews | William | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Elliott | John T | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | Joseph | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | Angus | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| McElvie | John Sr | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ruddick | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ryan | Alexander | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| McElvie | John Jr | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeal | David | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeal | John Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Chisholm | Colin C. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lyall | Matthew | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Howatt | Timothy | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murray | Alexander | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Freeman | Henry | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGillivray | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Purvis | Alexander Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | James Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Halliday | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | Daniel | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burns | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Archibald | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McRae | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | William | 1874 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Fall of coal |
| Foley | Martin | 1874 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Crash of a runaway rake |
| Cameron | Michael | 1874 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | |
| Cummings | Hector | 1874 | Pictou County | Vale | Crash of runaway rake on main slope |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| Jackson | W. C. | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Campbell | Hector | 1875 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Run over by loaded wagons |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1875 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Crushed by moving coal tub against a doorpost |
| Fosse | Jean Baptiste | 1876 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Townsend | Leonard | 1876 | Cumberland | Spring Hill Colliery Mine | Crushed by drum, fall of a gin |
| Livingstone | Joseph | 1876 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal |
| McNeil | Henry | 1876 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | cause not recorded |
| Ferguson | David | 1877 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by counter balance |