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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawlor | Richard | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Runaway box |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| McNeil | John M. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal at face |
| Maquire | Bernard | 1914 | Pictou County | Vale | Struck by an empty trip that derailed |
| Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
| Cullen or Cullins | David | 1914 | Pictou County | McGregor | Suffocation in mine |
| Holmes | Angus | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fell, striking head on rail |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Baldwin | Philip | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| DeCoste | Bernard | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| Murphy | John R. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at face |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Steele | Hugh | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | By full trip |
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Blackwood | Thomas | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKenzie | Lawrence | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| Neary | Andrew | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fell under moving car |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Connell | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Conway | Isaac | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| Keating | Edward | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Cage struck timber, knocking roof down |
| Bond | Philip | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Boviada | Demetris | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Crushed between boxes |
| White | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Chiasson | Pat | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip |
| MacMillan | Daniel L | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Casey | Percy A. | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Caulfield or Canfield | Peter | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| Brown | Thomas | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Nevat | Andrew | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| Milo | Louis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by runaway box |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Ramsay | William | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Mark | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| Cavasotte | Fernando | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | Allan | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| Ford | Julian | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed between box and boom |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Saccrey | John W. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of roof |
| Chiasson | Elezare | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Pusher, killed by improperly spragged box |
| Robertson | E. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface) |