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) Yearsort descending County Mine Cause
Sennio Antonio 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Died in Halifax in 1914
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of roof
O'Connor John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone at longwall face
Gaskin Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Brown James 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Blackwood Thomas 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Leemore Ferdinand 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
Zyales Stainslaw 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
MacKenzie Lawrence 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Lawlor Richard 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Runaway box
McNeil John M. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal at face
Beaumeister Otto 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Tracey William 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed by full trip
Holmes Angus 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 22 Fell, striking head on rail
Baldwin Philip 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone
Murphy John R. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone at face
Frye John 1914 Pictou County Albion Riding a coal trip that derailed
Steele Hugh 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 By full trip
Jamieson Alexander 1914 Pictou County Albion Killed by cage
Cook James I 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Ghyseis August 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone at face
DeCoste Bernard 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Jenson or Jamieson Alex 1914 Pictou County Albion Run over by a box
Neary Andrew 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fell under moving car
Ryan Frank 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Lamond James 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 3 (Florence) Caught between box and prop
Taylor Daniel 1914 Pictou County Albion Hit by a train
Taylor George 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Connell Frank 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Cullen or Cullins David 1914 Pictou County McGregor Suffocation in mine
Conway Isaac 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
MacMillan Daniel L 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
Dye Charles 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard
Degaust Alex 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Murphy John 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone
Petrie James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
Gardion Anglo 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by trip
Pastusek Joseph 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Jammed between box and prop
Hall Edward 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Killed by trip
Jennings Thomas 1915 Cumberland Joggins Fall of stone
Jewer Rich. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Shunter, killed by car on surface
Admino Athmis 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal
Gibson Harry 1915 Cumberland Joggins Haulage rope breaking
Brown Thomas 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Moffat Clifford 1915 Cumberland Minudie Fall of stone
McDonald H. 1915 Cape Breton County Queen Boilermaker killed by fan on surface
Burton James 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone

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