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 Countysort ascending Mine Cause
Johnson James F. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Kennedy Mark 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Leonard Elmer 1910 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Luther Isaac 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
MacDonald Allan 1937 Pictou County Allan Shaft Buried beneath fall of stone
MacKenzie William 1903 Pictou County Albion Jumped from moving train in mine yard
MacLeod Robert 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Martin Roderick 1917 Pictou County Albion Suffocated in his draeger machine due to carbonic acid leak
McDonald Daniel J. 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McInnis John 1872 Pictou County Acadia Fall of coal
McLeise Bertram 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
McPherson Lemuel 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Moss Albert 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Nash John 1881 Pictou County Acadia Devastating methane explosion
Passino Lucien or Lucino 1916 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Ramsey James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Rodgers William 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Sample Winton 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Small John D. 1900 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Stewart James 1906 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Thompson Melvin 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Webb James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Young Thomas 1870 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of coal
Baker Thomas 1900 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Derailed rake
Benoit Rodham 1917 Pictou County Albion Asphyxiated by methane
Bowran George 1923 Pictou County Albion Caught and crushed by screening machinery
Cameron Hugh 1885 Pictou County Vale Devastating methane explosion
Carpenter Thomas 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Colin Francis 1878 Pictou County Acadia Run over by pit tub
Cullen John Sr. 1934 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Debodt Frank 1925 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Fall of coal
Dunn John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Flemming James E. 1945 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of stone
Fraser Archie 1890 Pictou County Vale Run over in a back balance
Gillis Hugh 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Hale Samuel 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Hawes John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Howatt Timothy 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Johnson Peter 1957 Pictou County McBean Fall of coal
Kingou James 1873 Pictou County Acadia Fall of coal
Leshambre Pierre 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Lyall Matthew 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
MacDonald or Greenwood William A. 1933 Pictou County Milford Fall of stone
MacKenzie Frank 1909 Pictou County Albion Killed on balance by runaway box
MacLeod James 1903 Pictou County Acadia Died 15 February
Martin George 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald Colin 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
McInnis John 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
McLellan James 1884 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
McRae Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion

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