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)sort descending Year County Mine Cause
Lennon James 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Robbins James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Webb James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Stewart James 1906 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Locke James 1919 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by piece of wood
Lennon James 1926 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of stone
Jones James 1889 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Explosion of methane
Ferguson James 1897 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope
Riley James 1927 Cape Breton County Princess Squeezed between boxes
Morrison James 1966 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Naturel Causes
Allen James 1961 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Electrical
Young James 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Squeezed between prop and trip
Marsh James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of rib coal
Boates James 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Dumphy James 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal from face
MacLeod James 1903 Pictou County Acadia Died 15 February
Hamilton James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed
McMullin James 1943 Cape Breton County Tomson Injured while replacing derailed box
McNeil James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Power James 1902 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of coal, hung shot
Gillis James 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Johnson James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McPherson James 1897 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Struck by falling piece of coal while hauling
Conway James 1950 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Morrison James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Sharples James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Nicholson James 1922 Cumberland Minudie #2 Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed
Petrie James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
MacEachern James 1935 Pictou County Allan Shaft Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide
Francis James 1938 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later
Robertson James 1861 Pictou County Bye pit Methane explosion
Edwards James 1950 Cape Breton County Florence Haulage
Cummings James 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Caught between cars and rib
Campbell James 1958 Cape Breton County Four Star Electrical
Carson James 1908 Cumberland Chignecto Fell down balance
Dewan James 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck by trip
Dunphy James 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal from face
Kennedy James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of roof
Lammond James 1872 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) Fall of stone
Messervey James 1911 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed
Aspinall James 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
O'Regan James 1924 Cumberland Joggins No. 7 Fall of coal
McLellan James 1884 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Haslam James 1885 Cumberland Syndicate burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed
McVey James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Ross James 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Jessoe James 1925 Cape Breton County Colonial No. 1 Fall of stone
McLellan James 1897 Cape Breton County Victoria Fall of coal from pillar
Cobert James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Clark James 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone

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