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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| 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 |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |