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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| 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 |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Struck by falling piece of coal while hauling |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Power | James | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, hung shot |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Lammond | James | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| MacDonald | James | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| 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 |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGrath | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Runaway box, accidental death |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |