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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |