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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lammond | James | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| 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 |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder 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 |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |