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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purvis | James | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of top coal |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| 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 |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| 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 |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| 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 |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Robbins | 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 |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |