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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald | James | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; maybe 4th man killed in an explosion or is a separate explosion |
| McDonald | Angus L. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| McDonald | J.S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| McDonald | A. R. | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| McDonald | D. W. C. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Donald | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | D. R. | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| McDonald | Wilfred | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage, surface |
| McDonald | Allan J. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck on head by upright timber, died 3 days later |
| McDonald | Angus V. | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McDonald | Ranald or Ronald | 1911 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal; head crushed |
| McDonald | M. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| McDonald | Murdock A. | 1914 or 1915 | Inverness | Inverness | Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Severed artery in foot |
| McDonald | Murdoch | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by shot going off while firing squib |
| McDonald | John B. | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Struck by falling roof stone while undercutting with machine |
| McDonald | Arthur | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Saunders | 1940 | Inverness | inverness No. 4 | Struck by runaway box |
| McDonald | John A. | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured by box |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| McDonald | Laurence | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonad | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| McCumiskey | Owen | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| McCosh | Alex | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
| McCormick or McCormack | Stephen | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| McCormick | Leonard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McCormick | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by boom, died 4 days later |
| McCormick | Vin | 1893 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of roof coal at face; also recorded as 1894 |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| McCormack | Angus | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| McCormack | Lenard | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McCormack | Stephen | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Dropped dead coming up the travelling-way |
| McCharles | Roderick | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McCarney | unknown | 1866 | Pictou County | Above ground, at Acadia wharf | Fell and struck his head |
| McCallum | Harry Alliston | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| McBeth or MacBeath | Phillip | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McAulay | Ronald | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fall of stone |
| McAulay | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |