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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Christie | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 4, engine house | Caught in belt that operates hoist, lived 9 hrs |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conway | James D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Matheson | James E. | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage: Struck by a trip of material |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Burke | James J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria | Undetermined |
| McPherson | James Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |