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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Shea | James | 1867 | Inverness | Port Hood | Crushed by machinery |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| 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 |