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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |