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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |