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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lee | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |