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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis | 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 |
| Campbell | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by full trip, arms and legs broken |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | John | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |