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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Schima or Schimo | Wenzel | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Jennings | Stanley | 1917 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Jammed between a box and a prop |
| Casey | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Murphy | John H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Killoway | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Skacun | Mitro | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Killoway | Eugene | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Hayden | Roderick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Kleizer | Paul | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Steele | John J. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Grave | Henry | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Piggot | Richard | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Teichman or Tiechman | Herman | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Clarke | Patrick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Matthews | George W. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Walsh | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Whalen | John R. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Collins | ingraham | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| McEachern | Roderick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wierschbizki | Vladislow | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Angelo | Gaeton | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McIntyre | Paul | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wadystan | Wyercbick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Boa | Constatntine | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McKay | John D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Boone | Isaac | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| McKenzie | John H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rogers | Albert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grasesnack | C. G. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kaiser | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Albion (Purvis slope) | Coal box fell to the ground |
| Strathie | Robert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |