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) Yearsort descending County Mine Cause
Murphy Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Curry Charles 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Newman John 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Curry John 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Nicholson Philip 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Rescue work after explosion
Curry Michael 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
O'Leary Michael 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Flynn James 1917 Pictou County Greenwood Fall of stone
Delaney George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Pancryk Frank 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Dugas Alex 1917 Cape Breton County Colonial Crushed between box and rib
Domokosch George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Parsons George E. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Gilhomes R. D. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Run over by trip of cars
Durham Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Parsons William 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Munro John D. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Run over by a trip of cars
Fahey Timothy 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Peach William J. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McLeod Angus 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between motor and prop
Fedora Joseph 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Penny Reuben 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McPherson D. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Run over by trip of cars
Ferguson Charles 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Pietzrak or Pietchieck Carl 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Rescue work after explosion
McDonald A. J. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of coal
Fraser George 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Martin Roderick 1917 Pictou County Albion Suffocated in his draeger machine due to carbonic acid leak
Reynolds Silas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Cronius Stephen 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of roof
Gadd Arthur 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Rose James H. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McNeil Anthony 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Jammed between box and prop, died next day
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
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
Laderie Sylvia 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Martin John 1918 Cumberland Jubilee No.2, River Hebert Runaway mine car
MacKenzie Hugh 1918 Pictou County Albion Crushed by cars
Dunbar W. Sr 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
MacKenzie Kenneth 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Crawford Edward 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McAulay Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Sherider Wentzell 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Stewart Alexander 1918 Pictou County Albion (Purvis slope) Coal box fell to the ground
McAulay John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
O'Brien William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion

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