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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit | Rodham | 1917 | Pictou County | Albion | Asphyxiated by methane |
| Martin | Joseph | 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 |
| Matthews | George W. | 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 |
| McDonald | Thomas | 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 |
| Jennings | Stanley | 1917 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Jammed between a box and a prop |
| McEachern | Roderick | 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 |
| Piggot | Richard | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Boa | Constatntine | 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 |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Boone | Isaac | 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 |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McKenzie | John H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| Butt or Butts | George W. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLean | Frank | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Butts | Joseph L. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLellan | Andrew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Butts | Richard | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McNeil | Lauchlin | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Cameron | Archibald | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McPherson | Vincent | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cameron | Lawrence | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Miller | Richard | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cherry | Matthew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | Nelson | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Coleman | Peter | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Comhaire or Comhair | Henri | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Chase | Richard | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Caught between shaft and car |
| 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 |
| Sullivan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Rod | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kaiser | Michael | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lohez | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |