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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hickman | Henry | 1869 | Pictou County | Marsh Colliery (not Marsh mine) | Fall down shaft |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Kayens | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |
| Lonergan | Michael | 1932 | Pictou County | Albion | Fell over a bench of coal |
| MacDonald | J. P. | 1907 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by box at bottom of balance |
| MacKay | Michael Frederick | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacLean | Alex | 1867 | Pictou County | unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit | Methane explosion |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McCharles | Roderick | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| McKinnon | Rod #2 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | John #1 | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Pagella | Karal | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Potts | Charles | 1915 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by a trip of coal |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Russell | David | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Simpson | Robert | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal while drawing pillar |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Taylor | Henry | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Knocked down by horse and run over by full trip |
| Vickers | Peter Francis | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Winton | Robert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Anderson | Daniel | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Mark | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| Smith | Isaac | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Struck by trip of coal boxes |
| Dugas | Alex | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Crushed between box and rib |
| Angelo | Gaeton | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McEachern | Roderick | 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 |
| Wierschbizki | Vladislow | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| Kaspersky | Peter | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of coal, died 17 days later |
| Jobs | Daniel | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed; died 6 days later |
| Gouthro | Charles | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck and run over by full coal box |
| McIsaac | John D. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone while timbering, died 5 days later |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Smeyers | Pierre | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | William C. | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Trip of boxes |
| Rushton | Nelson W. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Steele | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Prendergast | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | End blew out of aftercooler |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| McIsaac | Angus | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |