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
Vaast Floriand 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Pagella Karal 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Kayens Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Vaast Louis 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Morrison James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Dunbar W. Sr 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Paris Norman 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Crawford Edward 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Luddington Truman 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Partner William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Lussem or Lussen August 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Berallen Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Hale Joseph W. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Walsh William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Luther Isaac 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Stevenson James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Kennedy Mark 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Terrio or Terris Samuel 1918 Cumberland Joggins 2 runaway cars, died 2 days later
Hall William 1918 Cumberland Joggins Fall of stone, died 14 hours later
Martin George 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Brixco Nicholas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Duprey Edward 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Carrigan Peter 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Pembroke Michael 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Martin John 1918 Cumberland Jubilee No.2, River Hebert Runaway mine car
Rogers Albert 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McLellan John A. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Humblet Victor 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald J. W. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Cassey Thomas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Laderie Desire 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McLellan William 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald D. W. C. 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Laderie Sylvia 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Adderly Thomas Jr 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McCormick Joseph 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by boom, died 4 days later
Eloi Alexander 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Cassidy Andrew 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
MacKenzie Hugh 1918 Pictou County Albion Crushed by cars
Stewart Alexander 1918 Pictou County Albion (Purvis slope) Coal box fell to the ground
Dakens James A. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McAulay Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Buenivego or Buenivege Antoine 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Dixon William 1918 Cape Breton County Jubilee, Sydney Mines Runaway trip
MacKenzie Kenneth 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Pettipas Fred 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of top coal
Strathie Robert 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McAulay John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Buko Andrew 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald John 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Runaway car, died 6 days later

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