Coal Mining Fatalities

This database contains 2497 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 Countysort descending Mine Cause
McDonald John 1939 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
MacIntyre Dan 1941 Cape Breton County Princess Undetermined
Boone John 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed
Whalen Emmanuel 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Tally boy; Crushed between box and loader (likely on surface)
Gillis Henry 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Crushed between trip and rubbing rail
Oliver William 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck by trip
Luscombe Edmund Clarence 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between box and timber
Peddle Arthur 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Ransome James H. 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Doboi Andrew 1950 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Blake William 1952 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed
O'Handley Malcolm 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed
Roach John 1955 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Young John A. 1956 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of timber
Martel James 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Construction
McLean Wilmont 1959 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Boutilier Ben 1960 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of stone
Boozan Leo 1963 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage
MacLean John J. 1966 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage: Hit by an empty trip
Stoker Matthew 1968 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Natural Causes
Matheson James E. 1971 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Haulage: Struck by a trip of material
Sharpe Clifford 1979 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed
Gallant Sheldon 1988 Cape Breton County Lingan Hit on head
Bartholemew or Bartholomew Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Blackwood Thomas 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Brown Murdock 1934 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope Struck on head when taking coal to chute
Campbell John 1868 Pictou County Acadia Fall of coal
Cassidy Francis 1894 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Run over by a coal trip
Conway James D. 1880 Pictou County Foord pit influx of water; 1 of 6 killed
Cyr William 1920 Pictou County Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) Run over by an empty box
Doyle Edward 1935 Pictou County Albion Fall of rock
Ellis John 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Forbes Andrew 1867 Pictou County unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit Methane explosion
Fraser John E. 1921 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Gossens Octav 1920 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Halliday Duncan 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Hayman Archibald 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Isnor Hubert 1921 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Jordan Norman 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Laite James 1927 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from face
Lipton Dave 1954 Pictou County Allan Shaft watchman, died suddenly at work
MacDonald Daniel 1873 Pictou County Vale Crushed by coal tubs
MacInnis or MacInnes John Henry 1940 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of roof coal, died 4 days later
MacKenzie Kenneth 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
MacNeil Angus Joseph 1992 Pictou County Westray Devastating methane and coal dust explosion
McAulay Joseph 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McEachern Alexander 1882 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Killed by a rake of full pit tubs
McKay Angus 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
McMaster D. 1908 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of coal
Mirtan William 1872 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Powder explosion

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