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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bonar | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Simpson | John | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagons |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Burchell | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fell down shaft |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Cann | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Killed by cage when descending pit |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Horn | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Josso | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of coal in room |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Timmons | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |