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)sort descending 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

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