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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McLaughlin | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Wade or Mahoney | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |