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 | County | Mine | Cause |
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Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Wilkes | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
McIntosh | John | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
Smart | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip of coal |
Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
Copan | John | 1947 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Caught by a haulage cable |
McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
Cormier | John | 1907 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between car and bankhead |
McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
Luckman | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by cage |
Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
Dunbar | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a rake |
McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
MacDougall | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later |
Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |