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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| O'Handley | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Killed between box and roof |
| MacEachern | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Connorton | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Walton | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Yakubaski | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fractured ankle, infection and shock, died 27 days later |
| Doyle | John | 1917 | Cumberland | Kimberly | Fall of stone, died 6 days later |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Rollins | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Murphy | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed by runaway box |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| Mitchell | 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 |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |