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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borden | Fred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roy | Benjamin | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by piece of coal, died 3 days after |
| McNeil | Peter A. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Runaway trip |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Poloski | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fortune | Angus | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by cage |
| Rooney | Ottie or Ronnie | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Stone rolled down fan slope, hit him on head |
| Sullivan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Launey | Francis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Tallia | Angelo | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Bosman or Bossman | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Thibideau or Thibodeau | Godfrey | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between props |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Clarke | Warde | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Bossman or Bosman | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hanuse | Alfred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Debodt | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hanuse | Cammile | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Chase | Richard | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Caught between shaft and car |
| Winton | Robert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nacas | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Rod | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominon No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McPherson | Lemuel | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Delmouth | Arthur | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Copely | David | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (Sydney Mines) | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Leshambre | Pierre | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sampler | Samuel Jr. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Works | Howard | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | Moses | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| Mellise | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bastin or Baston | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Toomey | Joseph | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught by full box |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Thompson | Melvin | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |