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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Timmons | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Thurbid | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Scotia No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| McNeil | John | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Crushed by full boxes of coal |
| Mazur | John | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of Coal |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Riley | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Dunn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| McAulay | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| MacKenzie | John | 1963 | Pictou County | McBean | Labourer, killed underground |
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| MacKeigan | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, River Hebert | Fall of roof stone in level, died 21 days later |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |