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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | James I | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Matheson | James E. | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage: Struck by a trip of material |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| Conway | James D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Jobes | James D. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by box |
| MacDonald | James D. | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of bord |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McDonald | James | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; maybe 4th man killed in an explosion or is a separate explosion |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Rose | James | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Lammond | James | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |