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 |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Johnson | James F. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | James E. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed crossing over haulage rope in motion, caught by boxes |
| 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 |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Petrie | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Electrical |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Power | James | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, hung shot |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| McPherson | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Struck by falling piece of coal while hauling |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Lammond | James | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |