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 |
| 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 |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 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 |
| Conway | James D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stevenson | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Young | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Squeezed between prop and trip |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Conway | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Mackey or Mackie | James | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Leg broken; caught by cage in balance |
| Hamilton | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Allen | James | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electrical |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Boates | James | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Sharples | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Marsh | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of rib coal |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lameaux | James | 1916 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a runaway box |
| McNeil | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Lawrence | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Albion | From injuries received a few months before |