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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| MacLean | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Dalhousie pit | Fall of coal |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Ryan | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| McCuish | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed drawing props out of an old room |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Campbell | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Tabbot | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sullivan | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Crushed in mine |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| MacLean | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Albion | Jammed between rail cars on surface |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Conway | John | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Aspe Bay | Explosion of powder |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| MacDonald | John | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| Wooden | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Greenwood | roof fall |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pendergrast | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |