Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Dunn | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone at face of room |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | John | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Livingstone | John | 1904 | Pictou County | Marsh | Jammed between a box and the roof |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| Seward | John | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Run over by empty trip |
| Cameron | John | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | John | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal whilst holing in pillar |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| Connorton | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Roberts | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Morrison | John | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured between boxes on slope |
| Connors | John | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Run over by motor, died a few hours after |
| LeBeau | John | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Maintenance |
| Kennedy | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Electrocuted in logement |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |