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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailman | John | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McEachern | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McMullin | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Manning | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Downie | John | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Run over by train |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Bigley | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Killed by fall of stone |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| McNaughton | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ellis | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Sinclair or St. Clair | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Boone | John | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | John | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Fall of roof |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Cherpack | John | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Cameron | John | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| Potts | John | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Vicars | John | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of loose coal, died after 12 days |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Munroe | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fall of stone |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Murphy | John | 1929 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| McGilchrist or Gilgrist | John | 1866 | Pictou County | Foster pit | Clothing caught in hoist winding drum |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Arsenault | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between box and prop |
| Jobes | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |