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)sort ascending Year County Mine Cause
Boates James 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Stewart James 1906 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Geddes James 1953 Pictou County McBean Haulage accident
Ferguson James 1897 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope
Shea James 1867 Inverness Port Hood Crushed by machinery
Morrison James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Fortune James 1894 Cape Breton County International Full trip on deep road
Gillies or Gillis James 1883 Pictou County Vale Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake
Robertson James 1861 Pictou County Bye pit Methane explosion
Dunphy James 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal from face
Martel James 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Construction
Shanahan James 1882 Cape Breton County Little Glace Bay Fall of stone from roof
McLellan James 1897 Cape Breton County Victoria Fall of coal from pillar
McMullin James 1943 Cape Breton County Tomson Injured while replacing derailed box
Flynn James 1917 Pictou County Greenwood Fall of stone
Conn James 1839 Pictou County Storr pit Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed
McLellan James 1884 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Campbell James 1958 Cape Breton County Four Star Electrical
Sharples James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Nicholson James 1922 Cumberland Minudie #2 Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed
McGill James 1918 Cape Breton County Princess Runaway car
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
Kingou James 1873 Pictou County Acadia Fall of coal
Lamond James 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 3 (Florence) Caught between box and prop
Carson James 1908 Cumberland Chignecto Fell down balance
Doyle James 1920 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Struck by empty trip
Gillespie James 1929 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of stone
Lackie or Lackey James 1925 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed
Aspinall James 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
O'Regan James 1924 Cumberland Joggins No. 7 Fall of coal
Edwards James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
McVey James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Porteous James 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Killed between box and pillar
Ross James 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Johnston James 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Killed by trip
Campbell James 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
McEachran or MacEachern James 1883 Pictou County Vale Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake
Conway James 1950 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Cathcart James 1896 Cape Breton County Bridgeport Fall of coal while loading
Johnson James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Rose James 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Laite James 1927 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from face
Francis James 1938 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later
Johnston James 1908 Cape Breton County Reserve Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later
Wilson James 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatally injured by full rake of boxes
Doolan James 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Struck by runaway box
Hibbs James 1922 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by runaway car in deep
Morris 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
DeGrace James 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Cause not recorded

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