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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |