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
Nairn James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Burton James 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone
Williamson James 1908 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Fall of coal
Edwards James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Edwards James 1950 Cape Breton County Florence Haulage
Maloney James 1973 Cumberland River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran Died of natural causes in mine
Lackie or Lackey James 1925 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed
Johnston James 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Killed by trip
Bradwell James 1910 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
Porter James 1914 Cumberland Black Diamond Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand)
MacDonald James 1922 Inverness bootleg pit Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed
Campbell James 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Gillis James 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Cathcart James 1896 Cape Breton County Bridgeport Fall of coal while loading
Clark James 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 5 Fall of stone
Aspinall James 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Dewan James 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck by trip
Cummings James 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Caught between cars and rib
Spellman James 1912 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed
Jessoe James 1925 Cape Breton County Colonial No. 1 Fall of stone
Kennedy James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Fall of roof
Purvis James 1902 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
Hocevar James 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Bishop james 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Campbell James 1958 Cape Breton County Four Star Electrical
Quigley James 1943 Inverness Inverness No. 3 Crushed between engine drum and rope
Laite James 1927 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal from face
Stanton James 1892 Pictou County Albion Under engine hit by hoppers and run over
Overs James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Ross James 1941 Cape Breton County Indian Cove Coal Company Explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Cobert James 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Marsh James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of rib coal
Ramsey James 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Conway James 1950 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Piquinot James 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Jones James 1889 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess?) Explosion of methane
Tebo or Tebe James 1893 or 1894 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 slope Full box struck prop from under boom
Shea James 1867 Inverness Port Hood Crushed by machinery
Francis James 1938 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later
Stevenson James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McNeil James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Dumphy James 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal from face
Lameaux James 1916 Pictou County Albion Struck by a runaway box
Hamilton James 1911 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed
Petrie James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
Reeves James 1872 Pictou County Acadia Fall of coal
Karrel James 1939 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Parsons James 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Lawrence James 1935 Pictou County Albion From injuries received a few months before
Power James 1902 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of coal, hung shot

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