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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piquinot | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| McGill | James | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Runaway car |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bishop | james | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Johnson | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| 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 |
| Johnston | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later |
| 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 |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Morrison | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Jones | James | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Explosion of methane |
| Robertson | James | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Chisholm | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Jacobi | Jacob | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught under riding rake |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |