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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Rose | James | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Dunphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Lamond | James | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Caught between box and prop |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| McIsaac | James | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Edwards | James | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mackey or Mackie | James | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Leg broken; caught by cage in balance |
| Porteous | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed between box and pillar |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Cathcart | James | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of coal while loading |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Conway | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Johnston | James | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Killed by trip |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Karrel | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Laite | James | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from face |
| Locke | James | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by piece of wood |
| 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 |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Tebo or Tebe | James | 1893 or 1894 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Full box struck prop from under boom |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Frost | Jacob | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal rolling on him |