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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart | James | 1906 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Lennon | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Webb | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| McDonald | James | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant | Boiler explosion; maybe 4th man killed in an explosion or is a separate explosion |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McVey | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Williamson | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of coal |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| MacLeod | James | 1903 | Pictou County | Acadia | Died 15 February |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Clark | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Struck by coal boxes |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | 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 |
| Morris | 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 |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| MacEachern | James | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| McEachran or MacEachern | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Parsons | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Doyle | James | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by empty trip |
| Dunn | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| Dumphy | James | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Wilson | James | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt by a full rake of boxes |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| 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 |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Frost | Jacob | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal rolling on him |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |