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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Merlin | John G. | 1922 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Caught between pump and upright timber |
| Whalen | Matthew | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, lower seam, Sydney Mines | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Hest | Joseph | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Struck by runaway car, near landing |
| Campbell | Ronald | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by horse-hauled mine car |
| McIsaac | John D. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone while timbering, died 5 days later |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Collier | Alfred | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 4 | Fall of coal from roof in room |
| LeBlanc | Joseph | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Found dead in boiler room; may have fallen |
| Killoway | George W. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof stone hile clearing up fall |
| McNeil | Roderick X. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Blarion | Leon | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal off face |
| Hill | Alexander | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacDougall | Daniel | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work 1 of 2 killed |
| Coady | Peter | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip near surface on main slope |
| Waugh | Michael | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught in worm-gear of coal conveyor |
| McNeil | Michael K. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in room |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Copan | Louis | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by trip of mine cars |
| McDonald or MacDonald | Neil | 1923 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Struck head against roof or boom |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Bourgisk | Charles | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davidonkow | Pichon | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord |
| Wells | Horace | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Melanson | Melos | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone from crosscut roof |
| Harte | Vincent | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Miskin | Wasil | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Prentice | Patrick | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 2 | Electric wire |
| Flemming | Hugh R | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of stone |
| Reid | William S. | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of coal |
| Buso | Petro | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Crushed between mine car and rib, died next day |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Norvok or Novak | Frank | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 21 | Fall of coal caused by bump |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Scott | Joseph | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Reid | John N. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Accidental dynamite explosion |
| McDougall | Joseph | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by loaded car at No. 4 landing |
| Walzak | Albert | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone from roof in pillar work |
| Sweeney | John W. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Muir | Gilbert | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a trip of coal boxes |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
| McIntosh | Michael | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Wood | David Edgar | 1924 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Fall of roof |
| Tobin | Michael | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Between full box and timber |