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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| Ackles | Charles | 1909 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Killed by runaway box |
| Whalen | Matthew | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, lower seam, Sydney Mines | Fall of stone from roof |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Ryan | Alexander | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1978 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| MacDougall | Alphonse | 1982 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| MacDonald | Murdock | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Hall | Edward | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Empty horse wagon ran away |
| Tighe | Alan | 1979 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Accident at a trip at a landing underground |
| McNamara | William | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Nearing | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Hoyt | Henry | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| Kelly | Thomas | 1984 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Campbell | Patrick | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of methane |
| Power | Lewis | 1985 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Crushed |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| White | Morris | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of methane |
| Gallant | Sheldon | 1988 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Hit on head |
| LeBlanc | Daniel | 1976 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Struck by a material trip |
| Banville | Patrick | 1981 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Shanahan | James | 1882 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Fall of stone from roof |
| Campbell | Peter | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Little Glace Bay | Caught by full tub against pillar |
| Campbell | Gregory | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Lloyds No. 7 | Machinery |
| MacDougall | Anthony | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Lorway | Crushed by cage |
| Arthrell | Edward | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Gunn | Stanley | 1919 | Pictou County | McGregor | Injuries sustained in the mine |
| Shuparski | Tony | 1938 | Pictou County | McGregor | dropped dead |
| Campbell | Joseph | 1936 | Pictou County | McGregor | Overrun by a full trip of coal on slope |
| Davidson | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McNutt | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Terris | William R. | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by haulage |
| Campbell | Samuel Sr. | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Kennedy | Rod | 1890 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a rake |
| Moss | Arthur | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Purvis or Purves | Andrew | 1956 | Pictou County | McGregor | Caught in underground haulage |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Moss | Albert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Sample | Winton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Carpenter | Thomas | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Wheatley | Leonard | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Cullen or Cullins | David | 1914 | Pictou County | McGregor | Suffocation in mine |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| White | Brenton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| MacCallum | Edward | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Cunningham | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Hayman | Wilbert | 1921 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |