Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Roach | David | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Dow | Lawrence | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall off roof |
| McDonald | Lewis | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Nutter | Roy | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Haulage |
| Wadden | Freeman | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lyons | Thomas | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| McIntosh | Michael | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Dan W, | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Killoway | George W. | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof stone hile clearing up fall |
| Clark | Josiah | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Moroletto | Albino | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Blood poisoning (possibly cut underground) |
| Seward | Peter | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Deveaux | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Kennedy | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | John | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of coal |
| McNeil | Alex H | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Attempted to get on moving train |
| MacDonald | Gus | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Struck by runaway trip |
| Doucette | Medric | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Hest | Joseph | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Struck by runaway car, near landing |
| McAulay | Ronald | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fall of stone |
| Holmes | Angus | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fell, striking head on rail |
| McDonald | john J. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Struck by trip |
| Norvok or Novak | Frank | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 21 | Fall of coal caused by bump |
| Lucus | Marcus | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Califf | Velco | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Smith | Arnold S. | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between box and timbe |
| Martin | Francis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by box |
| Desmond | Herbert | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| MacIntyre | Murdock | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between timber and box |
| Campbell | Charles | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Schobarlietner | Frank | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Fraser | Gervoise Leo | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Canova | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off |
| Holloway | John Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electricity |
| Collin | Robert | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Devison | Hector | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Caught between box and stopping |
| Copley | Samuel | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Machinery |
| MacIntosh | John J. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| MacPhail | Clinton | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
| Young | Daniel | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Mason | Arthur | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by trap door dislodged by trip |
| O'Connell | Patrick | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Explosives |