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 |
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Turner | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
Blinkhorn | Arthur | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
O'Regan | James | 1924 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 7 | Fall of coal |
Gaskill | Samuel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
Wood | David Edgar | 1924 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Fall of roof |
Muir | Gilbert | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a trip of coal boxes |
Barrett | Victor | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
Keiver | James L. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
McPherson | Hugh | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between full box and timber |
MacInnis | Hugh | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Gaskill | Thomas | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
Sweeney | John W. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
Smith | Howard | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
Van Larkin | Dominic | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
Nelms | Hubert | 1924 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
Walsh | John D. | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
McDougall | Daniel | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
Babb | John | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
Scully | James | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
McIsaac | Neil | 1924 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone; 1 of 4 killed |
McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
Berger | Charles | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by a trip of boxes |
McDonald | Daniel A. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Killed by coal tipple on bankhead |
Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
Smeyers | Pierre | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
Jacques | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Trip of boxes |
MacMaster | John | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
Clark | Samuel | 1925 | Pictou County | Thom or Tom pit | Killed by boxes |
McAulay | Ronald | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fall of stone |
Boutilier | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
Wilcox | Nicholas | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Tally boy; boxes on bankhead |
Skinner | Richard | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
Boss | Asa G. | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
Jessoe | James | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
Mitchell | William James | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
Debodt | Frank | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
Graham | Daniel | 1925 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
Hariett | Daniel | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Caught in longwall machine cutter chain |
Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
Andrews | Archibald | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by metal that fell off ascending cage or chuck falling down shaft |
McDonald | Malcolm | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
Kralieck | Bohuslon | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
McNeil | Michael | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
McKenzie | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by rake |