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) Yearsort ascending County Mine Cause
Jewer Rich. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Shunter, killed by car on surface
Admino Athmis 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal
Brown Thomas 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
McDonald H. 1915 Cape Breton County Queen Boilermaker killed by fan on surface
Nevat Andrew 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
Milo Louis 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Killed by runaway box
Ramsay William 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of roof
McDonald Mark 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of roof
Cavasotte Fernando 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of coal
McDonald Allan 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
Ford Julian 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed between box and boom
O'Handley John 1915 Cape Breton County Dominon No. 11 Killed between box and roof
Saccrey John W. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Fall of roof
Casey Percy A. 1914 or 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed
Caulfield or Canfield Peter 1914 or 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed
McDonald Murdock A. 1914 or 1915 Inverness Inverness Fell under moving coal boxes while getting on full rake
Blackwood Thomas 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Murphy John R. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone at face
Steele Hugh 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 By full trip
Jamieson Alexander 1914 Pictou County Albion Killed by cage
Cook James I 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone
Cullen or Cullins David 1914 Pictou County McGregor Suffocation in mine
Ghyseis August 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fall of stone at face
Jenson or Jamieson Alex 1914 Pictou County Albion Run over by a box
Neary Andrew 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Fell under moving car
Taylor Daniel 1914 Pictou County Albion Hit by a train
Connell Frank 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Lamond James 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 3 (Florence) Caught between box and prop
Taylor George 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Keating Edward 1914 Inverness Inverness Cage struck timber, knocking roof down
Conway Isaac 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
MacMillan Daniel L 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Hacquoil Alexander 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatal injuries
Sennio Antonio 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Died in Halifax in 1914
Josey Emanuel 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Porter James 1914 Cumberland Black Diamond Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand)
Ryan Frank 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Bond Philip 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Beaumeister Otto 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Boviada Demetris 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Crushed between boxes
MacKearney Arthur 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
White Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Stentley William 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Maquire Bernard 1914 Pictou County Vale Struck by an empty trip that derailed
Brown James 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Ferguson A.T. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by a box
Kroput John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof

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