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
Ridgeway George 1915 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of stone
Gibson Harry 1915 Cumberland Joggins Haulage rope breaking
Cavasotte Fernando 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of coal
Moffat Clifford 1915 Cumberland Minudie Fall of stone
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
Ballantyne George 1915 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Run over by a trip of coal
Saccrey John W. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Fall of roof
Chiasson Elezare 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Pusher, killed by improperly spragged box
Robertson E. 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Oiler, clothes caught in revolving shaft (on surface)
Trente Adam 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 9 Killed by falling boom
Edwards James 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
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
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
MacKenzie Lawrence 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Taylor Daniel 1914 Pictou County Albion Hit by a train
Taylor George 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Frye John 1914 Pictou County Albion Riding a coal trip that derailed
Keating Edward 1914 Inverness Inverness Cage struck timber, knocking roof down
Bond Philip 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
White Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) Fall of stone
Betts William 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Boviada Demetris 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Crushed between boxes
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Blackwood Thomas 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
Chiasson Pat 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Killed by trip
Kroput John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of stone
Jamieson Alexander 1914 Pictou County Albion Killed by cage
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Fall of roof
Pomyea Daragha 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of roof
Jenson or Jamieson Alex 1914 Pictou County Albion Run over by a box
Hacquoil Alexander 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fatal injuries
O'Connor John 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone at longwall face
Connell Frank 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Sennio Antonio 1914 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Died in Halifax in 1914
Gaskin Thomas 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Porter James 1914 Cumberland Black Diamond Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand)
Leemore Ferdinand 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
Zyales Stainslaw 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 15 Fall of stone
Conway Isaac 1914 Pictou County Albion Fall of top coal
Ryan Frank 1914 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed
Lawlor Richard 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Runaway box
McNeil John M. 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal at face
Beaumeister Otto 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
Tracey William 1914 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed by full trip

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