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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Kroput | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of roof |
| Pomyea | Daragha | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Taylor | Daniel | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Hit by a train |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| DeCoste | Bernard | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| O'Connor | John | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone at longwall face |
| Taylor | George | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gaskin | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Leemore | Ferdinand | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Penill | Arthur | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down main shaft |
| Mini | Francisco | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Electric wire |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Assemmather | Fawl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| Erunio | Parristto | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Gillis | Peter | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Ricleslts | Vincent | 1913 | Cumberland | Scotia (possibly Cape Breton County) | Fall of stone |
| Modesto | Antonio | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Neunann | Gottleip | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from rib |
| Stostak | Wasyl | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Andrews | Wilfred | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Malloy | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof coal |
| Morrison | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Geuro | Petro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Campbell | James | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |
| Nazoff | Castro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Jammed between box and roof |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Fell over trestle |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Campbell | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Broughton | Struck by runaway box |
| McInnis | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Curry | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Zyales | Stainslaw | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| Batchford | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| Bond | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal |
| Riciselts | Vincent | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Scotia (possibly Cumberland Co.) | Fall of stone |