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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald | Henry | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Kicked by a horse |
| Swift | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Brine | Henry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Taylor | Henry | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Knocked down by horse and run over by full trip |
| Warren | Henry | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Freeman | Henry | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Crushed between trip and rubbing rail |
| McNeil | Henry | 1876 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | cause not recorded |
| Grave | Henry | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | Henry | 1930 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by an empty trip |
| Fisher | Henry | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vanherek | Henry | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| Wry | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Livingstone | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nash | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gordon | Henry | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
| Comhaire or Comhair | Henri | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McKinnon | Hector | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Campbell | Hector | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| Devison | Hector | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Caught between box and stopping |
| Cummings | Hector | 1874 | Pictou County | Vale | Crash of runaway rake on main slope |
| Jameson | Hector | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacKenzie | Hector | 1867 | Pictou County | Montreal & Pictou | Fall of stone |
| McLain | Hector | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fatally injured on head by fall of roof coal |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Electric switch |
| MacLean | Hector | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | Hector | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fell under coal car on surface railroad |
| Campbell | Hector | 1875 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Run over by loaded wagons |
| McLain | Hector | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Reserve or Gowrie | |
| Campbell | Harvey | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jackson | Harry or Henry | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| McCallum | Harry Alliston | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Nodwell | Harry A. | 1941 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Wamboldt | Harry | 1903 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of stone at working face |
| MacRae | Harry | 1985 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Motor vehicle accident |
| Bonner | Harry | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McGowan | Harry | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of stone from roof |
| Purchase | Harry | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| O'Brien | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Embree | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| MacArthur | Harry | 1970 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Killed on main haulage deep |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jones | Harry | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone and coal, No 7 balance, No 5 E level |
| Gibson | Harry | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Haulage rope breaking |
| Morse | Harry | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacDonald | Harry | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |