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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsmuir | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | William B. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Gaskill | Samuel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McDonad | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Taylor | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Brown | David | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| Waugh | Michael | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught in worm-gear of coal conveyor |
| McPhee | Angus | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between longwall machine and face |
| Riley | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Squeezed between boxes |
| McMullin | Lauchlin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fell off trip and under box |
| iafalli | Carmen | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Lamond | Daniel | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Aspinall | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| MacDougall | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Wasakalius | Ant. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Killed by runaway box |
| Dawe | Edward | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McGregor | Murdock | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Wilkie | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McIntyre | Arthur | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Forrest | Stanley | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Natural Causes |
| Bushar | Patrick | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Wallace | James | 1970 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Squeezed in a chain conveyor |
| Finlayson | Daniel | 1971 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Running cars at plant,got jammed between couplings of a full car and empty car |
| Robertson | David | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Fall of coal and stone |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| Jackson | Harry or Henry | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Boutilier | W. | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Taking down coal loosened by shot |
| Lund | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| O'Hanley | Donald | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed by runaway full box in slope |
| King | Joseph | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Power | James | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, hung shot |
| McNeil | Michael L. | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Campbell | John A. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| McKenzie | Archy | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal |
| Stubbert | Foreman | 1884 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal |
| Martin | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Piece of coal from roof |
| Stubbert | Matthew | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Mis-shot exploded while he was examining it |
| Horn | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Jameson | Hector | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| Jacobs | James | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal while loading in room |