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) |
Year | County | Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Roman | George | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| Martin | George | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martin | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| McWhirter | George | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Redpath | George | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Matheson | George | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a railway car on surface |
| Turner | George | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of top coal |
| Butt | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| May | George | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally hurt |
| Wood | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Stewart | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Wheelicker | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall from roof |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Young | George | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| McPhee | George | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by full trip |
| Long | George | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Seldon | George | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Wilson | George | 1935 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |