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 Minesort ascending Cause
Walker Alexander 1920 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Murphy John 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Crushed by runaway box
Dash Julian 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Killed by boxes
Clarke John G. 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Fitzgerald Laurence 1905 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone from roof
Stostak Wasyl 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and stone
McKinnon J. J. 1916 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Electric shock, died 4 days later
Murphy John H. 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Cameron John 1921 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face
Harte Vincent 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Curran John 1923 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face of room
MacDougall John 1927 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of roof, died almost 6 months later
Holland Alexander 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Vokey William 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Loose coal from face
Caporallo Alex 1936 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by trip
Luscombe Edmund Clarence 1945 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between box and timber
Strang Thomas L. 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Donkey runner; caught in rope on drum
MacNeil Hugh M. 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck with haulage rope
Gardiner Richard 1950 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Reid Frank 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Knocked down steel boom
Lynk Neil 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by stone
Michalik Joseph 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Sedosky Stephen 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
Cherpack John 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
McDonald Daniel A. 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Killed by coal tipple on bankhead
Phalen Edward 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McDonald Arch. B. 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by a full box
MacKay Earl 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Browner Thomas 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Mine machinery
Coffin Louis 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
McKinnon Laurence 1955 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Pace Alexander W. 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Snow Albert Joseph 1936 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Run over by trip
Peretta Silvio 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
Parsons James 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Smeyers Pierre 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Saccary Leo 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Undetermined
Boutilier Fred 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Gallivan Joseph 1952 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Driscol or Driscoll William 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Slipped from car, wheels passed over him
Salcon Trifon 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Melnick Steve 1948 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Ferguson Robert 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Haulage
Hogan Cornelius 1964 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Walsh P. Joseph 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by runaway box
Cirotto Giovanni 1940 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
McIntyre Donald 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of stone
Gouthro John W. 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by trip
Bennett Henry 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Falling boom
Vine Charles 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal

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