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) Yearsort descending County Mine Cause
Whidden Charles 1931 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Gerard Daniel 1931 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Engine and bed raised by jerk; he fell underneath
Brathwaite Cyril 1931 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of stone
McNeil Dan C. 1931 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Struck by trip
McDonald James R. 1931 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of coal
Hamilton Thomas 1931 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Auld Angus 1931 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Fall of stone
Hussey John 1931 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and roof
Dykens Elmer W. or Elmmar 1932 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Yorke Eugene I. 1932 Cumberland Springhill No. 7 Fall of stone on Longwall
Arsenault Arsene 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Caught between trip and prop
McPherson Malcolm I. 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
Barclay Thomas 1932 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Fall of coal
Moroletto Albino 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 24 Blood poisoning (possibly cut underground)
Conn Leo 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of stone
Angelo Michael 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of stone
Lonergan Michael 1932 Pictou County Albion Fell over a bench of coal
Clarke John G. 1932 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Vacheresse Albert 1932 Pictou County McGregor Fall of coal
Boudreau Daniel J. 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
Rector Ruben 1932 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Hachey William 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
LeBlanc Charles F. 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
LeBlanc Henry J. 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
Murray Ezra G. 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
Roach or Roche James Sr. 1932 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Wright William 1933 Pictou County Allan Shaft Asphixiated by methane gas
Stanislaw Edward 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of coal
Kavanaugh Michael 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Overcome by gas
Zusic or Zusie Thomas 1933 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Chiasson Leo 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck by a trip
MacQueen Donald John 1933 Cape Breton County Sullivan (Indian Cove) Runaway Box
McInnis Michael J. 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by a runaway empty trip
McDonald Henry 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Kicked by a horse
McNeil Neil 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Burned by electricity
McLeod Alex 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Run over by trip
Gunn Dan 1933 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Grycorn John 1933 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Perry Moses 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 10 Fall of stone
MacDonald or Greenwood William A. 1933 Pictou County Milford Fall of stone
Cullen John Sr. 1934 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Morrison Daniel J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by a man-rake
Wheelicker George 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall from roof
Tomshaniski Samuel 1934 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of stone or coal from the roof
Kutzyk Matthew 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
McDonald Ronald H. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12, Surface Fell while working on bankhead machinery
Brown Murdock 1934 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope Struck on head when taking coal to chute
McDonald Daniel O. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Wilson Henry J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck on head by stone
Fraser Angus 1934 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Struck by a rake on the slope

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