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 Countysort ascending Mine Cause
Johnstone Archie 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Stoker; injured in boiler explosion
Jones Charles 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later
Cowans Daniel A. 1930 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 14 Struck head on boom
McDonald James R. 1931 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of coal
McInnis Michael J. 1933 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck by a runaway empty trip
Wilson Henry J. 1934 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Struck on head by stone
Boutilier Sydney 1934 Cape Breton County Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 Explosion at Crop pit
McMullin Lauchlin 1936 Cape Breton County Princess Fell off trip and under box
Sedosky Stephen 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by box
McKenzie Dan 1938 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Caught between boxes and died next day
iafalli Carmen 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Power Andrew 1939 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of roof
Kuta Leo 1941 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Struck by runaway box
Large William 1942 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Lucus Marcus 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Fall of stone
Chipman Albert 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft
Cherpack John 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed
Lamond Daniel 1946 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Morrison John 1947 Cape Breton County Greener Fall of roof
McDonald Laurence 1949 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
McDonald John 1950 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of coal
Gould John 1952 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed
Mackie Thomas 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 25 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
McNeil Arthur 1955 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 25 Fall of stone
Beaton David 1956 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Haulage
Podgurski Stephen 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
McLeod Archie 1959 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 18 Fall of stone
Briggs Louis 1961 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of coal
Handley Alexander 1964 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
MacIntosh Earl 1967 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Falling stone and coal
Ludlow William 1969 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Haulage
Leadbeater Earl 1973 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 12 Explosion and fire; 1 of 2 killed
Hall Albert 1979 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed
Conway John 1868 Cape Breton County Aspe Bay Explosion of powder
Downie John 1873 Cape Breton County International Run over by train
McDonald Murdoch 1878 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed
Steele Thomas 1887 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Fall of roof stone
Young Alexander 1893 Cape Breton County Gowrie Fall of roof coal, died 6 days later
Ferguson Allen 1896 Cape Breton County Caledonia Struck by part of junk while loading
Johnstone Thomas 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed
Hilliar Joseph 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia
Howie Alexander 1901 Cape Breton County Caledonia Killed by runaway coal wagon in east deep
Finlay Bart 1902 Cape Breton County Harbour Seam Fall of stone from roof
McDonald Dan 1903 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of cage down shaft
Warren Edward 1904 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone from roof
McVarish J. 1905 Cape Breton County Reserve Run over by box
Morrison John 1906 Cape Breton County Reserve Fatally injured between boxes on slope
McMullin John 1907 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Bartlett John C. 1908 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1 Fall of coal
Johnston James 1908 Cape Breton County Reserve Fatally injured by air pipe bursting, died a month later

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