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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | Patrick | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught between box and prop |
| McMullin | Justin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Run over by trip |
| McMullin | Lauchlin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fell off trip and under box |
| Dow | Lawrence | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall off roof |
| Snow | Albert Joseph | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Run over by trip |
| Pearson | Thomas Edgar | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Leg broken by trip, died 5 days later in hospital |
| Campbell | Joseph | 1936 | Pictou County | McGregor | Overrun by a full trip of coal on slope |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| McIsaac | Daniel A. or Danile | 1936 | Inverness | Port Hood | Killed by file shot |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Corbett | Angus | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Caught in conveyor belt |
| Stewart | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Struck by runaway trip |
| Jacobi | Jacob | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught under riding rake |
| MacLean | Alex | 1937 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Fall of coal |
| MacDonald | Allan | 1937 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Buried beneath fall of stone |
| Moss | Samuel | 1937 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Crushed under full trip he was riding; died 3 days later |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Vine | Charles | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Head | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Crushed between box and chock |
| Walker | James | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Peter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Lutes | Morton M. or Norton | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Trapper, Struck by trip at 8300-ft trap door |
| Paul | George | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Budd | Walter R. | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | David | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by trip |
| Maine or Main | Donald A. or Douglas | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed by stone or wood on longwall |
| Doucett | Patrick | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Hit by trip |
| Weatherbee | Albert | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Caught between rake and door |
| Cyr | Joseph | 1937 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of coal |
| Clarke | Herbert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| McKinnon | Dan | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by runaway box |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |
| Sedosky | Stephen | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Fry | Stanley G. | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Peretta | Silvio | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| Matlock | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Ralph | John | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McMahon | Joseph | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Eveley | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Burgoyne | Nelson | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Patey | Robert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Thistle | Silas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Michaelites | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Conway | David | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Run over by a shunting engine on surface |
| Gouthro | John J. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty trip |
| Pordorski or Prodorski | Peter | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |