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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turner | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| White | Brenton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Barclay | J. W. R. | 1907 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Berallen | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Brixco | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| Carrigan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Conn | James | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Cummings | Daniel | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dewan | Ferris Todd | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Duprey | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Hale | Milledge | 1938 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Struck by falling timber |
| Hayman | David | 1886 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a box of coal |
| Humblet | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Johnstone | Louis | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught by a moving cable in haulage |
| Laderie | Desire | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lilley | Stephen Paul | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacArthur | John F. | 1934 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Head crushed between boxes |
| MacEachern | John | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| MacKenzie | H. M. | 1911 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal at the face |
| MacLeod | Wellington | 1921 | Pictou County | Albion | Suffocated by methane under coal fall |
| Mason | Stanley | 1927 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIsaac | Malcolm | 1873 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Crushed by coal tubs |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mellise | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McAskill | D. | 1864 | Cumberland | Victoria | |
| Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Purdy | Walter Charles | 1921 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by piece of coal blown off by shot |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Linkletter | Harris Karl | 1943 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Struck by stemming from shot hole |
| Tower | Thomas | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Bond | George | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Casey | jude | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Lockhart | Daniel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Muckle | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Robbins | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Watt | David | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gallant | Lawrence | 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Runaway in slope |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| Porter | Archy | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box and rib |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Taylor | John B. | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught in fly wheel |