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 |
Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McRichey | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Muir | Gilbert | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a trip of coal boxes |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Penill | Arthur | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down main shaft |
| Rector | Rueben | 1943 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Fall of stone |
| Rogers | Albert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Saunders | Fred | 1944 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Smith | Angus | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Strathie | Robert | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Whidden | Charles | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Benoit | Bennie Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Breen | Michael | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Rock fall |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1888 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Overground as a boiler was being lowered |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Collin | Andrew | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | Hector | 1874 | Pictou County | Vale | Crash of runaway rake on main slope |
| Delmouth | Arthur | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunn | Philip | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | Albert | 1890 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Riding on a coal trip which jumped track |
| Gillis | Peter | 1884 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Hale | Joseph W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| Hubert | William | 1940 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Caught between 2 rail cars on surface |
| Johnson | Eugene William | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Lackie or Lackey | James | 1925 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal from roof of a pillar; 1 of 2 killed |
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
| McAloney | Robert L. | 1920 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf | Struck by runaway box, died 6 days later |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Burchill or Birchill | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Willard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Findlayson | Daniel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Livingstone | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Rory | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Mott | Ernest | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ripley | Clifford | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Vance | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| Melanson | Dosithe | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| Blue | Duncan | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by runaway rake |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Schwinghammer or Swinghammer | Fred | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone |