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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | Francis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by box |
| Horne | Wilfred | 1942 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Currie | John F. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Struck by trip |
| Pembroke | James | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by rake |
| Gouthro | John W. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Woodland | Herbert | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Cathcart | Michael | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Briffett | Edward | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Deveaux | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Young | Fred | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Clarke | Walter | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by box |
| Weatherbee | Lorne A. | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Partner | Herbert | 1942 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed between boxes |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Fowler | Richard | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Crushed while working on screens |
| Lucus | Marcus | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Young | Walter | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Megeney | Vernour | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck and Run over by rake |
| McAskill | Malcolm | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Saccary | Leo | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Undetermined |
| Weirich or Wetrich | Herman E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught in haulage rope |
| McDonald | Angus L. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| O'Toole | Terrance | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Crushed between box and timber |
| Michniak or Michmiak or Michneak | Emerson | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed between packs caused by bump |
| Beaton | Wilson | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Dixon | Alex | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Fanning | Willard | 1943 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal from face |
| Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
| Marsh | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Linkletter | Harris Karl | 1943 | Cumberland | Standard (Sweetcake) or Strathcona No.2 | Struck by stemming from shot hole |
| McKinnon | Joseph | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Woodfine | Solomon | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dorando | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by runaway box |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| McDonald | John | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Forris | Stephen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Lamey | Joseph | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Alex P. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Crushed between boxes |
| Gillis | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Crushed between trip and rubbing rail |
| MacComiskey | Owen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Rector | Rueben | 1943 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Fall of stone |
| Quigley | James | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 3 | Crushed between engine drum and rope |
| Whalen | Emmanuel | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Tally boy; Crushed between box and loader (likely on surface) |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |