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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott | Hugh | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal at room face |
| Moncusco | Angelo | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by full tub on main haulage road |
| Wilkes | John | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Parr | Robert | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed: fell back in shaft from surface |
| Porter | Elia | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Lanswood | Fred | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Run over by full boxes on slope |
| Sutherland | J. W. | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| Finlay | Bart | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Harbour Seam | Fall of stone from roof |
| Sutherland | Walter | 1902 | Pictou County | Marsh | Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed |
| McGowan | Harry | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of stone from roof |
| Sweet | Eben | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall down chute |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| Burns | Patrick | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by passing rake |
| O'Hanley | Donald | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed by runaway full box in slope |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Melanson | Dosithe | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Power | James | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, hung shot |
| McNulty | C. | 1902 | Pictou County | Vale | Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| Kennedy | Angus | 1901 or 1902 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Run over by back balance rope-brake |
| Howie | Alexander | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by runaway coal wagon in east deep |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by shot going off while firing squib |
| McDonald | John B. | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Struck by falling roof stone while undercutting with machine |
| McDougald | Murdock | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fatally injured on surface between 2 cars |
| Stuart | Kenneth | 1901 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway wagon in bottom of slope |
| Thistle | George | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by runaway wagon from pit bottom |
| Anderson | Andrew | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Killed by fall of roof stone in room |
| McIntyre | Donald | 1901 | Cape Breton County | International | Caught by runaway coal box from bank on surface |
| Burney | John W. | 1901 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by fall of top coal and stone |
| MacKenzie | Daniel | 1901 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 | |
| McPherson | D.J. | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed while examining shaft on top of cage when cage in motion |
| Furlong | Frank | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Scalded with steam |
| McMillan | J. W. | 1901 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal and stone |
| Martin | Michael | 1901 | Pictou County | Albion | Whirled around a shaft |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Lowther | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Leg broken in fall of stone at working face |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| McKinnon | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by falling roof stone while driving |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Nolan | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Coal fall in room, died next day |
| Marshall | Willian | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Caught between cage and roof |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| MacPherson | Gilbert | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Body wound on drum of a hoist |
| Baker | Thomas | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Derailed rake |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell against in-motion engine drum |
| McLellan | Joseph | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Roof stone fell on him while driving |
| Bishop | George | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Stone fell on him down shaft during sinking |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |