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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy | Dan | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McKinnon | Dan | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by runaway box |
| Gunn | Dan | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Heighton | Dan | 1927 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Roach | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McIntosh | Dan | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell under trip trying to get on for a ride |
| McDonald | Dan | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fatal injury: pelvis broken in fall of stone |
| McDonald | Dan | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of cage down shaft |
| Kennedy | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKinnon | Dan | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McIntosh | Dan | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney & Louisburg Railway (Mine)? | Killed by express train, Glace Bay Crossing |
| Lockhart | Dan | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Killed by cage going off track |
| McPherson | D.J. | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed while examining shaft on top of cage when cage in motion |
| Nicholson | D.J. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Leg crushed between full box and empty trip, died next day |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| McLean | D.A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13-foot seam |
| McDonald | D. W. C. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | D. R. | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Stewart | D. McFarlane | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | D. | 1869 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| McPherson | D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Run over by trip of cars |
| McMaster | D. | 1908 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| McAskill | D. | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught by full cage on balance |
| McAskill | D. | 1864 | Cumberland | Victoria | |
| McLean | D. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Baillie | D. | 1883 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by a runaway rake |
| McAdam | Cyril | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| Brathwaite | Cyril | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Curtis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Hogan | Cornelius | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Boa | Constatntine | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Chisholm | Colin C. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKinnon | Colin | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| McDonald | Colin | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Colin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| Campbell | Colin | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Corkum | Clyde | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| MacPhail | Clinton | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Crawford | Clinton | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Moffat | Clifford | 1915 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Sharpe | Clifford | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Elbridge | Clifford | 1904 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall in chute, smothered by coal |
| Ripley | Clifford | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Williams | Clarie | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of sotne |