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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kutzyk | Matthew | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Martin | Isadore | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Bradbury | Isaac | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Fell in pickling tank on surface |
| Clarke | Herbert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Michaelites | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| McPhee | Donald | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Alex H | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Attempted to get on moving train |
| Phalen | Louis | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip; 1 of 2 killed |
| McMullin | James | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Injured while replacing derailed box |
| MacComiskey | Owen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Cobert | James | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Young | Alex | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| MacDonald | Harry | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| McEachern | Bernard | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Rockett | Fred | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Martin | Henry | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Lauchie | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Chiasson | Paul C. | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage: Struck by runaway box |
| Reashor | Maurice | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Coronary heart attack |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Ward | Fabian E. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Tighe | John (boy) | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 17 (old Victoria) | Methane inhalation; 1 of 2 cousins who went down old slope |
| Timmons | Peter | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Collins | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal; possibly in Cumberland County |
| Martell | Charles | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Crushed by wagons |
| Hall | Edward | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Possibly in Cumberland County |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Doyle | John, Sr. | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Willis | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone whilst driving |
| Roach | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Killed at face of room while loading |
| Parr | Robert | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed: fell back in shaft from surface |
| McCuish | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
| Rocker | R. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of stone from roof |
| Burridge | W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip |
| Pendergrast | Donald | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| Churchill | Joseph | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Emery Mine | Fell into Emery shaft |
| Kitely | George | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacDougall | M. | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Alexander | Gust | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal off rib |
| McAskill | D. | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught by full cage on balance |