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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Melnick | Steve | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Podenski | Steve | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Laderie | Sylvia | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| O'Toole | Terrance | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Crushed between box and timber |
| Dean | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Sullivan | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cassey | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Shaw | Thomas | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Morrison | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Favier | Thomas | 1911 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between rib and full box |
| Steele | Thomas | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| Tower | Thomas | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Baker | Thomas | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Derailed rake |
| Rogers | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hart | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Durham | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Penny | Thomas | 1948 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope | Fall of stone |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dean | Thomas | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fell under full trip |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Prendergast | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | End blew out of aftercooler |
| Gaskill | Thomas | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McPhee | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and roof, died a few hours later |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Wilson | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Young | Thomas | 1870 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hawes | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillar |
| Davis | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| Smillie | Thomas | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Yacick | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal, head and back hurt, accidental death |
| Campbell | Thomas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Boutilier | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| Glenwright | Thomas | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Kipping | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between empty trip |
| Ryan | Thomas | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |