Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Oliver | William | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| McAldine | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Spencer | William | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Burned by compressed powder |
| Newcomb | William | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Killed by a fall of timber |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| McNamara | William | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Mintis | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Ramsay | William | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Reid | William | 1929 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck on head by falling jackhammer; died 5 weeks later |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Mirtan | William | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Roach | William | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
| Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| O'Brien | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |