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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Main | William | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by runaway box |
| Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| McAldine | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Long | William | 1901 or 1902 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Bankhead under construction fell on him |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Blake | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Jewkes | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |