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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hyde | William | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed |
| Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ince | William | 1938 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Caught by fall of rock |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Oliver | William | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| King | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| McAldine | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Fall of stone |
| Patton | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Whiteway | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Methane explosion No.5 S level, French slope; died from burns 3 days later |
| Walsh | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |
| McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |