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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson | Allen | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Struck by part of junk while loading |
| McVicar | Allen | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| McDonald | Allan J. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck on head by upright timber, died 3 days later |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cumberland | No.9 ? (may be Glace Bay) | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| McDougall | Allan | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Allan | 1937 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Buried beneath fall of stone |
| McDonald | Allan | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
| White | Alfred A. | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump on March 18 |
| Turner | Alfred | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by horse; in falling pick stabbed abdomen |
| Coulier | Alfred | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Hit by a runaway box |
| Hanuse | Alfred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Roberts | Alfred | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of roof |
| Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
| Collier | Alfred | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 4 | Fall of coal from roof in room |
| Leonard | Alfred | 1900 | Cape Breton County | International | Killed getting in cage at pit bottom |
| Legere | Alfred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stubbart | Alexandr or Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pace | Alexander W. | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Alexander T. | 1918 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by mine-car; died 10 days later |
| Purvis | Alexander Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bond | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1978 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| Bonner | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1888 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Overground as a boiler was being lowered |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| Murray | Alexander | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McVicar | Alexander | 1904 | Cape Breton County | International | Fall of coal from face |
| Vickers | Alexander | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Killed trying to jump on a full trip |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | Alexander | 1922 | Inverness | bootleg pit | Methane gas poisoning; 1 of 3 killed |
| Campbell | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of loose coal from hung shot |
| Morrison | Alexander | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from pillar |
| Andreggo | Alexander | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| McInnis | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught between coal box and pillar |
| Vance | Alexander | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Squeezed between two boxes |
| MacDonald | Alexander | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McKinnon | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Pashkoski or Pasoshki | Alexander | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Killed by haulage |
| Brunt | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1875 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Crushed by moving coal tub against a doorpost |
| Vance | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacDougall | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Watts | Alexander | 1878 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion of steam boiler; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacLean | Alexander | 1980 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Crushed by bucket against wall of shaft |