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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Andrews | William | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Spencer | William | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Burned by compressed powder |
| Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Layton | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured while riding trip |
| McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
| Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| McNamara | William | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Wilkie | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |