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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
| Rodgers | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ramsay | William | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of roof |
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Kendell | William | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Nicholson | William | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Squeezed between box and pillar |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Tracey | William | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by full trip |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| Patton | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Simpson | William | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| 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 |
| Walsh | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Collins | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Crushed under trip |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Andrews | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Colburn | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |