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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm | William | 1925 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Killed by runaway box |
| Thompson | William | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Andrews | William | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Kelloway | William | 1965 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Struck by box |
| Aldrid | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fatally injured while riding in empty trip |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| Jones | William | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Steel railing falling from car |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Colburn | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Murdock | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Blake | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Spencer | William | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Burned by compressed powder |
| Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Power | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McNamara | William | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
| Lowther | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Leg broken in fall of stone at working face |
| Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |