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 | Archy | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal |
| Porter | Archy | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box and rib |
| Vitus | Armond | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Smith | Arnold S. | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between box and timbe |
| Arsenault | Arsene | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Caught between trip and prop |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Chiasson | Arthur | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Amey | Arthur | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| McDonald | Arthur | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jacques | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Trip of boxes |
| Moore | Arthur | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down shaft with a full box of coal |
| Boutilier | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Arthur | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| Gadd | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Hayman | Arthur | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down the shaft 462 feet |
| Cooper | Arthur | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Run over by car in colliery yard |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Sharpe | Arthur | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Moss | Arthur | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Killoway | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Crushed by a runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Penill | Arthur | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down main shaft |
| McIntyre | Arthur | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Mason | Arthur | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Struck by trap door dislodged by trip |
| MacKearney | Arthur | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Peddle | Arthur | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Delmouth | Arthur | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Anderson | Arthur | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill, East Slope No.1 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Murrell | Arthur | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Blinkhorn | Arthur | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Allen | Arthur J. | 1951 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Francis | Arthur J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| Wood | Arthur or Thomas W. | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Boss | Asa G. | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Terris | Asa S. | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by full box |
| Admino | Athmis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Jackson | Aubrey | 1920 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by an empty box |
| Steineff | Audrey | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Large | August | 1921 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall down chute |
| Vaast | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| Lussem or Lussen | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Glennie | Avard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Nicholson | Bain | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Zanicol | Barnado | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Finlay | Bart | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Harbour Seam | Fall of stone from roof |
| Davis | Ben | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Being buried by coal |
| McLellan | Ben | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Boutilier | Ben | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Legnaro | Benedict | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Natural Causes |