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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Sullivan | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Carpenter | Thomas | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Dwyer | Thomas | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Morrison | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Connors | Thomas | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Cassey | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Davis | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Durham | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Rogers | Thomas | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilson | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Penny | Thomas | 1948 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope | Fall of stone |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Favier | Thomas | 1911 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between rib and full box |
| Young | Thomas | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Struck by runaway box |
| Young | Thomas | 1870 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Quigley | Thomas | 1906 | Inverness | Mabou | Jammed between box and pillar |
| Steele | Thomas | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone |
| Marsh | Thomas | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or | Struck by trip |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| Smillie | Thomas | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Dean | Thomas | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fell under full trip |
| Pickerton | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Browner | Thomas | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Mine machinery |
| Zusic or Zusie | Thomas | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Gaskill | Thomas | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Dean | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Kelly | Thomas | 1984 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McPhee | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between box and roof, died a few hours later |
| Kipping | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Jammed between empty trip |
| Jones | Thomas | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Lyons | Thomas | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Hawes | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillar |
| O'Toole | Terrance | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Crushed between box and timber |
| Laderie | Sylvia | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Melnick | Steve | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Lilley | Stephen Paul | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Molnar | Stephen | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Injured by timber |
| Gillis | Stephen | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell out of cage coming from work |
| McNeil | Stephen | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by fall of roof coal |