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)sort ascending Year County Mine Cause
Morrison Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McLeod Thomas 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and stone
Howie Thomas 1964 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage
Milley Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Cassey Thomas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Campbell Thomas 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Hart Thomas 1944 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of stone
Young Thomas 1870 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Fall of coal
Murphy Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
McLeod Thomas 1867 Cape Breton County Lingan Fall of stone
Crummey or Crominey Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Mackie Thomas 1954 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 25 Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed
Smillie Thomas 1941 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by a haulage rope
Davis Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Zusic or Zusie Thomas 1933 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Connors Thomas 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of stone
Guthro Thomas 1887 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed
Gabriel Thomas 1949 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump
Wilson Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Dean Thomas 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of stone
Favier Thomas 1911 Pictou County Acadia Crushed between rib and full box
Jones Thomas 1931 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Explosion; 1 of 6 killed
Rogers Thomas 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Kelly Thomas 1984 Cape Breton County Lingan Heart Attack
Johnstone Thomas 1899 Cape Breton County Caledonia Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed
Durham Thomas 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Penny Thomas 1948 Pictou County Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 4 slope Fall of stone
Gaskill Thomas 1924 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Quigley Thomas 1906 Inverness Mabou Jammed between box and pillar
Young Thomas 1908 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Struck by runaway box
Jennings Thomas 1915 Cumberland Joggins 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
Dean Thomas 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Fell under full trip
Blackwood Thomas 1914 Pictou County Allan Shaft Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Fletcher Thomas 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
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
Pickerton Thomas 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Roy Thomas 1912 Pictou County Acadia Runaway box on the jib
Marsh Thomas 1938 Cape Breton County Bras d'Or Struck by trip
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
Podenski Steve 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
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
Whitty Stephen 1941 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Struck by a trip of coal

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