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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe | Clifford | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Moffat | Clifford | 1915 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Elbridge | Clifford | 1904 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall in chute, smothered by coal |
| Ripley | Clifford | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Crawford | Clinton | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacPhail | Clinton | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Corkum | Clyde | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Colin | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Colin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| Campbell | Colin | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McKinnon | Colin | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Chisholm | Colin C. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boa | Constatntine | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Hogan | Cornelius | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Curtis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Brathwaite | Cyril | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McAdam | Cyril | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| MacDonald | D. | 1869 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| McPherson | D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Run over by trip of cars |
| McMaster | D. | 1908 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Baillie | D. | 1883 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by a runaway rake |
| McAskill | D. | 1864 | Cumberland | Victoria | |
| McAskill | D. | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Caught by full cage on balance |
| McLean | D. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Stewart | D. McFarlane | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | D. R. | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| McDonald | D. W. C. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McLean | D.A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13-foot seam |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| McPherson | D.J. | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed while examining shaft on top of cage when cage in motion |
| Nicholson | D.J. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Leg crushed between full box and empty trip, died next day |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Fell over trestle |
| McDonnell | Dan | 1927 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McIntosh | Dan | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell under trip trying to get on for a ride |
| Roach | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Ireland | Dan | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| McKinnon | Dan | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by runaway box |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Lockhart | Dan | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Killed by cage going off track |
| McDonald | Dan | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between boxes and died next day |
| MacKinnon | Dan | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Dan | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Heighton | Dan | 1927 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McKenzie | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by rake |
| Hardy | Dan | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| McPherson | Dan | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by trip, died 2 days later |
| McDonald | Dan | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fatal injury: pelvis broken in fall of stone |
| Kennedy | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |