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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNutt | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gabriel | Patrick | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Sample | Winton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Davidson | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Desmond | Herbert | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gallivan | Joseph | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Ledger | Walter | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Dan W, | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Terris | William R. | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by haulage |
| Nicholson | Bain | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Allen | Arthur J. | 1951 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| MacMillan | Angus R. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Wadden | Freeman | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Clarke | Edward | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | John T. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall in shaft |
| Balog | Gustav | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Marsh | Francis | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Raggar | Max | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| MacIsaac | John A. | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18A | Haulage |
| Murray | Ivor | 1951 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of stone |
| Melanson | Frank | 1951 | Cumberland | Cochran | |
| Morgan | Delbert | 1951 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by fall of coal or stone from rib |
| Edwards | James | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| McIntyre | Adrian | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| Cathcart | Gordon | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Moss | Laurie A. | 1950 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Doboi | Andrew | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Crosson or Crossin | Harry | 1950 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Conway | James | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| MacDonald | Harry | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Dudka | Andrew | 1950 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Gardiner | Richard | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Farrell | Gregor | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Haulage |
| McDonald | John | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Califf | Velco | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Gibbons | Peter | 1950 | Cumberland | Bayview No.8 or No. 7 | Killed by haulage, lived 1 day |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Johnstone | Louis | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Caught by a moving cable in haulage |
| Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
| Ransome | James H. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Young | Alex | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| Tremblett | Phillip | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Haulage |
| Wilsack | John | 1949 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Tomkins | Michael | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Haulage |