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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiasson | Elezare | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Pusher, killed by improperly spragged box |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Machuniski | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Explosion of Powder |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Hennessey | Joseph | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone, leg injured |
| Shoder | Martin | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| McDougall | Allan | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Roach | Dan | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Chiasson | Joseph R. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Martin | Isadore | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
| Walker | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Brathwaite | Cyril | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Edwards | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone from oof |
| McMullin | Justin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Run over by trip |
| Farrell | Gregor | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Haulage |
| Lee | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of coal |
| McAskill | Malcolm | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McNeil | Neil | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Burned by electricity |
| Rushton | Nelson W. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Lawless | Marcel | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Found on haulage |
| Treige | John | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by level trip |
| Dean | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Patten | John | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway trip |
| Turner | David | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Squeezed between rib and box |
| Smith | Josiah | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway mine car |
| Clarke | John | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Conn | Leo | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Angelo | Michael | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Lewis | Vincent | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Caught between tram and prop |
| Murrell | Arthur | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | David | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Struck by trip |
| McDonald | Kenneth | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Crushed between box and pillar |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Collogani | Redolph | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Jammed between boxes |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Comhaire or Comhair | Henri | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Killoway | Eugene | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McDonald | John A. | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured by box |
| Lee | Patrick | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught between box and prop |
| Gouthro | John J. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty trip |
| Hart | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Caverzan | Gaetano | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McPherson | Angus | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Mitetski | Woosyl | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |