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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean | Dan S. | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | While connecting wire, shotfirer fired |
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McLean | Frank | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeise | Bertram | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | Angus | 1906 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway box on main slope |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McLellan | Joseph | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Roof stone fell on him while driving |
| McLellan | Ben | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | A. | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by loconotive |
| McLellan | Andrew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLennan | Philip | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of roof coal while loading |
| McLennan | J. A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught by cage |
| McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |
| McLeod | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Norman | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| McLeod | Murdock | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Angus | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between motor and prop |
| McLeod | Varley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| McLeod | Daniel | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway box |
| McLeod | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McLeod | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Archie | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| McLeod | Rory | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Oliver | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McLeod | Dan | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| McMahon | Joseph | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McMaster | D. | 1908 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| McMasters | Earl J. | 1969 | Cumberland | Springhill, Syndicate Mine or Springhill No. 1 | Struck by empty trip |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |