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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | Walter | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Davies | Peter | 1926 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of stone |
| Davis | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Davis | Andrew | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davis | Ben | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Being buried by coal |
| Davis | Douglas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dawe | Edward | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Dawe | Andrew | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Runaway box knocked out timber he was putting up and stone fell on him |
| Dawson | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dawson | Richard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dawson | Gerald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Dean | Thomas | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Dean | Thomas | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fell under full trip |
| Dean | George W. | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No .4 | Fall of coal |
| Debodt | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Debodt | Frank | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| DeCoste | Bernard | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Delaney | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Delaney | Douglas | 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by runaway box |
| Delmouth | Arthur | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dericimn | F. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal |
| Desmond | William | 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 |
| Desmond | Frank | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Greener | Empty box passed over him, died 28 days later in hospital |
| Deveau | Willie V. | 1966 | Inverness | Evans Mine | Killed by haulage |
| Deveaux | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Devison | Hector | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Caught between box and stopping |
| Devoe | James | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Killed by box on main deep |
| Dewan | Ferris Todd | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dewan | James | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Dickson | Wlliam | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Struck by rake |
| Dickson | John | 1940 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Dillon | Frederick | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dixon | Alex | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| Dixon | Richard | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Doboi | Andrew | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Dollimont | Adonis Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dominick | P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Domokosch | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Donnelly | Robert | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Donovan | Edward | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Doolan | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck by runaway box |
| Dorando | Albert | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by runaway box |
| Doucet | J. S. | 1941 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone |
| Doucett | Patrick | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Hit by trip |
| Doucette | P. | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Struck by runaway box |
| Doucette | Medric | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |