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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald | John A. | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Injured by box |
| McDonald | Rory B. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Scalded by boiler explosion, died 9 days later 1 of 3 killed |
| McDonald | Allan | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cumberland | No.9 ? (may be Glace Bay) | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by stone fall at face |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell against in-motion engine drum |
| McDonald | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | James R. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| McDonald | Alex P. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Crushed between boxes |
| McDonald | Arch. B. | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a full box |
| McDonald | Daniel J. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
| McDonald | Colin | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| McDonald | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McDonald | John | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Run over by empty trip, died next day |
| McDonald | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Colin | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Lewis | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone at head of deep |
| McDonald | Murdock | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McDonald | Ronald H. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12, Surface | Fell while working on bankhead machinery |
| McDonald | John | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J. W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Daniel O. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J.A. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | J. R. | 1877 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | D. W. C. | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Joseph | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Donald | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | John | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Caught between full trip and prop |
| McDonald | Allan J. | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck on head by upright timber, died 3 days later |
| McDonald | Wilfred | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage, surface |
| McDonald | John | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal from face of room |
| McDonald | Dan | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Malcolm | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
| McDonald | John A. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | fall of stone |
| McDonald | H. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Queen | Boilermaker killed by fan on surface |
| McDonald | John | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Runaway car, died 6 days later |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Severed artery in foot |
| McDonald | Ronald | 1909 | Cape Breton County | North Atlantic Collieries | Crushed between full box and engine |
| McDonald | Allan | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| McDonald | Mark | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of roof |
| McDonald | John | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between cage and pulleys |
| McDonald | Dan | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fatal injury: pelvis broken in fall of stone |
| McDonald | James T. | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of coal from roof |
| McDonald | Murdoch | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| McDonald | Daniel | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by shot going off while firing squib |