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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray | Ivor | 1951 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of stone |
| Murray | Ezra G. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Murray | Garfield | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of coal |
| Murrell | Arthur | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Myers | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nacas | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nairn | Michael or Malcolm | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nairn | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Napier | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Nash | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Acadia | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nash | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nash | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nazoff | Castro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Jammed between box and roof |
| Neal | George | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Fall down shaft |
| Neal | John | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 2 (Lloyd's Cove) | Struck by runaway box |
| Nearing | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of boiler; 1 of 3 killed |
| Nearing | Patrick | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Nearing | Alonzo | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Neary | Andrew | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fell under moving car |
| Nelms | Hubert | 1924 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Nelson | William J. | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between boom and car |
| Nelson | Vernon V. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Nelson | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Neunann | Gottleip | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from rib |
| Nevat | Andrew | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| Neville | john | 1873 | Cape Breton County | International | Crushed by train |
| Newcomb | William | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Killed by a fall of timber |
| Newman | George | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by boom moved by coal scoop |
| Newman | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Nichelson | Alex | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | |
| Nicholson | William | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Squeezed between box and pillar |
| Nicholson | Fred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Nicholson | D.J. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Leg crushed between full box and empty trip, died next day |
| Nicholson | Thomas N. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Nicholson | John | 1881 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught between moving rake & door |
| Nicholson | John | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Nicholson | Bain | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Nicholson | James | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 12 days later; 1 of 2 killed |
| Nicholson | Norman | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Broken back, died 11 weeks later |
| Nicholson | J.W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| Nicholson | Malcolm | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nicholson | Philip | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Rescue work after explosion |
| Nicholson | Phillip | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |
| Nicoloff | George | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Nicseptote | Carmian | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Nodwell | Harry A. | 1941 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Noiles | Roger | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |