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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose | John | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Rose | James H. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ross | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | Philip | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | St. Clair | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Ross | Curtis | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Ross | Frank | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Murdock | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ross | Philip | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ross | James | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ross | Edward | 1939 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of rock, died 4 days later |
| Ross | Alexander | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
| Ross | William D. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ross | Angus | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Stepped in front of moving balance box |
| Ross | Alexander | 1911 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake |
| Rowe | Simon J. | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Roy | Benjamin | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by piece of coal, died 3 days after |
| Roy | John H. | 1904 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed instantly in a fall |
| Roy | Thomas | 1912 | Pictou County | Acadia | Runaway box on the jib |
| Royal | James | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Struck by tub of coal |
| Rozmarinovich | Fred | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Crushed between box and drop |
| Ruddick | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rushton | William A. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Rushton | Stephen | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Rushton | Nelson W. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Russell | unknown | 1858 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Carbon monoxide after methane explosion 1of 2 killed |
| Russell | David | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Russell | James | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Heart failure |
| Russell | Robert M. | 1879 | Pictou County | Acadia | Collapse of coal storage structure |
| Ryan | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ryan | Thomas | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ryan | John W. | 1903 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fatally injured |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Ryan | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone from roof |
| Ryan | Alexander | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| Saccary | Leo | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Undetermined |
| Saccrey | John W. | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of roof |
| Salcon | Trifon | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Saltys | Joseph | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Strick by flying timber from tram |
| Sample | Winton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Sampler | Samuel Jr. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Sampson | Sanford | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Falling boom |
| Saunders | Fred | 1944 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Savage | Edward | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Savage | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
| Schiavan | Petro | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |