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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormack | Angus | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall of stone |
| Ross | Alexander | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
| Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
| Campbell | David | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
| Leadbeater | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| McInnis | John | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Carmichael | Charles | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Crushed by machinery |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Fall of coal |
| MacIver | Norman | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal |
| Reeves | James | 1872 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| McLean | Angus | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Run over by wagon |
| Winter | Edward | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of roof coal; possibly in Cumberland County |
| Mirtan | William | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Daniel J. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Rodgers | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Colin | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burns | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Howatt | Timothy | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Archibald | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kingou | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Lyall | Matthew | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Kenneth | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | Oliver | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Martell | Charles | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Crushed by wagons |
| Gillis | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Collin | Andrew | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McElvie | John Sr | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Halliday | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | Daniel | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| McElvie | John Jr | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Glenwright | Thomas | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeal | David | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Ruddick | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Sinclair | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeal | John Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKinnon | Donald | 1873 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Fall of coal |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Harvey | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Murray | Alexander | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGillivray | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Purvis | Alexander Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | James Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunbar | Robert | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | Angus | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Ramsey | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |