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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLean | D.A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of stone from roof in tunnel to 13-foot seam |
| McLean | John | 1937 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by trip or rope |
| McLeise | Bertram | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| McLellan | A. | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by loconotive |
| McLellan | Andrew | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLellan | Joseph | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Roof stone fell on him while driving |
| McLellan | Ben | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLellan | James | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a rake |
| McLellan | James | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McLellan | John A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLellan | Angus | 1906 | Inverness | Broad Cove | Killed by runaway box on main slope |
| McLennan | Philip | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of roof coal while loading |
| McLennan | J. A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Caught by cage |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and stone |
| McLeod | Dan | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Rory | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Neil | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Norman | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | John | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by motor |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Varley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Archie | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | John | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McLeod | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Malcolm | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone and till |
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |
| McLeod | Thomas | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Angus | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between motor and prop |
| McLeod | Murdock | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| McLeod | Daniel | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway box |
| McLeod | Oliver | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |
| McLeod | D.H. | 1913 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by fall of frozen briquettes |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| McMahon | Joseph | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| McMaster | D. | 1908 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| McMasters | Earl J. | 1969 | Cumberland | Springhill, Syndicate Mine or Springhill No. 1 | Struck by empty trip |
| McMillan | J. W. | 1901 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal and stone |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |