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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin | John G. | 1922 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Caught between pump and upright timber |
| Merrit | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Merritt | John | 1903 | Inverness | Port Hood | Riding trip coupling broke hurling boxes against roof |
| Messervey | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Meulders | Gaspar | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Michaelites | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Run over by trip |
| Michalik | Joseph | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Michniak or Michmiak or Michneak | Emerson | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed between packs caused by bump |
| Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
| Millard | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Miller | Richard | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Miller | Penman | 1926 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Miller | Edward | 1935 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Miller | Charles | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Miller | James Sr. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Miller | Bernard | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Milley | Nelson | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Mills | Wayne | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Millville | Edward | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Milo | Louis | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by runaway box |
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Mini | Francisco | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Electric wire |
| Mintis | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mirtan | William | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
| Miskin | Wasil | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | William James | 1925 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip of boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Mitchell | Fred | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Mitchell | James | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Mitchell | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Mitetski | Woosyl | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Modesto | Antonio | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Moffat | Clifford | 1915 | Cumberland | Minudie | Fall of stone |
| Mollish | John | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of coal |
| Molnar | Stephen | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Injured by timber |
| Mombourquette | Alphonse | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Natural Causes |
| Moncusco | Angelo | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by full tub on main haulage road |
| Moore | Arthur | 1911 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down shaft with a full box of coal |
| Mooring | Carl | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Mootery | George | 1904 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway boxes |
| Morgan | George | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Morgan | Delbert | 1951 | Pictou County | McGregor | Killed by fall of coal or stone from rib |
| Morgan | Frank | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Killed by live wire |
| Moro | Tino | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| Moroletto | Albino | 1932 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Blood poisoning (possibly cut underground) |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morrison | James | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Naturel Causes |
| Morrison | Richard | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Morrison | Joseph | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |