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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McBeth or MacBeath | Phillip | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boquet | Berry | 1892 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal from working face |
| Grant | Dougald | 1899 | Pictou County | Vale | Methane explosion by naked light |
| Spoors | Mat | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed |
| MacDonald | F. | 1902 | Pictou County | Vale | Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Taylor | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall with tub in slope |
| Campbell | Colin | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Christopher | George | 1879 | Pictou County | Vale | Rope broke while on loaded tubs |
| McNeil | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McKinnon | Neil | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | John A. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNulty | C. | 1902 | Pictou County | Vale | Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ryan | Thomas | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Dan | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Maquire | Bernard | 1914 | Pictou County | Vale | Struck by an empty trip that derailed |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| MacKenzie | A. D. | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Roof fall in Six-Foot Seam |
| McGilvray or MacGillivray | Wallace | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wamboldt | Harry | 1903 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of stone at working face |
| Fraser | John Walter | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Haggart | Joe or James | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cameron | Hugh | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Fell in front of a full trip while riding up slope |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Crushed by a runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Laffin | Ambrose | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Killed by loose coal by face of junk while at work in his room |
| Benoit | Bennie Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Johnson | Eugene William | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | Glenn David | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dewan | Ferris Todd | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Lilley | Stephen Paul | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dollimont | Adonis Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McIsaac | Eric Earl | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacNeil | Angus Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Doyle | Robert Steven | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Halloran | John Philip | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bates | John Thomas | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Drolet | Remi Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Jahn | Trevor Martin | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McCallum | Harry Alliston | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Poplar | Danny | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Conway | Wayne Michael | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| James | Laurence Elwyn | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Short | Romeo Andrew | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |